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Ormos port and Gialos beach in Ios |
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Ios port is called Ormos and the port's beach is called Gialos, but nobody says so: everyone says "port", meaning both the port and the beach. In order not to confuse you who have not been to Ios, I use the official names.
View of the port of Ormos and Gialos beach.
The port of Ormos.
The port promenade in Ormos.
The marina in Ormos. |
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What is in Chora is also in Ormos, but on a smaller scale: hotels and pensions, travel agencies, tavernas, cafes and bars, supermarkets and bakeries. At the far end of the waterfront, towards the whitewashed and welcoming church of Agia Irini, fishing boats are moored. There is also a beach that has seen better days. Ios' Camping was located here before, but they have been closed for a few years now.
The welcoming church of Agia Irini is located by the white arrow.
Ormos and Gialos seen from the "top of Chora".
To the right (facing the sea) of the port, the long sandy beach of Gialos extends. It is a good beach lined with tavernas and hotels. Even more hotels and pensions are located behind the beach.
The long beach in the port.
Gialos beach. From here it is close to the beaches of Tzamaria and Koumbara.
For not so many years ago, Gialos was extremely popular, but in recent years it has lost some of its glory. Probably, it is because most people prefer Mylopotas. But if Gialos had been located on an island with not as nice beaches as Ios, Gialos would have been full of people.
Gialos beach seen from a ferry.
If you are in Ormos or Gialos and are going to Chora you can go bus or walk. The nicest thing is to get up through the old donkey path which starts where the main road turns left towards Chora. If you follow the coast to the left you will reach Valmas beach.
Gialos beach in 2002. |
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NOW IT'S GOING TO BE NOSTALGIA WITH OLD PHOTOS FROM ORMOS
When people were going home from Ios in the 1980s, many had a tradition of going down to the port and waving goodbye to the poor people who were leaving Ios. Travelling to Ios was easy, but leaving the island was terribly difficult.
Me and my best friend Anders on the way to the ferry in the port of Ios in 1982.
One last beer in the company of good friends before the ferry arrives.
Goodbye Ios - see you next year. ACCOMMODATION IN THE PORTIf you want to stay close to a beach, and think that Mylopotas is too trendy, it's very nice to stay in the port, or between the port and Chora. Below are suggestions for good hotels in Ormos and Gialos beach. Book Golden Sun here »Book Homer's Inn Hotel here »Book Pension Olga here »Book Seabreeze Hotel Ios here » |
WHAT YOU MUST NOT MISS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE AREA Don't miss Tzamaria beach, which you can read about here » |
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