Gialos, also known as Ormos, is the port of Ios and the gateway to the island. A sheltered harbour set in a deep, well-protected bay about two kilometres below the hilltop town of Chora. The first thing you see on arrival is the white church of Agia Irini beside the harbour, where sailboats, yachts and … Read more
Ios is blessed with more than 35 beaches of golden sand and clear turquoise water, ranging from lively organised resorts to remote, unspoilt coves. The most famous is Mylopotas, a long blue-flag beach two kilometres from Chora with sunbeds, watersports and beach bars. In the sheltered south, the idyllic coves of Manganari are ranked among … Read more
Gialos beach is one of the wide, wild and blissfully uncrowded shores of the west coast of Lefkada, a long sweep of sand and smooth white pebbles beneath green mountains. Lying about 35 kilometres south-west of Lefkada Town and just north of the famous Egremni. Gialos beach shares the west coast’s clear blue water and … Read more