6 Sights in Kos, Greece (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Kos, Greece! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Kos. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in KosActivities in Kos

1. Plane tree of Hippocrates

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The Tree of Hippocrates is the plane tree under which, according to legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. Paul of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well. The Platanus in Kos is an oriental plane, with a crown diameter of about 12 metres, said to be the largest for a plane tree in Europe.

Wikipedia: Tree of Hippocrates (EN)

2. Archaeological Museum of Kos

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The two-storey building in Eleftherias Square, which houses the current archaeological museum of Kos, is a listed monument of the Italian occupation era (1912-1943), built in 1936, when Mario Lago was General Manager of the Dodecanese

Wikipedia: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κω (EL), Website

3. Kos Asklepieion

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The Asclepieion of Kos is built on the slopes of a hill with rich vegetation and views of the sea and the coasts of Asia Minor. It is the most important archaeological monument of the island, but also one of the most famous asclepieia of antiquity. In ancient times it was a place of worship of the god Asclepius and a place of healing and teaching of medicine. There taught Hippocrates, one of the most important representatives of medicine in antiquity, at the school he had founded in the area of Asclepieion. Unlike the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus, scientific medicine was particularly developed in Kos.

Wikipedia: Ασκληπιείο Κω (EL)

4. Defterdar Mosque

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The Defterdar Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman-era mosque in the island of Kos, in Greece. Built in the 18th century, it serves the Muslim-Turkish community of Kos, as one of the two out of the five Ottoman mosques to be still operational and open for prayers on Kos, the other being the Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque.

Wikipedia: Defterdar Mosque (Kos) (EN)

5. Casa Romana

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Casa Romana Elisa Triolo / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Roman House or Casa Romana is a Roman villa of Pompeian type of the end of the 2nd century and the beginning of the 3rd century AD, built on the ruins of a Hellenistic house with a wonderful sewerage system located in Kos. It consists of 36 rooms and 3 outdoor areas, patios or atria. The house has been restored.

Wikipedia: Ρωμαϊκή οικία Κω (EL)

6. Τζαμί της Λότζιας

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The Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque referred to locally as the Loggia Mosque is a historical mosque of the Ottoman period in the town and island of Kos, in southeastern Greece. It is one of the two mosques of the island to bear the name "Gazi Hasan Pasha", the other being the mosque of Platani. Unlike the Platani mosque, the Loggia Mosque is not open for worship today. It is located right next to the legendary Tree of Hippocrates.

Wikipedia: Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque, Loggia (EN)

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