It take 30 minutes to complete the journey, so you know you can catch a bus at the beach every half-hour. Life on Ios is about as uncomplicated as the bus service. In the height of summer, officials sometimes will not allow passengers to depart the ferry unless they have advance reservations. Better yet, just ask for a room at Francesco's . For 2500dr per day you get a clean bed, a shower with enough hot water to get the job done and a working toilet.
Rooms are hostel-style, so sleeping with strangers is commonplace.
Okay sleeping with strangers is commonplace in Ios, but when it's among members of the same sex, it's likely to be among strangers. The rooms are amazingly clean considering the beating they take from their guests. Some people opt to stay at the beach at the humorously-named Far Out Cafe. This way, they figure, they can roll out of bed in the afternoon and be passed out on the beach in minutes. There are no excursions to take, no ruins to see, and renting a moped would be like signing a death certificate.