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Continental Palace
Greece, Europe
Kos Town
This family-friendly hotel is situated in Psalidi, around 50 m from the closest pebble beach and quite close to the centre of Kos. The hotel area is surrounded by large verandas and beautiful gardens. The bus station, restaurants, shops and bars are within walking distance; the popular nightspots are just a few kilometres away.
Facilities
- Tennis*
- Billiards*
- TV lounge
- Children playground
- Sun loungers
- Children’s swimming area
- Outdoor freshwater pool
- Poolside snack bar
- Dining area
- Luggage room
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
The Local Area
Tripadvisor Reviews
3.5 Very Good728 reviews
Excellent
29%
Very Good
34%
Average
22%
Poor
10%
Terrible
5%
Location
Cleanliness
Service
Value
Lovely hotel near the beach
Nice clean hotel in a good location, close to the beach. The food was nice with plenty of choice each evening, so there was something for everyone. Good value for what we paid. Rooms were nice and cleaned daily. They offer a luggage room and shower area on checkout, which is great if you have a late flight.
The Area: The beach is close, but be aware that sunbeds start from around €8 a day. If you go into Kos Town, most offer free sunbeds when you buy food and drinks. We got a taxi to the town beach as it was too hot and too far for us to walk in heat. Kos Town itself is around a 20-minute walk from the hotel and is absolutely beautiful. I went with a friend, and although we really enjoyed visiting Kos Town, we felt it was more suited to couples. There are lots of lovely, quiet and romantic-looking restaurants and bars but we found there weren't really any in-between places. It seemed to be either the lively bar street, which was mainly aimed at the under-30s, or the quieter restaurants and bars. That was probably the only downside for us, as we would have liked somewhere in between somewhere with a bit of atmosphere and music but not a full-on party bar. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay and would recommend the hotel if you're looking for somewhere clean, comfortable and well located.
Greek Perfection!
Recently partly refurbished with beautiful bedrooms, semi-boutique style...a step up from the usual basic Greek experience. Clean, comfortable and well appointed. Extremely friendly and welcoming staff, from reception, restaurant, bars and housekeeping. Excellent pool area with snack bar and comfortable sun loungers. Food is a European mix with traditional Greek dishes. Would highly recommend and looking forward to our next visit.
Review by Inspire771222 Droylsden, United Kingdom
Kos - August 2026
Great location, plenty of car parking, decent swimming pool, good food - fantastic value for money. No complaints! Service was excellent - staff helpful, room size perfect - nothing else to add - would recommend to anyone looking for a value for money break in Kos.
Take it from experience… don’t book it !!!!
This was our 5 time to kos and contineal palace each time, but each year it got worse worse ! This year we go again but choose another hotel… The food is terrible and we are not picky!!! The pool is slimy and not maintained!!!! The entertainment is rubbish and only a few times a week!!! And sooo hot … the hotel does not believe in air conditioning… trying to eat in the restaurant when it’s 30c inside is terrible ! The reception is old style and again boiling all the staff and constantly dripping with sweat. Please think again
Review by Louisa Matthew R Downham market
Disappointed!!!!
Title: A holiday that could have been so much better with clearer information
We recently stayed at the Continental Palace in Kos and, unfortunately, the experience left us feeling very disappointed — particularly with the information we were given when booking through TUI.
The holiday itself had some positives. Kos is beautiful, and we enjoyed getting out and exploring the island. The location of the hotel was also convenient for getting into Kos Town, which we really liked.
However, there were several things that really took the shine off our holiday.
Firstly, the hotel states its a 4 star for the amenities there is would class this at 3 star
We were also particularly unhappy about the charge for our final day. We had been led to believe through the TUI information that the cost would be around £30.66, but when we arrived we were told it would be €10 per person/per night, which came to around €70 for us. This was an unexpected additional expense that we simply hadn't budgeted for.
The biggest disappointment came on our final day. Our flight wasn't until around 11pm, and we were told that we had to check out at 11am. We understood that we couldn't keep the room all day, but we were extremely disappointed to discover that once we had checked out, we were effectively no longer treated as guests — including not being able to have our evening meal, despite having paid for a 7-night holiday.
We had already run out of euros by this point and therefore had to find additional money to pay for food in Kos Town before returning for our transfer. We had paid for our holiday expecting the arrangements to be as advertised, so having to spend even more money unexpectedly on our final evening was frustrating.
What made this worse was that we had not felt these details were made sufficiently clear to us before travelling. Had we known exactly what the additional charges and final-day arrangements would involve, we could have budgeted and planned accordingly.
We raised our concerns with TUI afterwards and were particularly disappointed by their response, as they offered no compensation at all, despite the issues we experienced.
We don't expect everything on holiday to be perfect, and we appreciate that hotels have check-out times and that additional services can have charges. Our frustration is really about clear communication and transparency. When you're booking through a major holiday company, you expect the information on the booking to accurately reflect what you're going to experience.
Kos itself is lovely and there are definitely things we enjoyed about our trip, but unfortunately the unexpected costs and the way our final day was handled left us feeling that we didn't get the experience we had paid and planned for.
When asking for information on historical sites each time we were met with come back later.. one occasion half way through a conversation the receptionist stop and greeted what I assume is returning customer we dismissed to be told yet again come back later.
There was no basic items in the room tea coffee. No iron also . Our rooms only had new towels and sheets floors we're never cleaned during our stay
Would we return? Probably not to this hotel, and we would certainly be much more careful about checking the small print and final-day arrangements before booking another TUI package holiday. Definitely return to Kos it's a beautiful island with friendly people and places to visit.
