Most of the houses and hotels on Ios are painted in white and blue which gives a clean picture of the island. The people are very friendly there. It is a quite island which turns into parties during the night, however most of the clubbers there are teenagers. The beaches are wonderful, especially the nice crystal waters of Manganari beach, around an hour drive from the town and by the way, chaos and traffic does not exist on the island of Ios which makes it more quite and relaxing. Another nice beach is Mylopotas, which is the most frequented beach on the island with a club on the opposite side of the beach and many other restaurants.