This is a beautiful compact little apartment with fabulous views of the beautiful little fishing village . The sunsets are amazing from the balcony and sitting in the morning watching the fisherman bring in their catch and listening to the locals get ready for the day is fabulous.
It’s great that Antonis has provided chargers for mobile phones, mosquito repellent plug in, there is a good hairdryer and iron and ironing board but be mindful that there isn’t a safe.
The air conditioning is good and a mosquito screen pulls across the balcony door which is good.
Antonis arranged a private transfer from the port for us which cost €30, the driver dropped us at the waterside but didn’t know which apartment to direct us to. We went into 3 shops and they hadn’t heard of the apartment so we went into a coffee shop, the wonderful lady in there hadn’t heard of the apartment either so we started to be a little concerned. It turned out that the apartment was actually directly above the coffee shop!! The young lady explained that they didn’t know that Antonio had named the apartment Alyky view studio which had confused everyone!!
We stayed for 5 nights and at no time was the apartment serviced ( a change of towels would be nice!) and as there isn’t a manual offering guidance on where to leave rubbish etc we asked Antonis where to leave our rubbish- he said to leave it on the landing and he would deal with it but he didn’t! So it’s useful to know that you can recycle at the end of the street.
Don’t let my honest comments put you off, we would most definitely return to this beautiful little place.
There’s a great supermarket just a few steps from the door and lots of restaurants. The 2 immediately in front of the apartment do great fish, we would recommend you book if possible as in the evening the street is pedestrianised and becomes very very busy with visitors.
The local beaches aren’t organised with sun loungers so be ready to lie on the sand! Just a short walk over the hill opposite the apartment follow the coast path and you will come to a few secluded coves that are beautiful and peaceful.
Get the ferry to Antiparos- it is idyllic on this island. Antonis suggested we email Hermes car rentals for car hire which we did and received great service. The car was delivered to the apartment and we returned it to the port which was great as it saved us the €30 transfer fee and as the car was €50 per day we also saved money. You can take the car on the 5 minute crossing to Antiparos.
We recommend you stay here for sure.