The village
Kardámena
A long sandy beach, a working harbour, and a volcano on the horizon.
Where you will be
A village you can walk
Kardámena is a village on the south coast of Kos, halfway between the airport and the island's quiet western end. It has a long sandy beach, a small working harbour, a seafront of tavernas and cafés, and — if you walk five minutes out of the centre — a coastline where the only sound is the water.
It is the sort of place where you can spend a fortnight without hiring a car: the supermarket, the bakery, the bus stop, the taxi rank and about forty places to eat are all within a few hundred metres of each other. And the boats to Nísyros, the volcano island on the horizon, leave from the harbour at the end of the front.
What is here
The essentials
The beach
Kardamena's central beach is a long, shallow, organised stretch of sand with sun beds and umbrellas, backed by cafés. Walk east or west and it empties out fast. From Ostria View you are five metres from the water; from Cosy it is a two-hundred-metre walk.
The harbour and the boat to Nisyros
The small harbour at the end of the seafront is where the day boats leave for Nísyros — the volcano you can see from every balcony at Ostria View. It is the single best day trip on the island and it starts a short walk from your door.
Eating and drinking
The seafront is lined with tavernas and cafés. The nearest bars to Cosy are metres away: Buddies Bar 20 m, Black Magic 50 m, The Bands Kos 100 m. From the beachfront homes, Pegasus Bar, Atheneon Bar and Artemis Cafe Bar are all around 550–600 m along the front.
Ancient Alasarna
The archaeological site of Alasarna — the ancient settlement Kardamena grew out of — is on the edge of the village: 500 m from Cosy, about 1.7 km from the beachfront homes.
Getting around
The bus stop and the taxi rank are a three-to-four-minute walk from Cosy. Kos International Airport is 8–9 km away, about fifteen minutes by car. Kos Town and the main port are roughly 26 km up the coast.
Distances
How far is everything
Measured from our four homes. Where a range is shown, the shorter figure is from Cosy in the village centre and the longer one from the beachfront homes. Distances as published by Booking.com.
- Kardamena beach
- 150 m – 1 km
- Ancient Alasarna archaeological site
- 0.5 – 1.7 km
- Antimachia Castle
- 3.5 km
- Lakitira beach
- 3.4 – 4.5 km
- Chelona (Turtle) beach
- 3.9 – 4.9 km
- Water slides
- 5 – 6 km
- Antimachia windmill
- 5 – 6 km
- Kos International Airport
- 8 – 9 km
- Ancient Spring of Charmylos
- 9 km
- Paleo Pyli
- 12 – 13 km
- Marmari beach
- 14 km
- Asklepion of Kos
- 23 – 24 km
- Kos Town & port
- 26 km
- Kalymnos National Airport
- 30 – 31 km
Getting here
Fifteen minutes from the runway
Kos International Airport (KGS) is 8–9 km from Kardamena — a fifteen minute transfer. Tell Katerina your flight number and arrival time and someone will be at the door with the keys, however late it lands.
If you are coming by ferry, Kos Town port is about 26 km up the coast. There is a bus and a taxi rank in the village, three to four minutes on foot from Cosy.
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Stay in the middle of it
Four homes in Kardámena, three of them on the water. Tell us your dates.