Useful information

• Organized tour: The travel agencies in town offer day trips around the island as well as cruises to the other islands nearby.
  
• Conferences: Kos is a popular venue for International medical and scientific conventions, which are held at the Intemational Hippocrateion Foundation and at the Greek Centre for Medical Research.
• Sports: You will find the facilities and equipment for all kinds of sports, water and land. at the larger hotels on the island.
• Spas: At Thermes (12 km from town), there are hot springs and hydrotherapy installations with mineral baths.
• Shopping: Pottery - jewelry - handwoven fabrics.
• Yachting facilities: Kos harbour has customs and health authorities as well as refueling facilities for yachts.
• Useful telephone numbers
  Area code for Kos: O242
  Police: 22.222
  Tourist Police: 24.444
  Town Hall: 28.240
  Municipal Tourist Office: 24.400
  Port Authority: 28.527