Alexandra Beach

The hotel is made up of several blocks. We stayed in a first floor one bed apartment in one of the new blocks. Check in was easy & throughout our stay the reception staff were very helpful, including arranging car hire. Our apt had a kitchen with two single beds & a bedroom with double bed. Both rooms had aircon. The rooms were made up every day & were clean, comfortable & spacious. A special thanks to our cleaner Anna & her ever smiling, friendly colleagues. We went self catering, but eat out most of the time. I would comment that the kitchen utensils & cups etc were spotless.
The pool was a traditional rectangular shape & although quite big, it did tend to get over crowded. Most of the guests were Dutch & at no time was there an early rush for sun beds. I would add that there was additional welcome shade provided by the trees on the lawn.
The pool bar was excellent. At times the service was a little slow if there was a queue, but we were on holiday, so it wasn't a big issue. The staff were very friendly & obliging & l would like to especially mention Dmitry for his friendly engaging manner. The bar did the usual range of hot, cold & alcoholic drinks, although apart from the Wednesday happy hour, the alcohol was quite expensive. 8 to 10 euro's for a cocktail & 5 euro's for a large beer. As for the bar food, it was excellent quality & the portions a good size & value for money.
If you do want to self cater, there is a well stocked supermarket called BamBam across the road.
The hotel is approx 1 mile from Kos town & takes about 25 mins to walk with kids. Beware of the army of cyclists as much of the footpath is shared with pedestrians. We did hire cars for most of the holiday to visit the sandy beaches which weŕe predominantly on the other side of kos town & along the north coast. Once you know your way around, there is a large free car park near to town, to save your legs & avoid the cyclists LOL. Kos town & harbour were buzzing & suitable for all ages. A lot of history, shops & restaurants.
You can do a day trip to Bodrum, Turkey which is very close, but we didn't bother.
Our favourite beaches were Lambi (north side of Kos town), Tingaki (North coast & miles of sandy beach) & Kardamena on the South coast. We went there for the last day & it was stunningly beautiful.
This was our first time in Kos & we don't normally go back. However this island is worth repeat visits as it ticks a lot of boxes.

A nice distance from Kos Town, easy to walk and also the possibility to hire a bike as there is a bike lane all the way to the town centre! Lovely hotel, rooms clean, tidy and up to date. The staff are friendly. The only reason this didn't get five stars is that the breakfast doesn't have as many options as all the other hotels I have been to over the years, after the first couple of days it's quite boring. There are bread and bread buns that can be toasted, hard or soft (not really) boiled eggs, sliced ham and cheese, greek yoghurt and tinned peaches and watermelon and 3 types of cereal. There is never a variation either.

Its really nice, the rooms are really big, and the people are friendly. The place is 20minut walk to the city. So if you want some rest its the perfect place to be. The swimmingpool and the space for laying in the sun is really big

Clean rooms and environment. Good size pool. Great food from poolside bar. Reasonably priced food and drinks. 100 yards from the beach. 1 mile from main town, many great restaurants within a few minutes walk.