Hotel Anastasia Reviews

Symi is a beautiful island.

Most of the accommodation is in the main town - Yialos is the harbour area and the village of Choria is up 350 steps! There are lots of lovely restaurants, tavernas and bars all round the harbour and great, typically Greek tavernas up in the village - well worth the climb. Our accommodation was good, very clean and convenient for the town, but with only a tiny balcony (not big enough to sit on) which was a little disappointing.

There is a town beach just around the corner but most people get a boat out to one of the beaches around the island - most have tavernas and sunbeds and it costs 7 euros return on the boat to go to nearby beaches and about 9 for those further away(but they often have free sunbeds). We liked Emboria and Agios Nikolaos best but they were all nice - though not very sandy - it's a good idea to have beach shoes. Snorkelling is wonderful, the water is so clear and calm on most beaches. We went on an excursion where you walk across the island to Agios Vasilika and then pick up the round island tour boat to see the monastary, have a barbecue (best beach barbecue ever!) on an island and see all the beaches. We don't usually go on excursions but this was well worth the 35 euros it cost. I loved the island and would love to go at a cooler time of year to do more walking.