An easy walk from the port so easy in fact that we got there before the guy that our host had sent to pick us up! Slight comms issue on my part, not the hotels. The room met our every need and was very clean. Ios centre is a bit of a steep walk but the bus to the centre goes regularly from the port. We would bus up and walk back down around 11pm when the young partygoers take over. Ios is very lively but a beautiful Island easy to explore using public transport which we did most days so we didn't use the beach situated between the port and Galini's. However it looked a very nice beach with sunshades that I believe were free to customers of the local tavernas. We had a very enjoyable time on Ios, one of 5 islands that we were hopping, thanks to Galini Pensions