kos travel guide

The Western Excavations This large open area to the south and west of the original acropolis hill is reached by taking Iphai­stou Street uphill from the southwest corner of the square outside the [...]

Kardamaina5km south of Antimachia, has both Early Christian and ancient remains. The village and harbour, which provides a year-round ferry service across to Nisyros, have been engulfed by a [...]

Kos Travel Guide – Best of Kos Island: History, beaches, places to visit & more.   … Above and behind everything else rise the protective peaks of the long ridge of Mount [...]

Stadium, Port Baths and northern sites(These sites are of secondary interest, but give a sense of the extent of the ancient settlement.) Steps and a pathway up the south side of the foricae [...]

The Forest of Plaka and Aghios StephanosThe road west of Antimachia circumvents the airport; after 2.5km a paved road leads off right to Plaka. Unex pected and hidden, at the confluence of [...]

General Kos has a wide and spacious feel: long beaches, clear mountains, open plateaux, and—beyond them all— bright and sweeping views in all directions across the Dodecanesian Sea and into Asia [...]

The Odeion and Casa Romana areaThese two buildings are the most conspicuous standing remains of the ancient town—as well as the most substantially modified and reconstructed by the Italian [...]

The Kephalos Peninsula Almost a separate island by rights, the southwestern peninsula of Kos has its own water sources, its own mountain peaks rising from the sea to 427m, and its own character [...]

Note on spelling Latin spelling, ‘Cos’ has been used when referring to the ancient city-state, while ‘Kos’ has been used for the island and city in the Christian era.   Evidence of prehistoric [...]

The area of the Altar of DionysosVisible in a sunken area below the pine trees across Grigori­ou V Street to the northeast of the Casa Romana and Central Baths, is the base of the Altar of [...]