Tigaki is located 11 kilometers far from Kos town and 7 kilometers north of Asfendiou village. Tigaki’s permanent residents reach around 250. It is a holiday resort which has undertaken a lot of development during the past decades especially along its long sandy coastline on the northern part of the island. Years ago the place used to be the local’s favourite holiday resort. The natural environment in Tigaki is impressive and calming, with lots of green all around and many plants and colourful flowers that decorate the landscape. The various accommodation alternatives close to the beach and in the surrounding area, along with a very peaceful, traffic-free environment made Tigaki one of the most popular destinations on the Kos island.
Sailing conditions Meltemi wind NW, thermal, starts around noon and stops exactly with sunset. Every day mostly 4.5-6 Bft. 10/12 sqm kite is the most useful. Best time to go is June to August, which is high season, with 80-90% wind. Off-season no regular winds.
Security advices There is enough place at the beach. Respect and take care if there are swimmers. The beach is sandy, sometimes there are some broken bottles. After the beach there are bushes/trees. Take care of the pipe who enters the sea from the salt lake. There is local security assistance with rescue boat during summer months.
Karpathos, Kassos, Kastelorizo, Kos e Kalymnos: senza dubbio la 'k' ha la supremazia assoluta in questo arcipelago. Ma questa curiosità non è lunico tratto distintivo dellarcipelago. Case imbiancate a calce, cielo azzurro, uliveti, fichi, il blu intenso del mare: queste isole, che offrono questo e molto altro, sono il luogo ideale per chi cerca una vacanza dai ritmi tranquilli, in cui riscoprire uno stile di vita tradizionale. Se le parole spiaggia e vita allaperto corrispondono alla vostra idea di vacanza, in queste isole troverete strutture turistiche adatte a ogni vostra esigenza. Circondati da millenni di storia, potrete gustare una cucina dagli aromi mediterranei e dedicarvi alle attività sportive acquatiche che più vi appassionano. Impossibile non visitare queste dionisiache isole greche da paradiso allestremo oriente delle Isole Egee.