The Top 12 Hotels Near OKU Kos
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Geometric whitewashed villas arranged like a contemporary take on a Greek hill village, adults only, with earth-toned interiors, natural textiles, and private pools in the better suites. The beachfront villas are the full splurge. A spa, hammam, yoga studio, and indoor pool round things out, which feels appropriate given that Hippocrates was born on this island. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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Near-monochrome minimalism from lobby to balcony sets the tone at this adults-only boutique hotel sitting across the road from Lambi Beach. The 54 rooms run from generously sized doubles with furnished terraces up to suites with outdoor jacuzzis and plunge pools. An L-shaped pool anchors the daytime scene, the spa handles the rest, and the in-house restaurant covers Greek and pan-Mediterranean dinners. Michelin awarded it one Key.
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An eight-room hotel steps from Kos's port, Albergo Gelsomino cuts an Art Deco silhouette along the seafront that has been catching eyes since before anyone alive can remember. The rooms look out over the Aegean, and the beach club below gives you a reason to stay horizontal all afternoon. Small enough to feel like someone's well-appointed house, relaxed enough that it doesn't feel precious about it. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Key.
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A seafront hotel on Lambi Beach where the room design, the pool, the bar, and the restaurant all point stubbornly toward the water, as if the Aegean might leave if nobody watched it. Floors-to-ceiling windows, bright white interiors, and private terraces do their part. The island is also the birthplace of Hippocrates, which gives you something suitably ancient to do before returning to the lounger. Open April through October.
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A Michelin Selected hotel on Lambi Beach, a short drive from Kos town, that runs adults-only, which explains the particular hush around the pools. Eighty-eight suites means it's not a boutique secret, but the generous terraces, roof decks, and private pools on some units spread people out enough that it rarely feels that way. The Ef-Zin spa and two in-house restaurants give guests a convincing case for never leaving.
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Ivory-white buildings stacked above a gold-sand beach on the Aegean, with most of the 108 rooms, suites, and villas angled toward the water. The beach doubles as the social center of this boutique resort, though the 28-meter infinity pool gives it a run. Four restaurants and bars, a spa with open-air cabanas, and Le Labo in the marble bathrooms round things out. A Forbes Four Star property.
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A Hippocratic Tea Bar sets the tone at this all-suite wellbeing resort on the Aegean coast of Kos, where the spa draws on ancient Greek ideas about water and herbs as medicine. Rooms run to white and pale wood, most with a private pool and sea views that do half the therapist's job for free. The YDΩR SPA anchors everything, with an indoor pool, steam room, and botanical oil massages. Restaurant Thyme handles the nutritional side; Elixir pours the herbal mocktails.
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Olive and pine trees slope down to Paradise Bay on all sides, which makes it easy to forget you're at a Forbes Five Star resort on the Aegean and not simply someone's very large, very lucky hillside estate. The property runs to nearly 150 acres, with two private beaches, four pools, a full spa, and eleven food and drink options, so the question of whether to leave rarely comes up. Villas and apartments with private pools suit families well.
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A champagne and chocolate bar is just table stakes at this art-forward all-inclusive resort on Turkey's Aegean coast. Eight dining venues, none of them buffet-style, serve food included in the rate, while the pool situation splits between a private lagoon off certain rooms and a full waterpark on the grounds. Adults who want a DJ set drift to Indigo Beach Club; children apparently have a Lego robotics room, which settles most family arguments before they start.
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Sleek stone buildings step down into the Aegean hillside like they grew there, which sets the tone for this sprawling wellness resort on Turkey's coast near Bodrum. Rooms run to floor-to-ceiling windows and private balconies, the beaches are quiet, and the spa is enormous, over 100,000 square feet of treatments and pools. The infinity pool meets the sea at the horizon in the way that photos never quite capture. A Forbes Four Star property.
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Grikos Bay sits right there through the window, a stretch of translucent blue framing bobbing sailboats and steep green islets, and the whole point of this small family-run boutique hotel built into the hill above it is that the view never really leaves you. Every room has a private balcony, breakfast goes on the breezy terrace, and the mosaic pool mirrors the same blue. Getting here takes some doing, which the guests who find it tend to consider a feature.