The views and amenities are wonderful. We are big hikers so we did not rent a car and had no problem. Chora was a 10 to 15 minute walk and had many restaurants and shops. The local beach or the main town by the ferry terminal was more like 30 minutes. The greeter at the ferry terminal was kind enough to drive us to the AirBnB and drop us off at the end of the stay.
We visited off season and had a lot of Ios’ beauty to ourselves.