Kardamaina

Main Square

Kardamena (Template:Lang-el), is a small Greek town 7 km from Kos Island International Airport at Antimachia, situated mid-way along the south coast of the island of Kos. It lies within the municipality of Irakleides, in the Dodecanese Prefecture of Greece. Once a small fishing village, it has emerged as one of the most popular summer destinations, especially for British tourists, over the past two decades, offering scores of pubs and restaurants, bars and night clubs and watersports facilities. It reported a population of 1,783 inhabitants at the 2001 census and has a land area of 35.150 km². However between the months of June and September the town population has been known to almost triple due to tourist influx, typically young British males. This resulted in the Hellas Tourism Development study, a greek study looking current tourism trends, showing a male to female ratio of 7.6:1 in June 2008 however many local hotel owners often quote ratios nearer to 13:1 at their high season.

History of Kardamena

Kardamena is built on the site of the ancient settlement of Alasarna. During the 2nd century BC, Alasarna was an important urban center with one thousand citizens, to whom the slaves and the metics should be added.

The archaeological excavations have brought to light some impressive ruins such as a temple of Apollo, an extensive Early Christian settlement (from the very few known in Greece), as well as four basilicas that belong to the same period. Also many stone objects of everyday use (millstones, tools, vases, vessels, etc.), mostly made of volcanic and sedimentary rocks have been recovered so far.

External links

• Kardamena Information - Official Kos Island Travel Guide
• Kardamena Travel Guide

Gallery

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  Main Square
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  Panoramic Main Square
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  Panoramic Harbour Front