Atlantis Beach Hotel Kos

The resort expands from a main building to bungalows laying in extensive lush gardens with trees, herbs and flowering plants. It is only 2km away from Kos town and 25km from the “Hippocrates international Airport”.

About Kos island

Kos is situated in the southeastern Aegean Sea, in the middle of the Dodecanese Island cluster, with easy access to the nearby islands that are quite interesting to see.

With a warm Mediterranean climate, Kos combines history and tradition with modern infrastructure. She features 112km of coastline, innumerous historical sites, immaculate hospitality facilities, rich flora and crystal-clear waters with 12 Blue Flag beaches, local produce of high nutritional value and gastronomy based on the island tradition. All the above attracts well over a million visitors annually.

Kos, that is widely known as the “cycling island”, offers over 15km of bike lanes, 6500 bicycles available for rent and lots of mountainous trails and routes for all levels of efficiency. Cycling is quite popular among the locals and the visitors to the island as well. Today the island of kos has wonderful routes for all types of cyclists: totally flat, mountainous, mixed, dirt roads, advanced difficulty trails and an elevated cycling culture. The bicycle is widely used as a daily form of transportation by the locals and visitors alike. Moreover, the island offers high quality services and bike shops of high standards with a large variety of biking gear both for road bikes and mountain/gravel/adventure bikes.

Welcome to Atlantis hotel:

• A wellness paradise that the sea abundantly offers
• An experience beyond the beach and sun
• Nearby the historical town of Kos
• A great base station for wandering around on a bicycle

Ideal for couples and families, the Hotel offers twin rooms, family rooms, bungalows, suites – all of them with balconies or verandas, all the amenities and high-speed internet and most of them with a sea view.

It features two restaurants with tasty dishes based on local produce of the blessed Koan land, four bars for relaxation with choice wines of local varieties and cool cocktails while gazing at the gardens or the beach. Crystal clear waters with a “Blue Flag” certified beach and a view of the Aegean. Activities for either fun or exercise like tennis, aquarobics, water polo, archery, beach volley etc. Relaxation is also an option through stretching sessions, wellness area and a Spa Gazebo by the beach. Roomy sitting areas are offered in the general Lobby area for some quiet time and good friends, while the business corner offers all the amenities for a working guest. Lido waterpark on the other hand is our suggestion for a cool, adrenaline filled experience for children and adults alike.

Atlantis Hotel offers an All Inclusive Program that includes, breakfast, lunch, dinner, all kinds of drinks (soft drinks, juices, beer, wine, water and spirits) and warm and cold snacks during the day. The menu is Mediterranean with fresh, seasonal, local products of high quality.

Worth mentioning is the “Greek Breakfast Corner” served according to the guidelines of the Greek Chamber of Hotels. Here the guest will find the energy and cheerfulness to start his day with special products such as:  wine-aged cheese (krasotiri), olive oil, honey, local plum tomatoes and the whole-fruit preserves made from them, fresh vegetables and fruit. The Hotel has a Food Safety and Handling System. More typical foods from Kos are phyllo dough pastries, cinnamon tea, wine from local varieties and visitable wineries, olive oil from the quaint visitable olive groves and olive presses, as well as high quality organic products based on aloe.

Koullias Hotels take inspiration for their policies in all levels of Hospitality for their hotels (Achilleas Beach, Eurovillage Achilleas, Atlantis, Grand Blue, Kouros Palace, Kosta Palace) from the Hippocratic notion on health and well-being. They also sponsor the Hippocratic Foundation of Kos, by maintaining and promoting the Foundation’s Botanical Gardens with its 246 herbs and plants, used for medicinal purposes by Hippocrates himself.

Our Hotel has committed to policies for saving the environment, the proper use of water and energy and the reduction of our ecological footprint in general. We have been certified with a “Blue Flag” for caring and keeping our beach and water clean and offering certain facilities and information on our work.  We also have been appointed as “NATIONAL GREEN KEY OPERATOR” by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature”.

Hippocrates, the great man of Kos (460-370bc). The “father of western medicine” and his counselings -up-to-date and contemorary in our days

Hippocrates was a philosopher, scientist, writer and a doctor – one the greatest among the bright minds of the Ancient Greek world.

In his healing methods he would always start by close observation of the manifestations of the disease. For the first time ever, Hippocrates was the one to explore the human anatomy and psyche as well. His philosophy was mainly based on prognosis than diagnosis, so he introduced the principles of the Science of treatment of the Body and Mind of Man.

He is recognized to be the “father of medicine” in the Western world. His scientific views as well as his principles on matters of medical morals and ethics were grouped together in 70 essays, known to be the “Hippocratic Corpus”. His most important work is the “Hippocratic Oath”, a complete code-of- ethics vow that even today doctors recite during their graduation in medical schools in Greece and around the world.

International hippocratic foundation of kοs

Located on the eastern side of Asclepieion, it was founded in 1960, aspiring to promote Hippocrates’ principals and ideals around the world. It features a gallery with important exhibits, a standard model of Hippocrates’ infirmary and pharmacy, a well-stocked library, a conference room and the Botanical Gardens with medicinal herbs of the Greek flora mentioned in Hippocrates’ works.

Asclepieion, the sanctuary of asclepius

The Asclepieion of Kos, the ruins of which have been preserved since the 4^th century B.C., lies at 3,4 km northwest of Kos Town, amidst lush vegetation and with a wonderful view to the sea. It is the most important monument of the island and one of the most famous sanctuaries of this type, in antiquity. It was a religious sanctuary for the worship of the god Asclepius, a healing center and a medical school and Hippocrates taught at the school he himself founded within the temple area.

Koullias Hotels, supports the international hippocratic foundation of kos

http://hippocraticfoundation.org/   by sponsoring the development and maintenance of the famous Hippocratic Botanical Garden. The Group is committed to raising awareness about and encouraging visits to the Museum and Gardens. The goal of this initiative is to share the inspiration, the knowledge, the values and philosophy of Hippocrates, “Father of Western Medicine”, on health and wellbeing that are still true after 2500 years.

We share with you excerpts of hippocrates’ wisdom and philisophy, of great value in our lifes:

“The most important medicine of all, is to teach people how not to need one”

“Your food is your “medicine” and your “medicine” is your food”

“If we could give each person the right quantity of food and exercise, not too much but not too little, we would have found the safest path to health”

“Where there is love for man, then love for life soon follows”

Starting from Atlantis: Getting to know the town and the island

Kos town specifically and the whole island as well, are an open-air museum with iconic monuments, outdoors sites with free entrance, architectural diversity and an extended network of bike lanes. So, off we go with our bicycle, to visit “Neratzia”-the Medieval Knights Templar fortress, Hippocrates’ Plane, The Ancient Agora, the Museum, Casa Romana, Eleftherias Square with the traditional cafes, tavernas and the Municipal Market, the Hippocratic Foundation and Ascelpieion. You can use your bicycle to visit fine wineries such as Hatziemmanuel (2,4km), Akrani Estate (12km), the organic estate Pandrosia, producing aloe for natural beauty product and foods. Daily excursions of Island hopping are available from the Kos port to Kalymnos island and from Kardamena port to Nisyros island.

There are bike trails high in the mountain that offer a bird’s eye view of the island and a getaway to nature. Wonderful beaches and traditional villages can also be visited by bicycle, especially the north-eastern part of the island that is flat and ideal for carefree cycling.

The bicycle lanes start at the norther end of the island at Faros Beach and go all the way to Psalidi Beach on the east side of the island. There are also countless smaller roads starting from Kos town and expanding at a radius of 13km..

Detailed cycling routes here and here