Tingaki is a great place for a holiday, the tavernas are great - you really HAVE to try the food at the Meni, Mike is a wonderful chef and along with Sia and the rest of the team you will be very well looked after!

To Matt & Becca,

Hello all....

Just returned from Tigaki after a two week stay with a few comments.

Firstly we ate at most of the tavernas while we were there, attempting a different place each night but found that there are a couple of them that stand out from the crowd, of all the tavernas visited the Sagittarius and Spyros were by far the best, Mike is no longer the chef at the Meni and although the food was ok it is not to the same standard as before and others such as Oliver were a little bland and disappointing. the Chinese was expensive and does not accept credit cards (so be warned! if you intend to go there take cash) If you need a snack during the day then go to munchies they will look after you and if you get the chance visit the Rendez-vous bar (latest films / sky sports and good beer / cocktails).

If you intend to bring back Cigarettes / alcohol back may I suggest that you check out the little shop in Kos harbour as it is cheaper than anywhere in Tigaki and they do not charge 2.5% on credit card purchases as the main supermarket in Tigaki does.

Please do as suggested by others on here and book excursions through Theokritis Travel, we made the mistake of booking through Tigaki Express, mainly taken in by them having a  British guy working there selling the tours. we ended up as the minority brits on predominantly German tours where your "English speaking guide" was a German who struggled to speak English, whose prime concern was her German clients and the driver of the coach on the Kos part of the Nyssros trip (who was introduced to us as the boss of Tigaki Express) actually knocked a young couple off their scooter on the main road to Tigaki from Kardamena and didn't stop! - In fact he actually denied doing it when told about the incident. They also threw in a trip to the thermal springs…. This is a place that you might like to visit if you  have a car or other transport (although we found it to be a waste of time) we went though Tigaki Express who take you on a coach and leave you there for 5 hours and considering there is very little to do there, food and drink is at inflated prices, the only toilet is at the very bottom in a little taverna by the "thermal springs" and once you return to the top of the hill you have no where to go it turns into a very long 5 hours. One other thing, if you have silver jewellery take it off if you go into the "springs" as it will react wirh the sulphur and turn black!

Lastly we saw a few people who had issues with mosquitoes but I guess we were lucky - or was it the boots spray? :) put plenty of repellent on at night and you should be ok.

Hi Sue, There are three cash machines in Tigaki alone - you shouldnt have any problems and yes its hot out there so no worries about the tan :)