Lango Design Hotel and Spa - This is a Mr. and Mrs. Smith hotel that is now bookable through Hyatt. I came upon this hotel in a bit of a round about way. Wifey was very much looking for warm weather for the kickoff of our world tour. After looking at several options I found a great rate at another hotel (Casa Cook Rhodes) from October 24, and Lango wound up working well for the itinerary since we could fly direct from Munich, and Kos is a reasonable 2 hour ferry ride away from Rhodes. That said, this was a very nice hotel and the rate I booked it for (167 EUR, before taxes and whatnot) fit the budget well enough.

The hotel is set up across the street from a beach, but for our time there life seemed to revolve around the hotel pool. A breakfast buffet was served each morning and I think it was included in the rate for all guests. Breakfast was not nearly as grand as the one in Munich or at Casa Cook which I’ll include in a later post. But, it did include the occaisional baklava plate which I took advantage of. Greece has fantastic weather in October. Each day seemed to be in the mid to upper 70s and I think there was possibly a bit of rain once across the 12 nights we had on the two islands. Aside from the pool, the hotel had a small gym, a spa and some seating set up in the lobby, front terrace and the lick of beach across the street.








The cats in Greece are in charge. These two had the run of the hotel including the indoor/outdoor restaurant. When not benefiting from the breakfast buffet, they either lounged in the sun or the occasional lap as the mood struck them



I had booked a junior suite with a sofa (not shown), a small balcony with two chairs and a somewhat adverse view over a vacant lot. The welcome amenity included some wine and baklava(!). Water bottles and a small treat were delivered to the room fairly often between 9 and 10 pm which I never could get used to. The balcony was nice enough for the occasional wine and nibbles that we purchased at a nearby market. The value for money for the Greek wines on Kos was very good. Only complaints about the room were that the shower was somewhat exhibitional and the door to the bathroom opened into the small space by the toilet.







This hotel and the one following were part of an essentially fly-and-flop plan I had for the start of retired life. But, we did walk quite a bit each day and rented bikes on one. On our bike day we came across a second century Roman amphitheater that was free to access. There were many other ruins and an aqueduct nearby as well. Ancient mixes with modern all over Greece.