Paradise on Kos!

Advantages: Great Setting, Close to Airport, First Class Food, Very Clean, Wonderful!
Disadvantages: None that I can think of!

...thirty minutes and you could have seen us leaving, decidedly poorer but with the joy of a holiday to look forward to, departing in just 5 days! Honestly, what one glass of wine in Pizza Hut does to me I?ll never quite know! The following Tuesday saw us at Manchester Airport bright and early, 6am being just a little too bright and early for some of us, and eagerly awaiting our flight to the Greek island of Kos. Kos lies in the south east of the Aegean Sea and is the third largest of the Greek islands (after both Rhodes and Corfu) and boasts a population of 30,000 that is regularly almost doubled each summer with holiday makers. Our hotel was located about a mile outside of the town of Kardamena which lies on the south side of the island and approx. 15 minutes from the only airport on the island. The resort consists of many bars with about 3...

Lucie_S1984 04.01.2005 · Read review
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Cooling Breeze is Bliss in Kos heat

Advantages: breeze keeps you cool, you don't notice the intense heat
Disadvantages: watch you don't burn, the wind is deceptive: use you sun cream more often. IT IS HOT in KOS

...Did I say breeze? Do you know, I didn?t realize how strong the wind would be ? you know, the wind that blows throughout the summer months amongst the islands of the Dodecanese. As I write, I am sat out on the balcony of my apartment on the island of Kos. We have just berthed in the harbor at Kardamena and, today the wind is blowing fierce and strong. Unbelievably, fierce as the wind is, it caresses the skin like velvet ? despite its power! The sky is an intense baby blue, without so much as a hint of a cloud and the temperature is building as the morning progresses. Yesterday was an intense 32o C ? and I have great hopes that the temperatures today will match that with ease. Yesterday we were moored off a beach near San Antonio. It wasn?t a harbor ? more a deep inlet set amongst volcanic rocks. The inlet?s waters were quite calm...

Glynhafod 01.09.2009 · Read review
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Alicante Airport

Advantages: Good location, decent amenities
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...I use Alicante airport for my annual break in Spain and find it is convenient and fairly easy to use. It is situated just outside Alicante on the Costa Blanca, around 46.5km from Benidorm. It is within driving distance of Valencia, around two hours and 179km. Arrivals You would probably fly to Alicante if you were staying in Benidorm, Torrevieja, Altea, Calpe, Moraira or Teulada. It is popular with budget airlines such as Easyjet and Bmibaby and there are flights from many regional airports in the UK such as East Midlands, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle and Stansted to name a few. There are around ten car hire companies who operate out of the airport including the big names like Avis, Europcar and Hertz, these desks are located in the arrivals hall and can get busy at peak times. There are also local car hire companies who...

tor0908 16.07.2009 · Read review
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The Asklepieion of Kos

Advantages: Beautiful,historic monument
Disadvantages: You need to be able bodied to enjoy the best of it

...The Asklepieion of Kos. ( This is the Greek spelling, but there are several adaptations of it ) Firstly, If you enjoy history,architecture or both,The Aslepieion will interest you. If beaches,jetskis,girls and clubs interest you more, then this article is unlikely to interest you whatsoever! Still interested? Ok,read on! The Asklepieion is probably the largest ancient monument on the island of Kos. The origins of which are said to date back to the 3rd century BC.Sadly this magnificent site has been facelifted by earthquakes,several times since. The site you see today was excavated in 1902,unearthing the true scale of what you see before you now. Part of the early structure is a temple dedicated to Apollo. The Romans got in on the act too and the Asklepieon shows remnants of early Roman baths. The real...

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Chaos From k-os

Advantages: A couple of bangers
Disadvantages: Inconsistent

..."Joyful Rebellion" came out in 2004 as the second album from k-os, a Canadaian Hip Hop MC who performs in a style similar to that of Mos Def, Q-Tip and Common as he fuses the concepts of conscious Hip Hop and the Jazz Hip Hop that A Tribe Called Quest presented, and uses this as his main motivation when performing his music. 1. "Emcee Murdah" To start off the album you have a track which has the artist deal with "the definition of a real MC" as many have before, and whilst doing this, he kills off all those who obviously do not fit this mould, and in fact have been detrimental in achieving the aim of the Hip Hop genre. **Three Stars** 2. "Crucial" As well-reputed as it is, k-os shows his range of musical influences by doing a Dub-based joint whihc has him exploring a little Reggae whilst singing in this stlye to authentic...

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chicago airport

Advantages: Gets me from A to b efficiently
Disadvantages: It's an airport!

...Chicago airport. On a recent visit to san Diego, we had to have a stop in Chicago airport for a couple of hours...most of my travelling seems to be spent in airports! It was the busiest airport in the United States until Atlanta became the busiest and it was apparently voted best airport in North America in 2000...that's 8 years ago so i don't know which airport has been winning since then. The airport is 20 miles from downtown Chicago but since we weren't actaully going to Chicago we didn't actally leave the airport so I can't comment on the transport links. **The Terminals** Of course when stuck in an airport these are the places you see most often. There are 4 terminals and strangely enough these are Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Terminal 5 which is the International Terminal...whatever happened to number 4? All of the terminals are...

danielalong 23.10.2008 · Read review
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Kos! The place to be

Advantages: Beautiful place!
Disadvantages: none!

...This review is only information I have from my recent holiday in Greece, Kos. Returning back from Kos, a few weeks ago was heartbreaking! I only wish now, that I had never come home. I stayed in the Imperial hotel in Kos town for 2 weeks with Thomas Cook. Only 2 minute walk from all the restaurants and bars! I shall start by telling you about my thoughts on the Imperial Hotel. Arriving at the hotel, my friend and I thought we could not have come to a worse place. It was 3 o'clock in the morning and the way we had been taken by the transfer coach, it looked as though we were in the middle of nowhere! However, the hotel looked lovely! On arrival the reception staff were lovely, guiding us to our room, which is rather unusual these days. The hotel rooms are basic, but then again everything is basic in kos! All we needed was...

lucyw88 21.07.2008 · Read review
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Limited Facilities, Nice Enough Airport

Advantages: good location for northern Poland, quiet, small,
Disadvantages: very limited shopping and catering

...Gdansk Airport (officially named Lech Walesa Airport) is located in the village/suburb of Rebiechowo within about a half hour's minutes drive from most areas of Tri-City (many outlying suburbs will be closer, though). Public transport links are good to Gdansk itself, but much worse to Gdynia or Sopot. Licences taxis are widely available and would normally cost something in the region of 60PLN plus, but this vastly varies depending on where you actually going. The airport has served international flights (to Scandinavia and Germany) for years now, but has became much more busy in the recent years (and in particularly with an advent of cheap flights in the form of Ryanair and Wizzair) In addition to several daily commuter-type flights to Warsaw, decent connections to Germany (including Frankfurt, Bremen, Hamburg and Munich...

magdadh 16.06.2009 · Read review
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Kos - an island of two halves!!

Advantages: Some lively parts & some very quiet parts!Rent a quadbike!
Disadvantages: Packed in Summer,do not book with Manos!

...similar, I kept looking and found Kos. It seemed on paper to be the perfect mix - an island which had some unspoilt and beautiful parts, with a busy centre bursting with nightlife and daytime activities. After some extensive looking we chose a holiday with MyTravel, through the ever-useless Lastminute.com. The holiday in total came to £200 each, including flights, transfers, accomodation and insurance. A bargain! However this was mainly due to the fact that we were travelling at the end of May/early June (we have that luxury as students!!) ARRIVAL AND ACCOMODATION On arrival in Kos we piled into a coach, at about 10pm, and were escorted to our hotel, the Daphne appartments. We were staying in Kardamena which is the liveliest part of Kos. Having been to a Greek island every year of my life, due to my Dad's love of Greece, I pretty...

rachel3103 12.01.2008 · Read review
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KOS OVERALL

Advantages: everything, the people, the place, the food, the facilities!
Disadvantages: none!

...where do i start with kos... ive been there 5 times now, from the age of 16 - 21... and i honestly have to say that there is something in kos for everyone. having stayed in kardamena every time i have visited kos, and worked in kardamena in 2006, i have some excellent memories and lots of friends there. kardamena however, was but a base for me, and i have made time to visit all of the small towns and beaches around the island. from the little taverna in tingaki, to the busstling scandanavian scene in kos town you are made as welcome as you would ever wish to be in kos, with the locals welcoming you into their lives and showing a genuine interest for you and your friends/family who accompany you. working in kos is great, and a great way to make new friends, and pass the summer months if you are a student, or just get sick...

geordiepaul777 24.08.2008 · Read review
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