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My father (78), myself and my son (21), have just returned from the Pelagos Aparthotel, (15^th – 22^nd June 2005).  The staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble for them.

Indeed, I would just like to say a big thank you to all the staff there, especially Katarina the Day Receptionist, Ionnis the Night Receptionist, Tundi (Maria), the Entertainment/Activities Organiser (if I had a daughter, she would be it), Hussain and Vasillias the bar staff (whom I didn’t get chance to say goodbye to), and Illyachs the maintenance man (not that there was anything wrong with our room!), for looking after us and making our holiday a happy and memorable one. (I apologise if I’ve mis-spelled anyone’s name!).

The Pelagos has a lovely free form pool and bar/seating area for relaxing around day or night.  The rooms are clean, well sized, well furnished and maintained to a very high standard.  Although the Pelagos is just outside Kos Town itself, there are buses which run regularly every half an hour – on time – and take approx. 10 mins, if that.  This was to our advantage, as we wanted a location which was quiet and peaceful (mountains and countryside to back and beach with view of Turkey and smaller islands to front) with easy access to harbour, local historic sites and cafes.

The food at the Pelagos is of a very good standard, with b&b and half-board on offer and can not be faulted.  If you are self-catering you can eat at the restaurant as and when you choose or visit the min-market in the hotel or another supermarket just on the next block etc.  As my father is rather elderly we opted for the half-board and were not disappointed.  They also do special Greek nights and Italian nights, offering a chance to sample different cuisines. 

There is excellent entertainment on offer, ranging from quiz nights (if you wish to take part), to a greek organist, greek dancing, belly dancing and a fakir (a man who walks on hot coals/fire eater), which I had been looking forward to watching all week and missed due to being held up returning from a day trip to Turkey – Hmmph!.  These were all of a high standard and were well worth staying at the hotel to eat your evening meal and to watch, or just to watch sitting around the pool/bar area, as the entertainment is all-inclusive.  They also had daily entertainment for children and 20 mins aqua-aerobics every afternoon for all the people who had eaten too much the night before! 

There is so much to see and do on and around Kos, that we didn’t manage to cover everything that we wanted to in one week, i.e. visiting Zia, Paradise beach, the dormant-active volcano, Tingaki, Kalymnos, etc. and I would definitely recommend booking two weeks, if possible.

I usually like to visit a different place each year and have never returned to the same place twice.  However, we had such an enjoyable and relaxing holiday at the Pelagos, that I would not hesitate to recommend the Pelagos to anyone and will certainly be making an exception by returning there, hopefully next year!