Lango Design Hotel & Spa

Style

Mod-minimal and marble

Setting

Kos, you’re worth it

One of a new breed of boutique retreats on the Greek island of Kos, Lango Design & Spa Hotel is a mod-minimalist, adults-only stay decked out with ravishing marble and slate-grey interiors that lays down a challenge to contemporaries on Mykonos or Santorini. Lambi Beach is directly opposite, and beyond – across the Aegean – are the islands of Pserimos and Kalymnos, and Bodrum on the Turkish coast. Inside, the Turkish influence can be felt in the spa, the Koan restaurant tantalises, and the stylish poolside bar is a sun-soaked success.

Facilities

Rooms

54, including 37 suites.

Checkout

11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in is 3pm.

More Details

Rates include breakfast.

Also

Some rooms have been adapted, but please note that the pool area isn't accessible for wheelchair users.

Hotel Closed

From 1 November to 20 April.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Gym, beauty salon, wine cellar. In rooms: TV, air-conditioning, minibar.

Our Favourite Rooms

We love looking out over the pool area from a Deluxe Double room or sunbathing by our own private pool in a Superior Suite. But for the panorama of neighbouring islands and Bodrum’s twinkling lights – from your terrace-sunk Jacuzzi, no less – it has to be the Master Suite Sea View with Outdoor Jacuzzi.

Poolside

Take a dip in the L-shaped pool, surrounded by oversized day-beds and cream-hued loungers. Staff will bring you cocktails, beers or a selection of tasty snacks, or you can move to the stone-built bar and adjoining outdoor area. The restaurant’s veranda is raised slightly, overseeing the pool. It’s a sophisticated, child-free space in which to sun yourself by day and socialise by night.

Spa

Kos is one of the closest Greek islands to mainland Turkey, and its subtle influence can be felt inside Lango’s spa, with cobalt-blue Seljuk tiles and a marble hammam. Treatment rooms, a sauna, beauty corner and a fully equipped gym complete the wellness centre.

Packing Tips

Leave room in your suitcase for jars of locally produced honey, olive oil and tomataki (a tomato-based jam) that you’ll inevitably want to smuggle home.

Also

One of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world, the Dodecanese are still producing some fine vintages today. Kos has a couple of excellent wineries, whose bottles you’ll find stored in Lango’s cellar.

Children

Blissfully at odds with other beachside stays in Kos, this is an adults-only hotel.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

The row of two-seaters overlooking the pool are set under hanging lanterns, creating a suitably romantic spot come evening. Or settle into a cosy banquette near the bar, sitting side by side to share your starters.

Dress Code

For ladies, a tie-front dress with some primary-colour punch (to offset the restaurant’s slate-grey hues); for gents, a loosely buttoned collarless shirt, shorts and sneakers.

Hotel Restaurant

Its name might suggest you’ll be devouring exclusively local dishes, but the hotel’s Koan Cuisine Restaurant, dashingly dressed in slate-grey and hung with atmospheric lanterns, specialises in pan-Mediterranean flavours. The lamb with potato croquet and black garlic sauce comes highly recommended. Still, it’s local flavours that make breakfast something of an event, too. Dotted amid the French toast, cold meats and full English options you’ll find bougatsa (a fluffy, custard-filled pastry), krasotyri (a very Koan cheese matured with wine) and jugs of the freshest orange juice.

Hotel Bar

The main bar is at the far end of the restaurant overlooking the sea. Make the most of the excellent wine cellar and the knowledge of the hotel’s friendly sommelier, or kick back with a cocktail, which also go down a treat at the stone-built outdoor pool bar.

Last Orders

The restaurant closes at 11pm while the bar stays open until midnight.

Room Service

There’s a satisfyingly extensive room service menu, whose dishes can be enjoyed around your private pool, or on your balcony or terrace. Plenty of breakfast items are available and then salads, sandwiches, pizzas, desserts and more are yours until late.

Planes

You’ll see why the island was named ‘Lango’ by the Knights Hospitaller in the Byzantine era as you fly into Kos Island International Airport: it’s quite long. Thanks to that notable length, the hotel’s a 30-minute drive from the airport (and transfers can be arranged, for a fee).

Automobiles

You can pick up a hire car at the airport fairly cheaply. It’ll be useful to have one – or a moped to get to other parts of the island – particularly some of the more secluded beaches. You’ll find free parking at the hotel.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Directly opposite the hotel, Lambi Beach is an adults-only strip of golden sand. You’ll see plenty of holidaymakers here on two wheels, thanks to 25 kilometres of cycle routes criss-crossing the island. Rich in archeological sites, Kos is essentially an open-air museum of ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine history. We wouldn’t usually prescribe a trip to the hospital, but the Asklepion was the world’s first, established here by the father of medicine, Hippocrates, who supposedly taught his students under a plane tree that still stands in Lotzia Square. The Roman Odeon, too, is a surprisingly intact amphitheatre complete with a backstage space that must be one of the world’s earliest green rooms.

Head inland to the hilltop village of Zia for one of the finest sunsets in the Aegean, or south to harbour town Kardamena for typically Greek shops and tavernas. You can ride horses in the sea along the coast at Marmari, or head west for the most secluded beaches, such as Agios Theologos, Agios Stefanos or the sublimely untouched Cavo Paradiso. Kos is a hub for those wishing to visit the lesser-known islands in the Dodecanese such as Kalymnos, Pserimos and the volcanic crater island of Nisyros. Rhodes is two and a half hours away by ferry, and the Turkish city of Bodrum, with its extraordinary castle, is just 45 minutes away.

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