Guides
Questions that run across several islands at once, worked through with the numbers we hold rather than impressions. Each one says where its figures come from.
Family house or small hotel: how big a guesthouse actually is
Registered rooms divided by registered places, island by island — from 22.6 rooms on average down to 6.6.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026
How small is a local island, really
From 198 residents to 13,759 — the islands share a label and almost nothing else. What the population figure tells you before you book.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026
What a guesthouse rating is worth
63% of rated guesthouses sit at 4.5 or above, so the score alone decides nothing. What 479 of them reveal about reading a rating properly.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026
Where guesthouses rate best — and why the gap is smaller than you think
Average scores island by island, counting only houses with fifteen reviews or more. The whole field fits inside 1.04 of a star.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026
Which local islands are busy, and which are still villages
From 1.06 tourist beds per resident down to 0.06 — the one figure that predicts how a week on a local island will feel.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026
Which local islands have somewhere to stay — and which have three
465 registered guesthouses across the islands, and they are not spread evenly. Where you will still find a room, and where you need to book early.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026
Which local islands the public ferry actually reaches
7 of the islands here sit on the national ferry network; the rest, including the busiest ones, do not. Which is which, and why.
3 min read · checked 8 Aug 2026