We chose to stay in Perissa to be out of the cosmopolitan aroma of Fira and be walking distance to both beach and food. The common areas were clean, friendly, safe, beautiful, and the room was no frills clean and crisp with a fridge, standard towels, good water pressure with hot water, a/c that worked, a beautiful pool with what looked like a bar but is really a vending fridge with juice and simple drinks. It's a short walk to the beautiful dark sand beach. There is no frills breakfast available or they will simply make you a coffee (and even deliver it to your room). There is a supermarket nearby that offers free rides, lots of choices of restaurants and beach bars along the beach, water sports, and plenty of tourist offices for renting cars bikes etc right in town. There is a bus stop right at the turn off so you can get to Fira and other beaches. We appreciated being off the main road enough to enjoy the sounds of nature.