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This is a nice island if you go OFF season and even then there is very little of traditional Greece. Instead you'll find tourist-trap cafes, restaurants, bars, and souvenir shops. See more pictures of Kos I. II

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Helpful Information Transportation Facts
  • By Air to Kos: Olympic flies 2 to 3 times a day from Athens and twice a week from Rhodes.
  • Charters arrive from the UK and other European cities.
  • The airport is 26 km from Kos town.
  • By Ferry: From Piraeus, 2 to 3 Ferries a day.
  • Kos is connected to Rhodes twice a day, and with varying frequency to: Amorgos, Ikaria, Kastellorizo, Astypalea, Nisyros, Telos, Patmos, Kalymnos, Syros, Leros, Mykonos, Paros, Agathonisi and Symi.
  • One can also cross to Bodrum, Turkey. US citizens must buy a visa for €100 to enter Turkey payable at border. Europeans pay less and some nationals, such as Greeks, nothing.
Island Resources
  • Kos Olympic Airlines: Tel: 28331
  • Kos Airport, Tel: 51255
  • Kos Port Authority, Tel: 26594
  • Kos City Bus, Tel: 26276
  • Kos KTEL Island Bus: 22292
  • Kos Radio Cab, Tel: 23333 / 27777
  • Kos Archeology Museum, Tel: 28326
  • Kos Temple of Asklipion, Tel: 28763
  • Kos Municipal Tourist Office, Tel: 26585 / 28724
  • Kos Greek Gov. Tourist Office EOT, Tel: 28710
  • Kos Tourist Police, Tel: 26666
  • Kos Regular Police 22222
  • Kos British Consulate, Tel: 26203
  • Kos Post Code 85300
  • Kos Castle, Tel: 28326
  • Kos Marmari Riding Center, Tel: 41783

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