Try to avoid the holidaying crowds and time your trip before things shut up for the season by booking from August to September.
Getting there
Planes
There’s no airport on the island, so touch down at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport then travel down to Piraeus port to catch the ferry to the island.
Automobiles
No cars allowed – charmingly, this means horses, donkeys and mules mill about the place.