The Best Beach
Clubs in Kos

Kos is a long, flat, cycle friendly island ringed by beaches, and its beach club scene is more about relaxed bars on the sand than the big ticket day clubs of Mykonos or Mykonos style minimum spends. Along the Kos Town waterfront a run of cocktail bars line the Akti Zouroudi strip, drinks in hand as the sun drops behind the harbour, while west of town the long, shallow, golden sands of Tigaki and Marmari carry easygoing beach bars made for families and slow afternoons. The island rewards picking your beach first, then the bar that sits on it.

We have left exact prices and any minimum spends as to be confirmed, because they shift with the season and the seat, though Kos leans more toward simple sunbed hire and a drinks tab than steep minimums. The honest move is to send an enquiry with your date and party size and let the venue come back with the real number. Everything below is a real, established bar or club on the Kos sand, described by who it suits. For the wider picture, see our guide to the best beach clubs in Greece.

Beach bar season on Kos runs with the long Greek summer. The bars hit their stride from June through September, when the sun is reliable, the sea warm and the Kos Town strip alive into the evening, with July and August the busiest and hottest. May and early October are lovely shoulder weeks, quieter and softer in price, with the bars open and the sea still swimmable though the evenings cooler. Outside that span many beach bars wind down for the winter, so the summer and the shoulders are the window. Sunset is the headline on the town strip year round it is open.

Getting a sunbed on Kos is refreshingly simple compared with the big party islands. Most beach bars hire loungers and umbrellas by the day rather than enforcing the steep minimum spends found on Mykonos, so the cost is usually a sunbed fee plus whatever you eat and drink. On the Kos Town strip the sunset spots fill in high summer, so arrive earlier for a front position, while the long Tigaki and Marmari sands almost always have room. Confirm any sunbed or minimum charge when you arrive, since it varies by bar and season.

Choose your beach to match your day. The Kos Town waterfront and Lambi suit those who want bars, cocktails and an easy walk back into town, Tigaki and Marmari to the west offer long, shallow, family friendly sand, and Psalidi to the east is the calmer, quieter option. The island is famously flat and cycle friendly, so many visitors ride between beaches. Use the enquiry form below with your date and party size and we will pass it to the venue so they can confirm availability and any charge.