We stayed at Lenaki in May 2003 and we overall very pleased
with it. The staff are very helpful - stayed up playing pool with
Stephen the barman till 5am. Facilities are very good, the pool is
nice and clean - a nice pool table, a very big tv which is kept
outside in the seating area of the bar.
+ Safety deposit boxes available for 10€ per week - always a
sound investment.
+ A nice shaded pool table - we had many a hour playing pool.
+ The apartments are very nice and clean - our shower was
VERY powerful - the water was hot except at peak times - which
was sometimes annoying.
+ The walls seem very thin, which sometimes proved hard to
bear when you have inconsiderate neighbours who like walking
around their apartment in high heeled shoes at 4am.
+ The building we stayed in was called "A" - now A is near the
road - which is generally very quiet - but across the road is a
farm - and they have cockrels, which we found most annoying as
they perminantley thought it was dawn. I swear if i saw thay bird i
would through something at it.
Eating
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The bar serves some nice meals - including english breakfast,
spagetti, ommlette, beans on toast etc...
There is a supermarket roughly 2 minutes down the road from
the apartments - very nice people and the prices are reasonable.
There are hundreds of tavernas and restaurants around Kos
town - i feel i should mention "Caravan" which is one of the
closest to Lenaki - its down a small street so you may not find it
immediatley.
The owners name is Hassan and will welcome you warmly -
infact you will find it very hard to get away without first being given
an Ouzo after your meal.
We took a tour organised by JMC - the boat trip was good - the
coach trip to the crater was VERY hairy as no matter where you
sit you see over the edge - be prepared for your heart to jump to
your mouth as you look down slopes that fall away some 400
meters or more.
The crater is spectacular - it also stinks, you do get used to it tho.
A very good day out.
The greek night in Zia offered a unique look at the surrounding
islands - and as it was sunset, it was beautiful. There are some
really nice goods on sale in Zia - so remember to take some
money ( we only took 12€ and wanted to buy quite a few things)
The Meze is disappointing - my girlfriend used to live in Cyprus
and had them all the time - she was VERY disappointed with the
selection of food.
The wine was both free flowing and nice to drink - not to dry or
woody like retsina can be.
The band and dancers are both excellent - i got up dancing and
found it very easy to pick up - tho that may have been the drink.
Its a good night out, tho quite expensive.
The beach was a good day out - plenty of watersport activites to
keep you occupied (and there reasonably priced too). The sand
is nice - quite a few Sand Ants running up and down - but they
keep themselves to themselves.
Was very hot here so be careful not to burn - we didnt see any
bubbles - maybe somebody farted underwater and thus they got
the name wrong.