This is a great place to stay. Debbie the owner, who is Australian and from the same family as the Australis Hotel next door, is welcoming and pleasant. You can stay in a room in the villa (cheap as chips) or a small studio (still very cheap). We stayed in a studio and enjoyed all the luxuries of home in a way that is pretty rare in the islands. For example, tea and coffee making, basic kitchen equipment, air-conditioning, plenty of hot water, a balcony with a clothes airer, a spacious room. Laundry powder and basic cooking supplies are also provided, which illustrates genuine attention to the needs of travellers. There is a pretty garden. Debbie or her husband will meet you from and return you to the ferry, and will arrange car hire for you. The villa has a library of second-hand books. I can't recommend this place too highly.

It's also a very short walk to what must be one of the best restaurants in the Dodecanese - It's certainly far and away the best we found in our... more