Hard to beat
Review Submitted: October 1, 2009
Date of Stay: August 2009
The houses at Villa Kos are pretty much everything you could want in a holiday villa: spacious, airy, comfortable, easy to keep tidy, and with fantastic views and a glorious sunset every night. Everything was clean, working properly, and just as described on the website. And if there were any problems, Blandine and Leonidas were always around to sort it out.
B & L are great hosts. They took us out for a welcome meal and were full of advice on things to do and places to go. They helped organise a trip to the neighbouring island of Nisyros.
Villa Kos is on a quiet stretch of the north coast. If you're into partying and nightlife, it's perhaps not the best place. The nearest town (5 minutes away by car) is nice but pretty sleepy. If you want peace and quiet, however, this is the place. You have your own space to relax, but within easy walking distance there is a small shop, a great pool, a beach with watersports, the Lido waterpark (popular with kids), and several good restaurants, some overlooking the beach.
To get the most of the rest of the island, you really need a car. We found many sorts of beaches: windy ones for sailing, peaceful ones for snorkelling and sunbathing, wavy ones for leaping in the surf, and even one with a hot spring for soaking in. There are impressive ruins from many periods and Kos town is great for wandering around in. What Kos lacks are the olde-worlde greek towns with narrow streets and sleepy squares, but we got a good taste of that on a day trip to Nisyros, plus saw its impressive volcano.
Altogether an excellent holiday that we would recommend to others. We hope to be back soon.
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