Kos Town
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The town of Kos is the capital of the island (unsuprisingly), and has lots of ruins and a castle. Don't visit on a Monday as the castle and museums are shut. (And don't ask which day I visited on). 
This mosaics were out in the open, just protected by a tin roof. 
This one is of Poseidon, and must be special because it's better protected than the others. 
Enough mosaics already! 
Taking a break from mosiacs we saw some wall paintings. 
All around the area with mosiacs and wall paintings there was rubble strewn around the floor, generally marble rubble with fancy carvings. 
This roman road had pavements on either side, and the ruts made by the chariot wheels were clearly visible. 
Alongside the Roman road was a bath house. 
This is a view from the top of the baths looking at the Greek gymnasium, where athletes would get greased up before competing. 
This is a view of the inside of another building near the Roman road, the archaeologists who discovered it called it the Nymphaeum because it was pretty, I think it later turned out to be a toilet. 
Looking up at the Odeon. The bottom half of the terraced seats here were marble and so were the expensive seats, the top ones were just stone for the masses. 
Loking down from the Odeon. 
A view across the ancient Agora, all sorts of ruins here. 
Some columns in the ancient Agora. 
Some broken, fallen down columns in the ancient Agora. These were huge chunks of marble. 
This tree is said to be about 2,400 years old and Hippocrates is reputed to have planted it. The apostle Paul is said to have taught in it's shade. 
Another view of the tree. 
Kos harbour, Asia Minor (Turkey) is visible in the background. 
The Old Town of Kos, where most of the shops and cafés are, narrow windy streets, and a nice place to relax after a hard day's sightseeing. |