Plaka Studios

We visited Plaka studios in August as a four member family, during the high season. Plaka studios is a beautiful property with stonework facade and excellently furnished and decorated rooms. We had a family room with a double bed and two single sofa beds in separate spaces. The room also had a fully furnished kitchen and a dining table at a higher level, plus a balcony overlooking the sea. It was like a real beach house, with plenty of space (including two closets for cloths). Everything was in excellent condition and immaculately clean (full cleaning took place every three days, a minor cleaning daily). There were also enough materials to prepare breakfast for a couple of days, which considering the time boats arrive in Chios, was extremely convenient. Many restaurants and bakeries will also deliver to Plaka studios if you feel like eating in. The hotel is around 300 meters from the beach at Karfas, a very long sandy beach, which is surrounded by vacation homes and hotels. There are multiple restaurants, breakfast joints, coffee spots and mini markets within walking distance, and some of them are (justifiably) rated as among the best in Chios. If you don't feel like driving around, you can spend a few days there without repeating anything. There is bus service to Chios town and adjoining villages, but we did not try it. If you do bring (or rent a car), you have many more options. You can park outside the hotel, but they also have a parking space a few meters away for the guests. The town of Chios is around 8 km, and very easy to reach (there is a free parking area as you enter town coming from Karfas). You can reach very quickly Kampos village and with some more driving the multiple villages known as Mastichochoria. There are numerous beaches easily accessible by car on your way. So, if you feel like driving, you can see something different every day, and trust me, there are many things in Chios that you will not find on any other island in the Aegean (do visit the Masticha museum and at least one of the fortified masticha villages). Finally, the people owning Plaka studios will make you feel at home and will help you with everything you need (where to go, what to eat, which beach will have the right weather depending on the wind). As I said, you will feel like you have your own beach house in Karfas, and a great one at that.