Finding connections from the ports can be tricky. We greatly appreciated having a taxi service, set up by the hotel, waiting for us that knew exactly where we were heading and that spoke English. The staff was warm and very helpful with booking tours, finding restaurants and food stores. The kitchen was basic, small fridge, kettle and a hot plate, but fine for our needs as we enjoyed the local homemade Greek food at the To Kati Allo Taverna restaurant two doors down. (They were very knowledgeable about gluten allergies and made food especially for us!) The location was perfect. Very close to the beautiful black beach - water shoes are a must. The pebbles are hot and slippery. The lounge chairs are complimentary if you purchase food or drinks from that restaurant. Walk the beach strip ( lots of food choices) decide on where you’d like to eat lunch and then use their chairs. Tip- when visiting Oia, for the spectacular sunset, very very busy crowd, two people on our tour bus mentioned that they had been pick pocketed at the famous blue domed church setting.