Iosis a Greekislandin theCycladesgroup in theAegean Sea. It is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides, situated halfway betweenNaxosandSantorini.Ios is part of theThira regional unit.It was the setting for the movieGinger and Cinnamon(Dillo con parole mie). Also, scenes from the filmBig Blue(Le Grand Bleu) were shot in Manganari.
Ios attracts a large number of youngtourists, many of whom used to sleep on their sleeping bags during the 1970s on the popular beach of Mylopotas after partying through the night. Today Mylopotas beach has been developed to an equivalent mass packagetourismresort like Platys Gialos and Paradise Beach ofMykonos.