We had a lovely time. If your looking to experience something more local and feel like your part of the community this is the place to be. Emporio is a lovely town close to the black beach, restaurants, and bars. We were there in the off season but we still found it extremely relaxing and fun. Definitely need some form of transportation to get to Fira and Oia. We rented an ATV for the first two days and managed to use public transit to go further into Fira and Oia. The bus stop is 5 min away which made it very accessible. Anastasia was great and prompt to responding to us. She arranged transport from and to the new ferry port. I would definitely stay here again.