Ios — Local services in Municipality of Ios

iOS is one of my favourite places to visit, however as a tourist there are many things to note prior to coming.

1. There are only a few taxis on the whole island which means you will need to catch other means of transport.
2. When you land in the port there is a bus located just in front of the roundabout, this bus cost 1.80 euro and takes you either side of the island as seen in the marked up photo attached to this review.
3. if you’re a tourist and thinking about renting a moped or other off road please make sure you are well educated, the roads in iOS are very slippery and dangerous, if you’re not an experienced rider you will find your self in a public hospital with a doctor trying to scam you for 6000 euros cash for an MRI.
4. if you’re not sure what to eat all local gyros’s range between 1.80~3 euros
5. if you’re into partying, the following list is must go to places in iOS:

Start the night in Fun Pub head to Absinth bar head to Circus head to Escobar head to Slammer Bar head to Silent Disco head to Pash

Further explanation on point (3) I visited iOS in summer 4 years ago with a tour, I decided that it was a good idea to rent a moped instead of a normal quad bike. After renting this moped I needed to go into town to try and fix my phone, while I was driving through the mountain I found myself entering the apex of a corner where the whole moped had slipped from underneath my feet due to loss of traction. I then stood up and noticed that my arm was not exactly sitting on my shoulder and instead completely dislocated, I found myself holding my arm and trying to lift the moped from the middle of the road, after struggling for a good 15 minutes I waited for help where a stranger came and helped me with my bike, after some time another man came and rushed me to hospital. I arrived in hospital where I was treated like a piece of excrement, while having trouble walking and having exposed wounds on all my feet and legs, the doctor made me walk on what I believe was beach sand throughout the entire hospital until I reached my hospital bed. Once I was settled they had asked me where I was staying, without a phone and no recollection of the hotel name I was clueless. After several attempts I finally managed to remember a name close to the hotel I was staying at and the tour manager came as soon as possible. I was left on the bed for several hours while the doctor decided to go outside and have what I believe was half a packet of cigarettes while I sat in pain waiting. Finally after some wait time the doctor had popped my shoulder back into place but then advised that I will need an MRI in order to check if I had any damage and that I should call my insurance company to tell them I fell. After asking the cost I was shocked to hear that this doctor wanted to take 6000euro from me to do an MRI. After this I said no and got a second opinion from a local Australian doctor where he checked my arm and advised that this local hospital is running a scam for tourists. The moral of this story is to take my experience and make sure you are careful and think twice when you...

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