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“Our aim is to offer the most comprehensive travel guide to the Greek island of Kos”!
The ‘A to Z Guide to Kos’ was the second book in the unique ‘A to Z’ series of travel guides, renowned for their comprehensive, accurate and impartial approach. Our Kos travel guide covers all aspects of the island, its history and the many attractions to be found on Kos, the neighbouring island of Nisyros and the nearby Turkish mainland. The ‘A to Z Travel Club’, hosted on this website, vastly increases the information on Kos available to the reader. (Travel Club link)
Tony Oswin, author of the ‘A to Z’ series of travel guides, is a British expatriate who now lives on Thassos. He realised the need for such guides during his many holidays on the Greek islands, finding it always difficult, costly and time-consuming to acquire comprehensive and up-to-date information. He also found that the vast majority of travel guides are published and then just re-printed year after year, meaning that the information contained within, ends up inaccurate and out of date, the ‘A to Z’ series is very different:-
Firstly, our guidebooks are completely revised each year with all the latest news and changes on the islands for the forthcoming summer season.
Secondly, our objective is to offer our readers a unique source of the very latest news and information from the islands. To this end, purchase of any of our books grants you FREE membership of the ‘A to Z Travel Club’, allowing full access to all the Kos web pages, where you will find the latest news on attractions, festivals, music and cultural events, travel news and a vast range of tourist related information and advice (updated every day during the summer). It also allows us to offer a range of ‘member’ discounts offered by businesses on the islands, meaning that rather than costing you, our guides can actually save you money! (Travel Club discounts).
Thirdly, most travel guides ‘pad out’ their publications with pictures of nondescript pretty alleyways and beaches that are of little help to the reader. We wanted to offer much more and at a higher quality than is possible in a ‘paper-back’ format. So to achieve this and at no extra cost to the book purchaser, we moved all the media onto this website. In the Kos ‘Gallery’, Travel Club members will find over 50 high quality photographs, panoramas, videos and webcams. The photographs have a brief description and the relevant page number in the book, so that you can read more about the subject.
All this is aimed at offering the holidaymaker a series of unique travel guides that accurately and comprehensively cover all the subjects of interest, to help ensure a visit to the Greek islands is truly memorable and problem-free.
‘Greece Travel Secrets’ reviews the A to Z Guide to Kos (Link)
Fully updated for the 2025 summer season!
The 2025 edition book contains:
- History & mythology of Kos
- Local culture and customs
- Different ways of visiting the island
- Hotels, studios and apartments
- Camping on the island
- Places to visit
- Organised trips
- Activities for the younger visitor
- Beaches and resorts
- Archaeological sites on Kos
- Visiting the volcanic island of Nisyros
- Visiting Bodrum (mainland Turkey)
- Eating and drinking out
- A guide to Greek food
- Sports & recreation on the island
- Car & scooter hire
- Public transport
- Bus information
- Ferry and hydrofoil information
- Weather facts
- Local products
- Carnivals and religious events
- Money matters
- Health facts and contacts
- Simple advice on bugs and critters
- Shopping guides
- Suggestions and insider tips
- Maps of Kos, Kos Town, the Asklepion and Bodrum
- Greek glossary
Purchase of the ‘A to Z Guide to Kos’ entitles you to FREE membership of the ‘A to Z Travel Club’. For full information, please click on the ‘Travel Club’ link below.
The Kos travel guide, revised for the 2025 season with all the latest facts, money-saving offers and comprehensive information on Kos.
The 2025 edition of the ‘A to Z Guide to Kos’ is published by Arima Publishing and priced at £10.95
Printed with a monochrome interior and full-colour cover, 197 pages. Size 5.25″ x 8″
ISBN: 978-1-84549-843-6
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KOS QUICK FACTS
- One of the main Greek island holiday destinations
- In easy reach of Bodrum on the Turkish mainland
- Nearby volcanic island of Nisyros
- Many fine beaches
- Bustling in the high season
- Island airport
- Many all inclusive resorts
- Kos Town café culture
- Archaeologically interesting
- ‘High octane’ night-time venues
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