Our family of 5 (2 adults, kids 18, 13, 11) had a fabulous stay at Casa al Mare in July 2019. When discussion came up about possible summer vacation locations in 2020, everyone asked the same thing "Aren't we just going back to Naxos and the house?" The house is as described and we had a great time. We did not rent a car which I guess could limit your options, but we found the walk to the beach, the pool, and the bus to the port to be enough for us in our week. We caught the bus into town 3 times in the week and visited the beach every day. One note - parts of the beach are rocky / sharp and water shoes are needed if you want to go deeply into the water, If you don't feel comfortable walking to the beach / bus stop, then a car would definitely be required. We used the flashlights on our phones at night and didn't have any problems - we even got to see a hedgehog one night (for city dwellers, this was exciting!) We purchased food, beach supplies, and bus tickets at the local mini-market (listed as m.margaritis Supermarket on Google Maps- they take credit cards) and usually made breakfast and lunch at home and then visited the restaurants for dinner. There is an extensive string of tavernas, a Mexican restaurant (Picasso's), pizza and pasta place (AmoreMio Restaurant), and ice cream places towards Maragas Beach - a 20 minute walk along the road or a little longer if you walk on the beach (in our opinion, nicer and less dusty). There is also a full supermarket at Maragas Beach if you need something more extensive. For us, the walks to dinner had the bonus of getting to see the sunsets and stars afterwards. The house had great air conditioning in each room and in the afternoon when it got warm, it was a nice break to nap in a cool room. We figured out we should freeze a couple 3/4 bottles of water each night so that we would have cold water at the beach in the afternoon. We would run the washer in the evening if we needed it and often our clothes would be dry on the rack outside by morning. We found the internet to be fine, but we didn't do any streaming so YMMV. We were met by Lesley at the airport who helped us get a taxi and walked us through the house. The most stressful part of the whole vacation was whether we could get back in touch with the same taxi driver who took us from the airport to the house, as we weren't sure we could describe the address accurately. Overall, we absolutely loved the house, the location, and the island.