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Delicious Food and Drinks from Kos Island

10 September 2023

Kos boasts a diverse and bountiful culinary tradition, drawing from its fertile volcanic soil and ample water sources. The island's rich and varied landscape supports a...

Three Wineries Worth Visiting in Kos

05 April 2021

Kos doesn’t have a well-established winemaking industry, but the viticulture tradition goes back to antiquity, with Hippocrates, the father of medicine, praising its...

Visit the wineries of Kos

10 March 2019

Your stay at Astir Odysseus is likely to include savouring the delicious wines we have in our ACHILLES and ITHAKA restaurants, and at our waterfront taverna ARGO. In...

5 Delicious Souvenirs from Kos to Take Home

14 October 2018

In the southeastern Aegean, just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey, Kos represents a quaint haven of Greek and Mediterranean tradition, with the occasional Ottoman Muslim...

Kos Wines from Melantanon to Present Day

30 March 2018

Kos wines were highly praised in antiquity but, with the Ottoman rule, the tradition began to fade. Today, several boutique wineries are trying to revive the winemaking...

The Wines of Kos: Triantafillopoulos

28 February 2015

The Triantafillopoulos (Τριανταφυλλοπουλος) Winery is another recommendation for our guests, and for Kos island visitors. Also known as Inambelos, this is perhaps the...

The Wines of Kos: Hatziemmanouil

01 February 2015

The wines of Kos, or Koios Oenos as they were known in the time of Hippocrates, were famous many years back, but many of the glorious vineyards that once covered the...