City break in Kos Island. Active leisure ideas for Kos Island - attractions, recreation and nightlife

The island of Kos will give you not only a chance to touch the ancient history but also the opportunity to spend time actively and profitably. For example, from May to October you can go diving here. A large number of sets are located next to the neighboring island of Paradise. Perch, barracuda, octopus – here you can meet almost all the inhabitants of the Mediterranean underwater world. At the bottom in the waters of Kos, a lot of ancient ceramics are scattered, and near the island of Pserimos, not far from Kos, the ship Thor Star sank in 1997, which now can be visited by divers.

Due to the good visibility, the marine inhabitants can be viewed at a distance of up to 20 meters, which will definitely please all the fans of snorkeling. If you want, you can get training and get an international diver license in any dive center of the island, even if you have never been interested in diving before. If you prefer the waves and the wind, then go to Marmari, Tingaki or Mastichari for practicing wave riding and surfing. The conditions here are almost always ideal for those who are keen on these kinds of sport.

Be sure to spend a little time on a trip to the neighboring islands. In itself, a voyage will give you a lot of pleasant impressions, and there are interesting places near Kos. For example, in Kalymnos you will be able to get acquainted with everything related to the extraction and processing of marine sponges, to visit Nisyroz, the active volcano, and Patmos will certainly be interesting to religious people because it was here that John the Evangelist wrote the Apocalypse. The fans of fishing should try themselves in the now popular kind of fishing among the inhabitants of the Kalymnos island – catching tuna and swordfish. For those who prefer a more peaceful fishing, it is possible to fish on Kos from the shore or from a boat in the open sea. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Those, who like wine, should visit the plant Triantafyllopoulos. Here you can not only learn a lot about the production of white and red wine but also taste a variety of sorts of this drink, including those, which price exceeds a thousand dollars per bottle. Inside the factory, you can see antique dishes, figurines, and paintings, which are the real works of art. Visit the Thermal Beach, where warm mineral springs come very close to the shore, allowing anyone to swim in the most genuine bath of mineral water. By the way, there are usually not too many people on the beach.

All beauty admirers should visit the Peacock Forest. Hundreds of peacocks live in a beautiful coniferous grove without any cells or cages. Birds have long been accustomed to people and are happy to eat food from their hands, and sometimes even allow to pick themselves up. The photos made here are just beautiful, and one can always take any of the hundreds of feathers scattered throughout the forest to remember this place by. The ordinary cats, who also like to be fed and pet, live here in harmony with the birds. You can continue the communication with animals in Rafael's Horse Riding near Kardamena. Here, after a brief instruction, you can go on a one-hour horse ride on the beach or on a two-hour ride through the mountains.

The beaches on Kos are very different – there are pebbly and ordinary sandy beaches, and the ones with black volcanic sand. On Paradise, near the Kefalos city, you can go up to the observation deck, and next to Agios Stefanos there is a small island with the ruins of Byzantine fortification, where you can even get by swimming. Another famous beach with the purest water is Kamari. You can swim in the bay of Limnionas, which in itself is a beautiful natural object.

The nightlife on Kos is also very active. Most of the nightclubs are located in the capital, on Bar Street, Nafklirou and P.Blessa streets. The most famous places on the island are the Hamam Club, which clearly pays tribute to Turkey, Disco Kalua, which exists since 1983, the Blues Brothers – a haven for blues fans, Limit, Gemini and Fashion. The last three attract young people and specialize in energetic modern rhythms.