Quote: (05-18-2011 12:48 PM)ManAbout Wrote:
Ios
Went during peak season. Took the overnight ferry from Athens. The ferry gets to Ios at night. If you don't have a place to stay already, forget about finding one that night. Spent the first night sleeping on the beach.
The demographic is Northern Europeans - Swedish, Norwegian, some British, as well as lots of Italians and Greeks. Beaches are topless. Not uncommon to see 18 year old Greek girls with perfect bodies and pert breasts laying out topless on the beach. The crowd is teenagers all the way up to late 20s or so.
It's a complete party island. The general schedule for most people on the island is to party up to 6 AM, sleep in till about midday, go to the beach and get a bit more sleep, head out for dinner and predrinks at about 8 and repeat the cycle. Popular places to stay are Far Out Camping, which as the name suggest is at the end of the island on the beach, but it is a 24 hour party place and a few hostels in Chora, the main town. I stayed at a place that was in the Lonely Planet guide. Nothing fancy, but a good atmosphere.
If you have a bit of game, you could be sleeping with 2 or 3 girls a day. But, the downside is that Ios is no undiscovered jewel. It is definitely overrun with hordes of horny Italians during peak season. Don't expect to bang Greek girls either.
Was in Ios some years ago. Confirm the above in full. Although for sleeping with 2-3 girls a day, you'll have to put in some nasty work.