Located along a sandy and shingle beach, just 5 km from the capital city of Kos island and 200m from the beach, Oceanis Beach Resort stands out for its luscious subtropical gardens and its superb, traditionally styled facilities. Friendly and hospitable, Oceanis Beach Resort is a brilliant combination of an age old culture with modern day amenities, which epitomizes the ideal Greek experience. The hotel offers some of the best samples of the culinary tradition of Greece, along with a great variety of specialties from international cuisine. Kos is the island of Hippocrates, the third largest in the Dodecanese after Rhodes and Karpathos, lying close to the Asia Minor coast, between Nisyros and Kalymnos. It is mostly a low lying island, with a single mountain range on its eastern side. Its population is in excess of 20.000, most of whom are engaged in the tourist trade, stockbreeding, and farming.