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City guide Kos

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,300 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €138,000) ⁠Active sale ads from January to May 2026 put the median for Rhodes and Kos together at…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,600 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €96,000) ⁠The January to May 2026 count gives no separate village price. Rhodes and Kos together…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,200 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €176,000) ⁠Active sale ads from January to May 2026 put the median for Rhodes and Kos together at…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,500 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €120,000) ⁠The January to May 2026 count gives no separate village price. Rhodes and Kos together…
• Affordable Shopping Spots AB Vassilopoulos, Lidl (Main road near Zipari) ⁠AB Vassilopoulos is in Agia Marina, on Papatheofanous. Lidl is on the Kos-Kefalos road at…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads 50% income tax exemption for 7 years for eligible foreign arrivals ⁠Article 5C exempts 50% of Greek employment income, or income from a business carried on in…
• Best Beach Nearby Agios Stefanos Beach (Kefalos) - iconic island/church view ⁠Agios Stefanos Bay at Kefalos, on the west of the island.
• Best Coworking Space Expat Cowork Kos (Informal networks, often centered at 'The Hub' or shared lobbies) ⁠Map searches for coworking and for The Hub returned no place, and no operator site was…
• Best Hospital Kos General Hospital 'Hippokrateion' (Hippokratous 32) ⁠General Hospital and Health Centre of Kos (Ippokrateio), Ippokratous 34, 85300…
• Bike/Scooter Rental Moto Harley (Kos Town), Ideal Rental. Bikes approx €5-10/day ⁠Moto Harley, Kanari 44, Kos town, is a scooter and bicycle shop on the map. A scooter…
• Bonfire-Friendly Spots Therma Beach (Natural hot springs with beach access) ⁠From 1 May to 31 October, campfires, bonfires and barbecues are banned. Thermes, east of…
• Budget Accommodation Hostel Pelops (approx €30/night), Tigaki’s Star (seasonal deals) ⁠Leonidas Hotel and Studios, Syntagmatos Dodekanision, Kos town, lists a double room from…
• Cashless Friendly Very high; POS terminals mandatory in shops and tavernas ⁠Cards are widely accepted in shops, hotels, and for ferries and flights. Some restaurants…
• Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, EU-aligned anti-tax avoidance rules apply ⁠Yes. Undistributed income of a foreign company is taxed in Greece when a resident owns…
• Corporate Tax 22% ⁠22% is the standard corporate income tax rate. Credit institutions that use the…
• Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks: Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank (Kos Town) ⁠Euro (EUR). On 22 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate was 1 euro = 1.1205 US…

fix pass after the batch check. Tax System gained the 183-day presence rule from the income tax code, Property Transaction Tax gained the municipal levy that brings the total to 3.09 percent, and the value added tax cut now cites an openable mirror of the tax agency circular instead of the blocked download; the three now read like the other researched Greek city sheets (https://www.taxheaven.gr/law/4172/2013/arthro/4).

City guide Kefalonia

• Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks include National Bank of Greece and Alpha Bank in Argostoli. ⁠Euro (EUR). On 22 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate used for Greece was 1 euro =…
• Cycling/Walking Paths Coastal path from Argostoli to the Lighthouse of Saint Theodoroi. ⁠Fanari Road, a coastal walk or drive north of Argostoli and Lassi, passes the Lighthouse…
• Gyms & Fitness Centers Palmos Gym (Argostoli) - €10 day pass / €50 monthly. ⁠Gymland, Lithostroto 47, Argostoli, phone +30 2671 026120. Weekdays 08:30 to 23:00…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket 44% ⁠44 percent on employment, pension and business income above 60,000 euro. The band from…
• Highway Access Main island road connects Argostoli to Fiscardo (North) and Skala (South). ⁠The main roads are the Argostoli to Sami national road, the Argostoli to Poros road, and…
• Historic Buildings De Bosset Bridge (World’s longest stone bridge over sea). ⁠De Bosset Bridge, also called the Drapano Bridge, crosses the bay of Argostoli. It dates…
• Historical Sites St. George’s Castle (Kastro) - Venetian ruins with views. ⁠Castle of Agios Georgios at Kastro, near Perata, a Venetian fort with a wide view.
• Local Heritage Odysseus ties—local claims to being the true Homeric Ithaca. ⁠Writers have suggested Kefalonia, rather than today's Ithaca, as Homer's Ithaca. One…
• Main Train/Transit Hub No trains; KTEL Bus Station in Argostoli is the primary hub. ⁠There is no train. The KTEL Kefalonias station is at Antoni Tritsi 5, Argostoli.
• Museums & Art Venues Korgialenio Historic and Cultural Museum (Argostoli). ⁠Korgialenio Historical and Cultural Museum in Argostoli.
• Must-See Landmarks Myrtos Beach and Melissani Underground Lake (€8 entry). ⁠Myrtos Beach, and Melissani Cave at Karavomylos, about 2 km from Sami. An adult ticket is…
• National Parks Nearby Mount Aenos (Mountain range with unique Abies Cephalonica firs). ⁠Mount Ainos National Park covers most of the Ainos range, the island's highest mountain at…
• Nearby Nature Escapes Aenos National Park (Mount Aenos) - home to wild horses. ⁠Koutavos Lagoon, on the bay at Argostoli, where loggerhead turtles are seen in the water…
• Population 35,800 (Island total) ⁠36,064 people in the 2021 census for the Kefalonia regional unit, which is the island. The…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
• Public Transport Passes Single tickets only, typically €2.00 to €5.00 depending on distance. ⁠KTEL Kefalonias sells single tickets. Argostoli to Sami is about 4.40 euro and takes about…
• Regional Travel Ferries from Sami to Ithaca (€15) or Poros to Kyllini (Mainland) (€12). ⁠Levante Ferries one-way foot-passenger fares are 14.50 euro between Kyllini and Poros and…
• Religious Sites Monastery of Agios Gerasimos (Island patron saint). ⁠Monastery of Agios Gerasimos at Omala, dedicated to the island's patron saint. His relics…
• SIM Card Cosmote (best coverage), Vodafone, and Nova. Available at Germanos Argostoli. ⁠Cosmote, Vodafone Greece and Nova sell prepaid SIMs, and activation needs a passport or…
• Tap Water Generally safe for showering, but bottled water is highly recommended for drinking due to… ⁠Tap water in most places a tourist visits is drinkable. It often tastes poor, especially…
• Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents; Greece-source only for non-residents. ⁠Permanent residents are taxed on worldwide income. People who are not resident are taxed…
• Top Regional Airline Sky Express (Daily flights to Athens). ⁠SKY express flies Kefalonia Airport (EFL) to Athens. On 29 October 2026 its route page…
• VAT 24% standard; 13% for food/services. ⁠24 percent standard since 1 June 2016. 13 percent covers basic food and services such as…

fix pass after the batch check. Every address, opening hour and price behind a citation was re-opened. The power sockets line now reads like the other Greece cities; the scooter hire names the live operator and its pickup points after the old shop's site went offline; the regional airline fares are the ones on the page today; the ferry fares now cite pages that open and name the operator; the gym line drops a review price whose page blocks access.