I stayed 8 nights in one of Anemomilos Studios, the studio facing the Chora/Castle and the old port (Pera Gialos), with a wonderful panoramic view from the balcony. The studio has the required facilities, acceptable wi-fi, personally and nicely decorated by Dimitris, clean and light.
Dimitris is a gentle person and easy to get along with, always available and helpful. He picked me up at the new port (7 km always from Chora) in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, he did not offer the transfer back to the port when departing from the island and this is a proper minus. Taxi (12 €), arranged by Dimitris, was the only solution in the middle of the night, but inconveniently starting from Chora much earlier than necessary.
Astypalea is a wonderful island, nice beaches and friendly islanders, but the new port at Agios Andreas is ugly, disgusting, unfriendly and located in the middle of nowhere; even worse when arriving in the middle of the night. Sure, I’ll certainly come back to Astypalea, but not before the responsible for the administration of the island brings the port activities back to the old and friendly port at Pera Gialos.