Places to visit

Kos vast beaches, most of the year sunshine, the enormous historical interest and the attractiveness of Kos have gradually raised the island to the level of an international tourist centre.

Summer Village of Hippocrates Hotel's ideal location (in the middle of Kos island) makes it a perfect base to explore Kos' beauties & see-sights.

Suggestions

• Salt Lake Alykes

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    Salt Lake Alykes (part of the Natura 2000 protected regions of Kos) is located between Marmari and Tigaki, just 2 km away from Summer Village of Hippocrates Hotel. It's a unique beauty wetland with many migratory birds (flamingos, pelicans and herons), sea turtles and sea snakes.

• Zia traditional Village

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    Zia is the most beautiful village of Kos, located 10 km southeast of Summer Village of Hippocrates Hotel, a high altitude in the mountain side of Dikeos. It has a lot of restaurants with amazing sunset view and some really great shops selling Greek souvenirs.

• Paleo Pyli medieval Fortress

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    Paleo Pili is the ruins of a Byzantine fortress and medieval village, on a hill 360 meters high, close to the middle of Kos island. It is assumed that the hill was fortified from Mycenaean times. Paleo Pili is located in a strategic point, true refuge for the island's inhabitants.

• Kos town

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    Kos modern town is built on the spot of its ancient predecessor, the ancient town of Kos. You can visit here many sightseeing's from all historical periods as the Castle of the Knights of Saint John (Fortress of Neratzia), the famous Palm Tree Avenue, the Tree of Hippocrates, the Ancient Agora, the Roman house, the Roman Odeon and the Archaeological Museum.

• Asklepion of Kos

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    Asklepion is a vast sanctuary, which was dedicated to the god of healing, Asclepius and it is located 3.5 km southwest of Kos town. Hippocrates (the father of modern medicine) studied there, taught and founded his Medical School, which became famous throughout the ancient world and the largest hospital in ancient Greece.