Kipriotis Village Resort

About 17 miles (27 km) and 25 to 30 minutes from Kos airport
Moderate4 starAll-inclusive

Kipriotis Village Resort by Anayia All Inclusive Resorts is a large 4-star all-inclusive spread across 135,000 m² of gardens on Psalidi Beach, about 2 miles (3 km) east of Kos Town in the Greek Dodecanese. Its 709 rooms sit among seven pools, a handful of buffet and show-cooking restaurants and a day-and-night animation programme, all on one price. Families come for the amount packed in, the pools, the animation team and a flat cycle path that runs straight into Kos Town.

The main pool at Kipriotis Village Resort, a large rectangular pool edged with white sun loungers and palms, with the Aegean and distant hills beyond.
On Psalidi Beach The main pool, a short ride from Kos Town.
On this page
  1. Is it worth it?
  2. Quick facts
  3. What the resort is like
  4. Board and what's included
  5. Every restaurant and bar
  6. Rooms and suites
  7. Pools and water features
  8. The beach
  9. Babies and toddlers
  10. Things to do
  11. The area and days out
  12. Loves and gripes
  13. How it compares
  14. Getting there and when to go
  15. Weather
  16. Questions
  17. Photo gallery
The short version

Is it worth it?

Who Kipriotis Village suits, what's folded into the price and the facts to skim first.

Kipriotis Village is a big, busy 4-star all-inclusive that turns up on most family shortlists for Kos. It has been run by the family-owned Kipriotis group on this stretch of Psalidi for decades, and the Anayia all-inclusive branding added across the group around 2024 to 2025 is a new wrapper on a well-established resort rather than a new build. What families rate is how much is packed into one price: seven pools, a run of buffet and show-cooking restaurants, an animation team that reviews single out and a flat seafront cycle path that reaches Kos Town in a couple of miles.

Two things shape whether it suits you. The scale is the first: 709 rooms across 135,000 m² of gardens means it never feels intimate, and in peak summer, late July into August, guests report crowding and a real scramble for sunbeds at the main pool. The second is childcare. There's no crèche and no structured care for under-5s, so a family with a baby or toddler is hands-on all day. The beach is shingle rather than sand and sits across a coastal road, the air conditioning runs only from mid-June to mid-September, and how far your room is from the sea depends heavily on which block you're given.

Best for

You want a lot for one price, seven pools and a strong animation team, with children old enough to swim and join in.

Maybe not for

You want drop-off childcare for a baby or toddler, a sandy shallow beach for paddling or a small, quiet resort.

Best ages

School-age children get the most from the pools, slides and animation. Babies and toddlers are welcome, but there's no crèche, so you'll be hands-on.

What stands out

Seven pools including a toddler paddling pool and pirate-ship slides, the animation team and Kos Town a flat cycle ride away.

What to check

Your room's distance from the beach, whether a cot comes with your room type and the air-conditioning dates for a shoulder-season trip.

Where is it?

On Psalidi Beach on the north-east coast of Kos in the Greek Dodecanese, about 2 miles (3 km) from Kos Town and 17 miles (27 km) from the airport.

Quick facts for families

BoardAll-inclusive: buffet and show-cooking restaurants, snack stops, day and evening animation and self-service drinks including house wine, draught beer and soft drinks, running until midnight.
The siteA large 4-star all-inclusive of 709 rooms in garden blocks on Psalidi Beach. Some ground is sloped, and an all-day minibus runs around the site.
ChildcareA kids' club runs a two-hour morning session; the published age range varies, so confirm it. No crèche or structured care for under-5s.
BeachPsalidi Beach, shingle and Blue Flag, across a coastal road. The sea drops off fairly quickly rather than shelving gently, so beach shoes help.
PoolSeven pools, including an Olympic-size main pool, a pirate-ship slide pool, the Palmy Aquapark slides and a toddler paddling pool. Pool sunbeds and towels included.
AirportKos (Hippocrates), about 17 miles (27 km) and 25 to 30 minutes by road. KTEL buses run to Kos Town five times a day.
Big, on Psalidi Beach

What the resort is like

Where Kipriotis Village sits, how it's laid out over the gardens and what that means for getting around.

Kipriotis Village sits on the Psalidi coastal strip on the north-east coast of Kos, immediately east of Kos Town and facing Psalidi Beach on the Aegean. The scale is the first thing to take in: 709 rooms laid out in garden blocks across 135,000 m² of grounds, with paths between the buildings and the pool areas. It's a classic large Aegean family resort, and the amount of ground it covers is both the draw, in gardens and space, and the catch, in the distances between one part of the resort and another. For the wider island, its beaches and when to go, see our Kos guide.

The ground is not flat across the whole site. Some sections are sloped, and one accessibility operator flags that the hillside setting may not suit people with walking difficulties. For a family that means pushing a pushchair between the furthest blocks and the beach involves both distance and gradient, so it's worth requesting a block near the seafront when you book. An onsite minibus runs all day around the grounds and out to the neighbouring Kipriotis Aqualand hotel and the beach bar area, so between the furthest blocks and the beach you'll use the minibus or walk.

Aerial view of the resort's pools, water slides, colourful club buildings and accommodation blocks, with the sea and mainland hills beyond.
The resort on the Psalidi shore
A large lounge with gold chandeliers, cream and yellow sofas and armchairs, marble columns and a polished floor.
The lobby lounge
A bright reception hall with a coffered ceiling, a glossy cream floor, a long curved reception desk with staff and a glass frontage onto the gardens.
The reception and check-in desk
A covered terrace with a wooden table and cushioned chairs opening onto a lawn with sun loungers, a parasol and a pool beyond.
A ground-floor room's garden terrace
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One price, midnight last call

Board and what's included

The board basis is all-inclusive. That covers all meals across the named restaurants and snack stations from 11:30 to 17:00 for hot dogs, ice creams and pastries. Self-service drinks run through the day: filter and espresso-style coffees, teas, juices, house wine, draught beer, soft drinks and water. The daytime and evening animation programmes are included, as is the use of every pool except the adults-only spa pool, along with free sunbeds, umbrellas and towels at the pool areas. Wi-Fi is free throughout the whole hotel, including the rooms.

All-inclusive service runs until a maximum of midnight, with last orders that vary by outlet: the Olympus Main Bar takes its last order at 23:00, the Ionian Pool Bar at midnight and the Poseidon Beach Bar at 18:00. One firm limitation to plan around is the air conditioning, which runs only between 15 June and 15 September, so a spring or October trip relies on the balcony and shade for cooling. Several things sit outside the all-inclusive and cost extra: beach sunbeds and umbrellas (unlike the pool ones, which are included), the four tennis courts, billiards, laser shooting, beach horse riding, bike trekking, kite surfing, PADI scuba diving, the Kipriotis Aqualand waterpark and spa treatments.

Buffets, show cooking and snack stops

Every restaurant and bar

The main restaurants, the snack counters, the bars and how the evening booking works.

Food comes up in reviews as one of the resort's strengths, praised more for the amount and variety than for fine dining. The main restaurant is a buffet, and the two speciality rooms are buffets with live show-cooking stations rather than table-service à la carte, which tends to suit children better than a fixed menu. High chairs are available across the restaurants. The dinner dress code is relaxed but real: men need long trousers, and flip-flops and beachwear aren't allowed in the evening.

Kipriotis Village Resort restaurants, type and what to know, all covered by the all-inclusive
RestaurantTypeWhat to know
MakedoniaMain international buffetThe central buffet, open for breakfast and for dinner 18:30 to 21:00, with themed dinner nights and high chairs. No booking needed.
AtriumGreek buffet with show cookingBreakfast 08:00 to 10:30, dinner 19:00 to 21:30, dinner booked a day ahead. Reviewers rate the live cooking stations over the main buffet.
ItalianItalian buffet with show cookingAl fresco dinner 19:00 to 21:30, booked a day ahead. A recurring guest favourite.
Ilios BBQ & Pizza CornerPoolside grill and pizzaCasual lunch 12:30 to 15:00, no booking. Informal and easy with children.
Olympic Pool RestaurantPoolside dinnerDinner 19:00 to 21:30, mid-June to mid-September only, booked a day ahead.
Palmy Family BBQFamily barbecueDinner 19:00 to 21:30, mid-June to mid-September only, booked a day ahead. Set near the Palmy pool.

Makedonia is the central buffet and where most meals happen, with a phased breakfast through the morning and dinner from 18:30. Reviewers describe it as varied and plentiful, with themed dinner nights such as Mexican and Chinese, though some note the vegetarian choice is limited across the rotation. Atrium serves a Greek buffet with show cooking, with a Greek breakfast from 08:00 to 10:30 and dinner from 19:00, and the Italian is a buffet with show cooking served al fresco; both need booking a day ahead, and the Italian is a name that comes up again and again as a highlight. Two more restaurants open only in the middle of the season, mid-June to mid-September, and both need a day-ahead booking: the Olympic Pool Restaurant and the family-oriented Palmy Family BBQ. For lunch, Ilios BBQ & Pizza Corner does casual poolside grills and pizza.

Around those sit-down meals is a run of snack stops. The Olympic Pool Snack Bar does a light lunch from 11:30 to 14:30, and the Hot Dog Corner, Village Cafe Corner and Pasta Corner run through the afternoon from 11:30 to 17:00. There's a Noodle Bar & Spring Rolls counter near the Ionian pool and a Mr. Potato & Co. potato kiosk for something quick between meals.

For drinks, the Olympus Main Bar is the central bar, open 17:00 to 01:00, and the Poseidon Beach Bar runs down at the beach from 10:00 to 18:00. Around the pools are the Palmy Pool Bar (12:00 to 18:00), the Ionian Pool Bar next to the pirate-ship pool and the Olympic Pool Bar, which doubles as the Village Cafe. There's also a full nightclub on site, ZONA CLUB, open every night from 22:30 into the early hours; it's worth knowing about if you have young children in a nearby room and an early bedtime. High chairs are available throughout. Dedicated children's menus aren't confirmed, so plan on children eating from the main buffets.

How restaurant booking works

Four restaurants need booking a day ahead: Atrium, the Italian and the two mid-season rooms, the Olympic Pool Restaurant and the Palmy Family BBQ. With 709 rooms in the resort, the popular evening slots go quickly, so it's worth sorting your week's speciality dinners at check-in rather than leaving it to the night. Makedonia and the poolside lunch venues take walk-ins.

A large indoor buffet restaurant with curved serving counters of salads and hot dishes, tables and chairs and tall curtained windows.
The main buffet restaurant
A chef in whites tossing pizza dough at a preparation counter set with flour, olive oil, tomatoes and herbs against a brick and cream wall.
The show-cooking pizza station
A buffet table with a red cloth laid with bowls of green and black olives, breads, dips and pickled peppers, each dish labelled.
A Greek meze spread at the buffet
A chef in a paper hat serving grilled meat and corn from a barbecue to a girl and a woman holding plates under a deep blue sky.
The poolside barbecue
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Rooms, seven pools and the shingle

Rooms and suites

Every room type with its official size, the seven pools across the gardens and the Blue Flag beach.

There are nine room and suite types, from a small double up to two Presidential suites with private pools. The table below is the full line-up with the official sizes; the guidance after it is which suit a family with a baby or toddler. Every room has air conditioning (mid-June to mid-September only), a satellite TV, a fridge, a safe, a phone, a bathtub, tea and coffee facilities, mineral water and a large balcony or terrace. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

Kipriotis Village Resort room types with official sizes, occupancy and family notes
RoomSizeSleepsFamily notes
Double Room Garden View24 m²2 adults + 1 childSmall for a family; a cot on request takes much of the floor. Garden outlook.
Double Room Sea View24 m²2 adults + 1 childThe same 24 m² with a sea-view balcony. Cot on request.
Family Junior Suite40 m²3 adults + 1 childOpen-plan, so there's no separate room to settle a baby for a nap. Cot on request.
Executive Suite40 m²4 adultsA separate twin bedroom, a living and dining area with sofa beds, ground level and a small kitchenette. Listed for four adults with no child place shown, so confirm a child can be added.
Family Maisonette30 m²4 adultsTwo levels linked by an internal wooden staircase. Ask about a stair gate for a climbing toddler, and check a cot is available for this type.
Family Comfort 2 Bedroom47 m²4 adults + 1 childTwo separate bedrooms, one double and one twin, plus a living area with a sofa bed, en suite with a bathtub and a large veranda. The best room here for a baby or toddler who naps. Cot on request.
Three Bedroom Family RoomNot publishedUp to 5 adults + 1 childFor larger or extended families. The size isn't published, and the child place suits an older child on an existing bed rather than a cot.
Junior Presidential Suite124 m²4 peopleTwo en suite bedrooms, a living room with a fireplace, a private pool and a Jacuzzi.
Senior Presidential Suite178 m²6 peopleThree en suite bedrooms, a private pool and a Jacuzzi. The largest option.

For a family the choice comes down to whether you need a door to close on a napping baby. The two Double Rooms at 24 m² are tight with a child and a cot, and differ only in outlook, one facing the garden and one the sea. The Family Junior Suite at 40 m² is open-plan, workable with one small child but with nowhere separate to settle a baby. The room to book if you want to shut a door on a sleeping toddler is the Family Comfort 2 Bedroom at 47 m², which has two separate bedrooms, one double and one twin, a living area with its own sofa bed, an en suite with a bathtub and a large veranda. For larger groups, the Three Bedroom Family Room takes up to five adults and a child, and the Executive Suite and Family Maisonette each sleep four adults, the Maisonette over two floors with an internal wooden staircase to weigh up with a climbing toddler.

One thing to confirm at booking is the cot. Baby cots are available on request in the Double Rooms, the Family Junior Suite and the Family Comfort 2 Bedroom, but a cot isn't listed for the Family Maisonette, the Executive Suite or the Three Bedroom Family Room, so check before you rely on one in those types. An accessible ground-floor room is available with an accessible bathroom, grab bars, a roll-in shower and a shower stool, pre-booked with the resort. Reviews describe the rooms as dated but maintained, and a few mention ants in specific rooms, a gripe theme rather than a confirmed pattern across the resort.

A double room with a wood-panelled headboard, an orange bed runner, a desk and TV and glass doors to a small furnished balcony with a garden view.
A double room
A twin room with a desk, mirror and a welcome fruit bowl, its glass doors open to a balcony table and chairs and the sea and distant hills beyond.
A room with a sea-view balcony
A twin room with cream and gold bedding and a polished wooden desk, its doors open onto a terrace with cane chairs, a table and a garden view.
A twin room opening onto a garden terrace
A room with a double bed below and a railed mezzanine above reached by an internal wooden staircase, with a red feature wall.
A Family Maisonette, split over two levels
A spacious open-plan suite with a glass dining table and six chairs, a sofa and armchairs around a fireplace and TV, and a polished marble and tiled floor.
A suite living and dining area
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Seven pools across the gardens

Pools and water features

There are seven pools in all, which is a large part of what the resort offers a family. The centrepiece is the Olympic-size main pool, a big square pool central to the site and the one most fought over for sunbeds at peak season. For children there's a pirate-ship activity pool, themed around a pirate-ship structure with slides, which children take to, though one review suggests its water suits older children rather than the smallest. The Palmy Aquapark pool has bigger slides, named Toboggan, Kamikaze and Spin Bowl, near the kids' club area.

For the youngest there's a fenced children's pool, a more contained option, and a paddling pool with small toddler slides, most likely the best of the pools for babies and very young toddlers. The depths aren't published, so check the water yourself on arrival rather than assuming which is shallowest. The remaining two are for grown-ups: an indoor pool in the Anaviosi spa, adults only at 18 and over, and an outdoor Jacuzzi. Pool sunbeds, umbrellas and towels are included, with a shower and changing room on site, and inflatables and water toys are allowed during the season subject to how busy the pool is. Pool cleanliness is a recurring gripe in reviews, so it's a fair thing to keep an eye on. The pools run broadly from late May through the 19 April to 30 October season.

A large curved pool with a fenced, blue-striped shallow section, blue loungers around it and colourful children's club buildings behind.
The fenced children's pool
Green and cream water slides on a tall metal frame beside a curved pool, with a fenced junior club area and the sea beyond.
The Palmy Aquapark, beside the junior club
A long pool edged with wooden loungers, white parasols and a hammock beside single-storey bungalow rooms under a clear blue sky.
A garden pool by the bungalow rooms
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Shingle, Blue Flag, across a road

The beach

The resort fronts Psalidi Beach, a stretch of mostly shingle and pebble that holds a Blue Flag award for water quality. It isn't a sandy beach, so beach shoes are worth packing for little feet. The sea entry drops off relatively quickly rather than shelving in gently, and the Aegean water here is clear and calm. That's the point to be clear on with a very young toddler at the water's edge, and it's why families wanting a gentle shallow paddle tend to drive out to Paradise Beach instead.

How far the beach is depends entirely on your room. The grounds are large, and the blocks sit at very different distances from the water, from right on the sand for the nearest rooms to a walk of several hundred metres from the furthest garden blocks, so the sensible move is to request a beach-facing or sea-view block rather than assume the marketing line about being on the beach applies to every room. Unlike the pool sunbeds, beach sunbeds and umbrellas cost extra. Water sports run from the beach at extra charge, taking in flyboarding, banana rides, jet skiing, paddleboarding, wakeboarding, parasailing and waterskiing, along with horse riding on the sand. A coastal road with a cycle lane runs between the resort and the beach, so reaching the sand with a pushchair means crossing it, worth checking the crossing point with the resort. The cycle path that runs directly in front of the property is flat and easy with a pushchair.

Aerial view of the resort's gardens, pool and sports pitches set back from a long pebble beach lined with blue sunbeds, separated by a coastal road beside a turquoise sea.
Psalidi Beach, with the coastal road between it and the resort
A row of white shell-shaped sun shades along a broad shingle beach beside a calm blue sea, with hills and a town across the bay.
Psalidi Beach, the resort's shingle Blue Flag beach
A parasailer in a harness lifted under a red, yellow and purple parachute against a pale blue sky.
Parasailing, one of the beach's water sports
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For the little ones

Babies and toddlers

The under-5 childcare gap, the kids' club, the animation and what's on hand for a baby.

The one thing to be clear on before booking is that there's no crèche and no structured care for under-5s here, so a family with a baby or toddler relies on the pools, the beach and the animation team rather than any childcare. The structured programme is a kids' club running a two-hour morning session, 10:00 to 12:00. Its published age range varies, from about 3 to 10 up to 5 to 13, so confirm the current ages with the resort or your operator before you count on it. The two-hour morning session itself is the fixed part. Club activities cover arts and crafts, small team games, sports, movie nights, water activities, story time, drama and music, and there's a kids' disco at around 8pm.

The animation team is what reviews praise most, named individually for the daytime pool and kids' activities and the evening programme. There are two separate playgrounds on site, with swings, a see-saw, a climbing frame, a merry-go-round, slides, an adventure play area and shade, which gives a family with toddlers a better chance of finding space away from the main pools.

For the practical baby kit, reception hires out a bottle warmer, a pushchair and a wheelchair. Beyond that, the resort doesn't list a steriliser, baby food, bottle-prep facilities or a baby lounge, so pack what a young baby needs from home and ask about anything essential. For toddlers, the strongest features are the paddling pool with its small slides, the contained fenced children's pool and the flat cycle paths that are easy with a pushchair; the shingle beach is the part that needs beach shoes.

On resort

Things to do

Plenty is included beyond the pools and the beach. The sports and fitness list runs to a gym, aerobics, aqua aerobics, yoga, basketball, beach volleyball, two mini soccer pitches, mini golf, table tennis, darts and football. The entertainment programme fills the day and evening: daytime pool and team games, racket sports and crafts, then amphitheatre shows, karaoke, the mini disco at around 8pm, quizzes, cabaret and live Greek music and dancing. Several activities cost extra, among them the four tennis courts, billiards, laser shooting, beach horse riding, bike trekking and hire, kite surfing and a PADI five-star dive centre offering scuba and snorkelling tuition.

The Kipriotis Aqualand waterpark is a common point of confusion, so it's worth stating plainly: Aqualand is a separate Kipriotis hotel about 10 minutes' walk or three minutes on the onsite minibus, with six waterslides and a splash pool, and for Village guests it's an extra charge rather than part of the all-inclusive, reached by the onsite minibus. Check the current entry price with the resort or your operator. Families set on the waterpark as the main event often do better booking the Aqualand hotel itself, where it's part of that hotel's all-inclusive.

For grown-ups, the Anaviosi by Hippocrates spa has the adults-only indoor pool, four treatment rooms and a sauna. Massages take in hot stone, reflexology, Ayurveda, aromatherapy and chocolate and herbal treatments; body treatments cover wraps and scrubs; beauty covers manicure, pedicure, depilation and haircare; and there's a men's category with back treatments and a relaxing massage. All of it is charged on top of the all-inclusive. Other onsite services cover a hairdresser and salon, a mini-market, a toy shop, a jewellery shop, currency exchange, luggage storage, a courtesy room, a concierge and a car and bike hire desk. A doctor is available on call at extra charge, payable locally.

Off the park

The area and days out

Map of the area around Kipriotis Village Resort, showing the resort, the nearest airport and the main family days out

The Psalidi location's real advantage is Kos Town, about 2 miles (3 km) away along a flat seafront cycle path, so it's reachable by bike, on foot or by a short taxi or local bus with a pushchair. The town has restaurants, cafes and shops, the 15th-century Castle of the Knights (Neratzia, free to enter), the Archaeological Museum (€10 for adults, free for under-18s, last checked June 2026) and a waterfront marina and market. On a hillside above the town, the ancient healing site of the Asklepion is about 4 miles (6 to 7 km) from the resort (€15 for adults, free for under-18s, last checked June 2026), though the hillside setting makes it hard work with a pushchair, and the restored Roman villa Casa Romana, with its floor mosaics, suits older children.

For a beach day with very young children, Paradise Beach, about 45 minutes away by car, has the soft white sand and gentle shallow entry that Psalidi's deeper water lacks. There are two water parks: Lido Waterpark at Mastichari (around 25 minutes) has a mini water-park section better for younger families, while the larger Aquatica at Kardamena (around 40 minutes) has thrill rides better suited to older children. For a slower day, Plaka Pine Forest is a shaded, flat pram walk with roaming peacocks, and Zia in the Mt Dikeos foothills has a children's playground and a petting zoo.

Two boat trips come up for families. A Nisyros volcano island trip is about an hour each way; the caldera walk isn't one for prams or the very young, but the boat journey is enjoyed. The three-island cruise to Kalymnos, Pserimos and Plati is popular, and the pirate-ship style cruise boats are the ones recommended with very young children, as their sides are higher and safer than open-deck boats. A Bodrum day trip to Turkey is possible by fast ferry, around 50 minutes and requiring passports, with no current advice against travel to Bodrum from the UK Foreign Office. Island buses are limited, so a hire car is worth it for a family wanting to explore, and the flat north of Kos is good for adult cycling.

The verdict in detail

Loves and gripes

What guests rate and what they flag, how it compares with other Kos resorts, the journey in and the weather by month.

The review scores split by platform. It sits at 3 out of 5 on TripAdvisor from nearly 4,900 reviews, where it ranks 141st of 234 Kos hotels, against 8.2 to 8.4 out of 10 on Booking.com, around 8.0 to 8.1 on Kayak and HotelsCombined, and 7.3 out of 10 on Trip.com (checked June 2026). Part of that gap is the different crowd each site draws, but it also reflects a real inconsistency in the experience, which varies with the season, the room block and what a guest expected, so both scores are worth reading together rather than picking one. Here is what comes up most, good and bad.

What families love

  • The animation team, singled out across reviews.
  • The number and variety of pools.
  • The amount and variety of food, with themed dinner nights.
  • The spacious gardens and grounds.
  • The location, with a flat cycle path into Kos Town.
  • The all-inclusive value.
  • Friendly staff, often named in reviews.

Common gripes

  • Peak-summer crowding and a scramble for sunbeds at the main pool.
  • Dated rooms, with ant reports in some.
  • Pool cleanliness.
  • A shingle beach rather than sand.
  • Beach sunbeds charged on top of the all-inclusive.
  • Air conditioning only from mid-June to mid-September.
  • A short two-hour morning kids' club, and patchy Wi-Fi in places.
  • Service that isn't always consistent, with named staff praised in some reviews and a less helpful experience reported in others.
  • Which block you're allocated is a lottery for how far you end up from the beach.
Against other Kos resorts

How it compares

For a family with an under-4 who wants structured care, Kos has stronger options: TUI Blue Atlantica Marmari Beach runs the island's only crèche for ages 0 to 3, and Akti Beach Club has a kids' club from baby to age 4, where Kipriotis Village has no age-graded provision for the youngest at all. The closest peer on Psalidi itself is Grecotel LUXME Kos, a 5-star that rates higher on TripAdvisor (4 out of 5 against 3 out of 5) with a newer feel, its own Grecoland kids' club and six pools; the trade-off there is the higher 5-star price against Kipriotis Village's 4-star value and larger scale.

At 709 rooms it's notably bigger than most Kos rivals, with only the Blue Lagoon Resort at Lambi in a similar size bracket, and its walk-and-cycle proximity to Kos Town is what sets it apart from Blue Lagoon. The one clear steer is on the waterpark: families for whom the slides are the main event do better booking the Kipriotis Aqualand hotel itself, where the waterpark is part of that hotel's all-inclusive, rather than the Village next door.

The journey in and the best months

Getting there and when to go

Kos airport, formally Hippocrates International at Antimacheia, is about 17 miles (27 km) from the resort, roughly 25 to 30 minutes by road. Most package guests arrive by operator coach or taxi; if you arrange your own, it's a short paid taxi transfer. KTEL buses run from the airport to Kos Town five times a day, with local buses on from Kos Town to Psalidi, and wheelchair-adapted transfer vehicles can be requested. The resort is sold by most major UK operators, among them Jet2holidays, Olympic Holidays, easyJet holidays, TUI, Loveholidays and On The Beach.

The resort is open from about 19 April to 30 October. Some outdoor restaurants, the Palmy Family BBQ and the Olympic Pool Restaurant, run only from mid-June to mid-September, while the indoor spa pool is available year-round. For young children, late May and June, or September, are warm without being extreme, with a warm sea and thinner crowds; July and August bring the peak heat, up around 32 to 33°C, and the busiest weeks with the most competition for sunbeds. No minimum stay is officially confirmed, though UK operators usually sell seven-night packages. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out by 11:00, with luggage storage and a courtesy room for early arrivals and late departures.

Month by month

Weather

Psalidi sits on the north-east coast of Kos with no major barrier from the rest of the island, so these figures are representative of the resort. The warm, dry stretch runs from about June to September, peaking at 32 to 33°C in July and August, when the middle of the day is intense for little ones and mornings and late afternoons are the comfortable windows. May and October are cooler shoulders, quieter and with a still-warm sea in October, though the resort is winding down by then. One local feature is the meltemi, a prevailing northerly wind from late June through August that cools the air but can make the sea choppy and disturb a beach afternoon.

Typical monthly weather for Kos
MonthDaytime highOvernight lowRainWet daysSea temp
April20°13.5°35 mm717°
May24°17°20 mm520°
June28°21°8 mm323°
July31°23°2 mm324°
August31°23.5°5 mm326°
September28.5°21.5°15 mm325°
October24°18°60 mm623°

Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The resort is open from about 19 April to 30 October; air conditioning runs 15 June to 15 September only.

The questions parents ask

Questions

The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.

Is there childcare for a baby or toddler?

No. There's no baby club, and the kids' club runs a two-hour morning session for older children, with a published age range that varies from about 3 to 10 up to 5 to 13, so confirm it before you count on it; either way a baby or toddler stays with you through the day. The one Kos resort with a crèche for that age, taking babies from 0 to 3, is TUI Blue Atlantica Marmari Beach.

Can a toddler paddle in the sea here?

Not easily. The sea drops off fairly quickly rather than shelving in gently, and the beach is shingle. For soft sand and a gentle shallow entry, families drive to Paradise Beach, about 45 minutes away.

Is the Aqualand waterpark included?

No. Kipriotis Aqualand is a separate Kipriotis hotel about 10 minutes' walk away, reached by the onsite minibus, and Village guests pay to get into its waterpark. If big slides are the main draw, it can work out better to book the Aqualand hotel itself, where the waterpark is part of its own all-inclusive.

Will the air conditioning be on when we travel?

Only between 15 June and 15 September. That matters for a May, early June or October trip, which are otherwise good times to come with young children, so plan on using the balcony and keeping the room shaded during any early or late-season heat.

Are there children's menus?

High chairs are in the restaurants. Dedicated children's menus aren't confirmed, so plan on children eating from the main buffets, which carry plenty of plain options. Bring enough specialist food and formula for a young baby, as baby food isn't provided.

Is it hard work with a pushchair?

The grounds aren't uniformly flat and some sections are sloped, so pushing between the furthest blocks and the beach takes effort, though an all-day minibus runs around the site. The shingle beach is hard on pram wheels, so a beach trolley helps, and it's worth requesting a beachside or sea-view block.

Is there a minimum stay?

No minimum stay is officially confirmed. UK operators usually sell it as a seven-night package, so that's the length to expect, though check your operator's terms for shorter breaks.

Last updated 16 July 2026.