Are you looking for a holiday or a getaway where you can relax by the beach one day and the next day go exploring around?! Well we think the Greek island of Kos is the perfect place. It is the 3rd largest island in the Dodecanese, in the southeastern Aegean Sea. In Kos, like most of Greece and her islands, the tourist season ramps up in May and slows down in October. In the shoulder seasons it is around 20-25 during the day. In the summer months you can enjoy temperatures up

In September 2018 we went on holiday (yes an actual holiday!) to Kos, Greece. Whilst there we took a day trip to nearby Nisyros Island. The island is stunning with the main town looking quintessentially Greek with white washed buildings and cobbled streets. The other great attraction to this Aegean Island is the volcanoes, and the main tourist attraction being the 4km wide Stefanos Crater, which was formed withing the past 150,000 years. Check out of Nisyros blog post for mor

Located 4 kilometres south east of Kos town, surrounded by a pine-covered hill which commands stunning views towards Turkey, stands Kos’ most important ancient site. Founded in the 3rd century BC, the Asklepieion was a healing temple and a school of medicine, a religious sanctuary built to honour the god of health, healing and medicine- Asclepius. According to legend it was built after the death of the famous ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, the Kos-born ‘father’ of mode

Zia is a small and quaint village located 16 km southeast of Kos town and 34 km from Kefalos, and lies hidden at a high altitude in the lush green Dikaion Mountain range. You can visit Zia by yourself or take a guided day tour where you can sample the wineries. And the most popular choice is to come for sunset! We booked with Asklipios Tours Kefalos who are located on the main strip of Kefalos, and are online 24 hours a day. The air-conditioned bus to and from Zia cost €15 pp

Whether you a feline lover or more of a dog person, there is no escaping the furry little cats in Greece, and Nisyros in particular. The quaint, traditional streets an alleys have cats roaming around or seeking shade and rest from the hot summer sun. The cats are either friendly and will come for a stroke, or are skittish and will run away, sadly there was a quite a few cats that looked scraggy, malnourished and had some kind of injury/ disease, but all of them were undenia

Whilst visiting the gorgeous island of Kos, it is a must to take a day trip to the nearby volcanic island of Nisyros. We booked again with JD Tours in Kefalos paying €25 for the return journey on the ferry which set sail at 0930 and returned at 1630. The tours depart from Kos Town or Kardamena to the main town and port of the island, Mandraki. You can also pay an additional €6 pp for a bus to take you to a volcanic crater of Stefanos. You don’t need to pre-book a tour to Nisy

Why visit one Greek island when you can visit three? Whilst in Kos, you can take a day trip boat tour to Kalimnos, Pserimos and Plati, on the ‘3 Islands Cruise’ There is a ton of different companies throughout Kos that you can book with, and you can even just turn up at Kos harbour and the crew from the boats will try sell you tickets there and then. The tours depart around 9.30am (and transfers should be included from your resort) We were based in Kefalos and went with a lov