Kardamena, the liveliest resort on Kos, is situated on the south coast and 25 kilometres from Kos Town. Small and compact, its welcoming atmosphere and sandy beach make it the number one choice for groups of young British people. It has its own Bar Street running through the resort centre where there are many sports bars, Karaoke bars and places to visit of an evening. Kardamena has a pale, sandy beach, with a great variety of watersports available in high season. The gently shelving sands and sunbeds also make this a popular choice for families.
There are over sixty restaurants catering for literally every taste. From fast food joints to traditional Greek tavernas, you are guaranteed to find something to suit your appetite. If you look up to the mountains from the resort of Kardamena you will see the beautiful castle of Antimachia which is impressively lit up at night. If you manage to tear yourself away from the non-stop fun and games, take a day trip to the mysterious and beautiful volcanic island of Nissyros and see inside the bubbling crater, or taste another culture on a trip to Turkey for a relaxing Turkish Bath.

Kardamena is a party goer's paradise with over a hundred bars and a few discos. There are even a couple of nightclubs playing music until the early hours of the morning, Needless to say, couples and groups of friends have the time of their lives here! There are plenty of minimarkets and supermarkets, and enough souvenir shops to buy something different for everyone at home! There are also a few fashion boutiques in the resort centre too.
Accommodation in Kardamena is following the same path and the visitor has multiple choices. The main town offers a large amount of pretty basic but always clean self catering apartments and quite a few 2* - 3* hotels. A couple of kilometers outside the resort (to the east and the west) a not always walkable distance specially at the end of the night, there's about a dozen of luxury all inclusive 4* - 5* hotels.

Norida Beach Hotel - Kardamena Kos
The Norida Beach Hotel is a First Class all inclusive Hotel ideally located on the endless sandy beach with its emerald crystal clear waters, 30 km from the City of Kos, only 5 km from the popular City of Kardamena and 14 km from Kos Airport. A multilingual animation team provides throughout day & night various activities and games such as musicals, cabarets, sketches, shows, competitions games, demonstrations and many other in order to amuse the guests. a week Greek orchestra with local dancers ...

Holidays in Kardamena - Kos GREECE
Kardamena is on the south coast of Kos, 15 miles from Kos Town and only 5 miles from the airport. Holidays in Kardamena are shared with a largely young crowd looking for a fun time and a friendly atmosphere and plenty of music and dancing until well into the night. This resort has developed from a small village into a two-mile long action-packed youth party destination. Kardamena holidays offer the biggest party on Kos island.
Kardamena nightlife is centred on a main street entirely dedicated to bars of all kinds, including music bars and karaoke, British-style pubs and tavernas. Kardamena holidays offer busy nightlife and entertainment until early morning, with more than a hundred bars and several discos and clubs, with most of the action concentrated around the harbour area and seafront. Kardamena beach is sandy and has shallow water good for swimming and is also lined with bars snack bars and cafes. Kardamena beach is popular for sunbathing and watersports like parasailing and waterskiing. Wide sandy beaches continue for around 3 miles in each direction so it is possible to find quieter areas if you want to get away from the action.

Information about Kardamena beach
Kardamena's beautiful sandy beach with crystal clear water and a lenght of almost 5 kilometers it's the longest beach on Kos island and it's easy to please every taste and preference. Combined with the lovely Kos weather it's ideal from lazy sunbathing and fishing, to snorkeling, scuba diving and watersports. Highly recommended - Helona (turtle) beach the heart of Kardamena's "Blue Flag" awarded beach Gourniatis about two kilometers away from the west side of town. Those who don't like the sand are not going to be short in choices either, there are many swimming pools with snack bars in the resort open to the public.

Getting to Kardamena - Kos
Getting to Kardamena is very easy specially during the summer season (beginning of May till the end of October). There are frequent charter flights to Kos from most European countries and Kos airport is only 7 kilometers away, less than ten minutes by taxi - that's if you haven't booked a package holiday to Kardamena.
From mainland Greece you can get to the island either by plain or ferry. Every day there are three flights from / to Athens airport by Olympic Airlines and another three by Aegean Airlines. From Piraeus port there's at least one big ferryboat liner daily to Kos and other Dodecanese islands. The port of the island is located in Kos town which is also the capital, about twenty five minutes away by taxi and a bit longer by bus.

Kardamena Links & Travel guides
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Kardamena Kos holiday Reviews
Elga aparts in Kardamena - Kelly. Date of travel: Aug 2006