Gaia Palace Hotel

We stayed here as a family of 4, 2 adults a 6yr old and a 1yr old. This hotel is beautiful, the grounds are very well maintained and you can see the garden staff working all throughout the day, even in the searing heat. We would often get a drink or sandwich from the snack bar and take it over to the workers as you could see they were working so hard. The pool is big enough and we never struggled to find a lounger by the pool area. The guests were predominantly German but this didn't bother us, to be honest most spoke pretty good english so there were no issues with language barrier. All staff behind the bars and in the restaurant were very helpful and always had smiles upon their faces, the food was excellent, plenty of different choices and it was always fresh and hot. Only 20-30 mins away from the airport too so this was perfect for what we needed, The one bad thing we found was that it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere, we couldn't just get up and go for s stroll out to some shops or bars etc. you would need to get a taxi into a near town. Would definitely recommend and would stay here again.

Just come home from this hotel. Travelled with my husband and we were there for 11 nights. Fantastic hotel, staff very friendly, especially Anastasia ( the blonde one, there were 2!) food was good, excellent selection, only moan for me was the usual on an all inclusive holiday, food Luke warm. Main bar was by the pool, great through the day but evening could be busy. Only 2 staff, Christos was great. It would be a great idea for the bar to have self service beer pumps and wine. Queues would not be to bad then. Staff could then concentrate on the cocktails etc. Having said that, fantastic hotel and would definitely recommend.

My girlfriend and I have just come home from a 10 night stay here on the beautiful island of Kos, and beautiful is an understatement, this time of year the weather is stunning, 30 degrees plus every day, the water is warm and clear, perfect holiday destination. Upon arrival to the hotel we were greeted at the hotel desk as usual did the check in, we discovered that we had been upgraded to a deluxe suite, didn’t know the reason why but sod it. The room was gorgeous (607) and the bed was very comfortable with plenty of room. The room itself was very big for just the 2 of us with a nice big shower. The balcony looked over our blocks pool which had a swim up bar, shout-out to Nikki for sorting our drinks out every day, she worked tirelessly to make sure all the guests had enough food and enough alcohol, expect double spirit mixers when you order a drink, safe to say an early bed was needed most nights. Every day we looked around the hotel grounds at how Immaculate it was, early in the morning there was people cleaning the pathways and tiles around all of the pools, and even polishing the handrails. Now, I hate to point out negatives because this hotel really is gorgeous. However IN MY OPINION the food wasn’t up to the standards of the hotel, my girlfriend being a little bit fussy had to resort at times to the kids menu because the food wasn’t for her, and for myself I found some items of the food not to the standard I expected them to be. However this is not the case for Greek Night on the Thursdays where they set up an outside barbecue and serve traditional souvlaki (for us British it’s a kebab with Tzatziki) with all the trimmings. Honestly it is some of the best food I have ever tasted, even my girlfriend went back for more with me. The drinks are locally sourced and not branded as they are in the UK, however they just taste the same as they would anyway. There is another issue, I stated before that they clean the floors and tiles around the pools, obviously it can be wet, however near our pool there are toilets leading down a set of tiled stairs which my girlfriend slipped down because she didn’t know they had cleaned the steps, just a few wet floor signs here and there wouldn’t be so much of an issue. Just take care when walking by the pools in the morning. Another negative is the fact the hotel is in the middle of nowhere, however every hour there is a bus that takes you to the town of Kos. Tours and Excursions are not an issue as the hotel has an office staffed every day which can help organise excursions, we recommend the 3 island tour of Kalymnos, Plati and Pserimos, all very beautiful to see on the cruise boat Odyssey. To finish I would love to return here in the future, I would seriously recommend for anyone looking for a very hot and well looked after holiday.