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The various beach resorts and villages on Kos are connected with Kos Town by a fairly frequent bus network.
The main bus station is located in Kos Town (behind the Post Office) and a bus timetable can be found there. You can also visit the tourist information office in Kos Town to pick up a paper copy of the bus timetable.
While there might be several buses a day between Kos Town and a given village, it is generally the case that these buses are not spread out equally throughout the day. Instead, there will tend to be one or two buses in the morning (at 8 or 9 am), maybe an early afternoon bus (at say 2pm) and then a late afternoon bus (eg. 5pm) and an evening bus (eg 7 or 8pm).
The following details were correct as at May 2006:
Buses between Kos Town and....
Zia - 1.40 Euros each way
Mon - Sat 3 buses daily
Sundays No buses
Tigaki - 1.40 Euros each way
Mon - Sat Almost hourly (09:00 -23:00)
Sundays 7 buses
Marmari - 1.40 Euros each way
Mon - Sat Almost hourly (09:00 -23:00)
Sundays 7 buses
Pili - 1.40 Euros each way
Mon - Sat 5 buses daily
Sundays 3 buses
Mastihari - 2.10 Euros each way
Mon - Sat 5 buses daily
Sundays 3 buses
Antimahia - 1.80 Euros each way
Mon - Sat 6 buses daily
Sundays 3 buses
Kardamena - 2.30 Euros each way
Mon - Sat 6 buses daily
Sundays 3 buses
Kefalos/Paradise - 3.20 Euros each way
Mon - Sat 6 buses daily
Sundays 3 buses Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 hydrofoil in Kos - the "flying
dolphin" by sandysmith
There are also daily connections to Kalymnos, Leros, Patmos, Piraeus (Athens) and Rhodes.
Connections to - Symi, Chio, Mytilini, Alexandroupolis, Halki, Diafani, Karpatho, Kasso, Irakleion, Kastelorizo, Limno, Nysiro, Tilo, Astypalea, Lipsi, Thessaloniki, Paro, Naxo, Syro, Amorgo and Mykono are availbale once or twice a week: Its best to check with the individual ship companies as none like to give out info about each other!
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 boat to Kos by sandysmith
Ticket price was 40 euros return - it was cheaper to buy from the harbour stalls at Mandraki harbour in Rhodes rather then the ticket office at Colona harbour. Theme: Ship/Boat
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 Bike park at Kos Harbour by zizkov
Lots of cycle hire places. I hired mine from Ideal cycles just along from the Kypriotis, who must have had over a hundred cycles. Most bikes are step through 3-speed town cycles at around 4E per day, but I hired a 24 speed alu front susp MTB for 11E/2days. Most places also have little motos or full size motorbikes for hire.
I worried slightly when I arrived at Kos Town as there was nowhere to chain my bike to (essential measure back home). Then I realised that there were about 200 other bikes in the same situation. Just drop the kickstand and put the cable lock round the back wheel. Some people didn't ever bother with that.
All the bikes come with dynamos, so people still whiz about in the dark. It wasn't unusual to see family groups heading back from town, lights blazing, at 10 or 11 at night. Leave a Comment Theme: Bicycle
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 boats in Kos harbour by sandysmith |
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 bicycles for hire by sandysmith
The town is compact and bicycle hire was also popular - a better option I think, especially for the short ride out to Asklepieion.
Cost is about 3 euros per day for bicycle hire. Theme: Motorcycle
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 Ferry to Bodrum by Helga67
One can also cross to Bodrum, Turkey. Leave a Comment Theme: Ship/Boat
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 the blue train by sandysmith
Ticket prices are 3.50 euros for the round trip - well worth it if short on time or on a day trip like we were. Theme: Train
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 City bus by Helga67
From our hotel in Lambi to the centre it took 10 minutes and we paid 0.90 EUR each on the bus. On the way back to the hotel we bought our tickets at the bus office at the Mandraki harbour and paid 0.70 EUR each.
The bus to Lambi beach is no. 2. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 Blue Star Ferries ticket
office, Kos Town by SWFC_Fan, 1 more photos
The two islands aren't too far apart (perhaps 5 or 6 hours by ferry) and I assumed the journey would be a straight forward one. However, after checking the ferry schedules at the tourist office, it soon became apparent that there were no direct boats from Kos to Naxos (or neighbouring Paros). I enquired about this with the tourist office staff and they told me that, due to different ferry companies operating in different island groups, it wasn't always easy to find ferries from the Dodecanese islands to the Cyclades islands, especially outside the high season.
After a bit of research on the Internet, I found that I had a few options:
i) Take a hydrofoil to neighbouring Kalymnos (of which there are several each day) and then catch the early ferry to Piraeus (which operates a few days a week at 05:30) and stops at both Naxos and Paros. I didn't like the idea of having to be up so early in the morning.
ii) Take a ferry to Amorgos on the eastern edge of the Cyclades and then connect from there to Naxos. I didn't know how frequent the connections would be from Amorgos to Naxos and I didn't want to be stranded there for too long, so this was a no-go.
iii) Take the overnight Piraeus ferry, which stops at Syros en-route, and then make my way from Syros to Naxos. I opted for this latter option, and the following details were correct as at May 2006:
- I caught the "Blue Star 2" ferry which left Kos Town, from the port in front of the castle, at 21:15;
- The journey time was approximately 7 hours, and so I arrived at Syros at close to 4am. Even at this time in the morning, there were crowds of accommodation touts waiting for the boat's arrival;
- The ferry operates on the following route:
Rhodes - Kos - Leros - Patmos - Syros - Piraeus
- The cost of a one way ticket from Kos to Syros was 29.90 Euros. Leave a Comment
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