Pension Livadaros was as it appeared online. It is a cost-friendly, clean place to stay outside of Fira, but close to a bus station with buses that will take you anywhere on the island. It is also close to some small markets and restaurants, as well as an amazing bakery. The pension owners are nice and friendly and will serve you breakfast for a fee. We appreciated that the pension owners let us hang out at their pool for an entire day, even after we had checked out.

Our room was great in many respects. It had a mini-fridge, balcony, and well-functioning air conditioner. The only less-than-ideal aspect about our room was the bathroom. The shower curtain rod, rather than conforming to the shape of the shower, enclosed half of the bathroom, including the toilet, and the shower curtain did not reach the floor. Therefore, whenever we took showers, the entire bathroom was soaked. It did, however, dry by morning after we took showers at night. We aren't sure whether all of the rooms have bathrooms with this issue -- it may have just been our room.

We also had two miscommunications with the pension owners' daughters, who were working at the pension during our stay. First, we were left waiting to check into our room for 2.5 hours, even though our room appeared to be ready. When the pension owner discovered how long we had been left waiting, he immediately made sure we were shown to our room. Secondly, the day that we checked out, one of his daughters told us that she would arrange for the pension owner to drive us to the airport that night for a fee. She did not tell him about this, and if he had not stopped into the lobby at approximately the right time, we would have had no transportation to the airport.

All in all, we were happy with our stay, but we wanted to note these issues.