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There are 2 ways to get from Samos to Kos by ferry or bus

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Ferry
best
1. Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Kosferry Asf
4h 25m
€30–70
Ferry, bus
1. Take the ferry from Samos to Kusadasiferry
2. Take the bus from Kuşadası to Bodrumbus
3. Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
5h 50m
€36–108

Samos to Kos by ferry

8Weekly Ferries

4h 25mAverage Duration

€30Cheapest Price

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Map of how to get from Samos to Kos.

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Distance: 182.2 km
Duration: 4h 25m

What companies run services between Samos, North Aegean, Greece and Kos, Greece?

Blue Star Ferries operates a ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Kos once daily. Tickets cost €30–70 and the journey takes 4h 25m.

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Kos, Greece(opens in a new window)

Kos or Cos is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes. The island measures 42.1 x. Administratively, Kos constitutes a municipality within the Kos regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is the town of Kos.

Things to do in Kos

Tree of Hippocrates(Opens in a new window)

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

Bodrum Castle(Opens in a new window)

Bodrum Castle (Turkish: Bodrum Kalesi), located in southwest Turkey in the port city of Bodrum (37°1'54"N 27°25'46"E), was built from 1402 onwards, by the Knights of St John as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus(Opens in a new window)

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus (Ancient Greek: Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ; Turkish: Halikarnas Mozolesi) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene.

Knidos(Opens in a new window)

Knidos or Cnidus was an ancient Greek city of Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. It was situated on the Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus, now known as Gulf of Gökova. By the 4th century BC, Knidos was located at the site of modern Tekir, opposite Triopion Island. But earlier, it was probably at the site of modern Datça (at the half-way point of the peninsula).

Places to stay in Kos

Aqua Blu Boutique Hotel & Spa, Adults Only(Opens in a new window)

9.4Superb

Orpheus Studios(Opens in a new window)

9.5Superb

Lango Design Hotel & Spa, Adults Only(Opens in a new window)

9.7Exceptional

Blue Lagoon City Hotel(Opens in a new window)

9.1Superb

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