Fanari Art Hotel - Fanari Art Hotel

Perfect, great view, really good

So clean, with amazing views very friendly and helpful staff team and amazing central location the town is a couple minutes walk away. You can walk done to the beach or up to the chapels for amazing views of the island and across to Santarini on the horizon.

My stay was like heaven on earth. I didn’t want to leave. Would book again in a heart beat.

Amazing place to relax and enjoy summer holidays. On site there is one of the 365 and most picturesque small church that blends seamlessly with the biggest hearted shape swimming pool in the island of Ios.

16-20 August, a group of four mums with our teenage sons booked to visit the island of Ios for the first time. We booked 2 double rooms (Euro 80/night) and 1 two-room apartment (Euro 160/night) at the Fanari Art Hotel due to location and big pool. When arrived, and without having seen the rooms first, 2 mums requested a better price as the cost for the apartment was twice the double room (their fault and they should have queried the price at the time of the booking). The conversation went out of control from both parties however the owner was extremely unprofessional and accused them of being 'liars'. As we were exhausted, a decision was made to stay there and in the meantime find somewhere else. What an unpleasant surprise was waiting for us when we saw the rooms though. The apartment was actually a quadruple with 3 single beds and 1 sofa that no one could sit on never mind sleep on with a tiny window and tiny bathroom. Please note that all rooms had basic, tiny very smelly bathrooms and only 1 double had balcony. All other rooms were like prison cells and very expensive for the money paid. The 2 mums found another hotel and left the next morning but unfortunately the 2 other mums had to stay back as could not find any double rooms available. In many occasions, the owner's irritated us and was rude creating issues but to top these up, 2 days before we left, the owner called the police because we were not staying at the pool area while our 14+16 years old sons were swimming!! Please note that the owner was the lifeguard and due to the size of his pool he was responsible to be at the swimming pool area 10am to 6pm. However, he did not want the responsibility, so he wanted us to be in the swimming area 'babysitting' our teenage sons. When we refused (even though one of the mums was sitting in the balcony overlooking the pool) called the police. There was no notice on his pool board to oblige the parents to sit in the pool area, was only a kind advise. If the children would have been younger, there is no question that they would have been supervised at all times, but for teenage 2 swimmers was outrageous. Quite a laughable event to say the least.. Please take also into account that customers experience a different quality of service if they book via bookings (very good service 9.6 on Booking website) or directly through his website (rubbish customer service). We made the mistake not to read the Google reviews and booked only based on the Bookings reviews. This is a lesson learned for any future bookings. Even though we have tried to enjoy our holiday, due to almost daily incidents, this was impossible.

I had a really nice experience staying in Ios and at Fanari Art! I was intending to stay 2 days and extended to 8 because of the hospitality I received from the owner Dimitris and staff. Rooms are clean and spacious, location is great, and pool area nice. I’ll be staying here when I return next year.

We had the pleasure to stay at Fanari Art Hotel during our Greek travels. What a delight! Check in was seamless and friendly. The house kitty, Cleo, showed us our room and we loved it. Room was very clean and had everything we needed. I loved the tile bathroom and beds were very comfortable. I highly recommend staying here if in Ios b/c the location is in the middle close to the town square and beautiful Myloplotas beach. Scorpion nightclub is literally across the street also if you are visiting when it's open. Thank you and look forward to another stay.

I had a wonderful stay and experience at this retreat hotel. Very warm service and gracious host. Clean, professional and a beautiful location. I would highly recommend for anyone planning on staying in Ios, Greece!