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Tigaki Beach – Alyki Salt Lake loop from Kos

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Tigaki Beach – Alyki Salt Lake loop from Kos

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480

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Tigaki Beach – Alyki Salt Lake loop from Kos

02:23

40.5km

90m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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619 m

Kos Marina

Highlight • Structure

The marina is located about a few hundred meters further east on the outskirts of Kos town.
The marina has a strictly guarded, limited admission control, so direct entry is not allowed at all

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12.5 km

Beach

13.5 km

Tigaki Beach

Highlight • Beach

If you need to cool down, just jump into the water 💦.😄

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15.7 km

Tigaki Salt Lake

Highlight • Lake

Small salt lake by the sea with beautiful nature.

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16.5 km

Alyki Salt Lake

Highlight • Lake

There is a small trail around it, if you're lucky you can see flamingos 🦩.

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20.1 km

Αλυκή Τιγκάκι Alykí Tigáki = Alykes means salt field

The operation of the saltworks on Kos ceased in 1989.
Salt water lake still has an artificial water supply (canals) directly from the sea. The lake has a length of around 1500 m and a maximum width of around 700 m and an area of around 80 hectares (0.8 km²) with a circumference of around 3700 m. Fresh water is fed into the lake from the south of the Linopotis village.
The area around the lake and the lake itself are under nature protection and the wetland is now permanent. The salt water lake has become a protected, heavily salty wetland and a wintering area for migratory birds. Due to the high salt content, common fish and mollusks cannot live here. However, there are species that could adapt to such conditions (halophiles). This also includes the Artemia salina (brine shrimp), which attracts flamingos, as well as halophytic plants.

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25.6 km

Tigaki Village

Highlight • Settlement

Tourist place with souvenir shops and pretty cozy taverns.

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35.5 km

Beach in Kos

Highlight • Beach

Special time for two at the beach of Kos under the sun of greece. Netflix and Chill vs. Kos and Chill

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38.2 km

Kos Harbor

Highlight • Settlement

A bike path leads directly to the port. At the port there are also taverns and the shopping area. We like it very much.

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40.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.0 km

11.3 km

9.59 km

2.57 km

Surfaces

27.5 km

9.90 km

1.85 km

499 m

423 m

268 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 30 June

31°C

23°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

October 4, 2024,Erste Tour in meist bekannten Gefilden

Priorities change so quickly...I don't need Kostown anymore...too much traffic and too many tourists...I'm now definitely (?) in my favorite place...extra great...parking space in front of the door

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June 27, 2022,Fahrradtour Kos

Nice bike ride to Marmari beach. The island of Kos is very cyclist friendly. The sea is just wonderful on this beach, nice waves, but unfortunately a bit too much wind

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May 12, 2025,Lange Hausrunde Marmari-Kostown

Today's summary: a perfect day for a longer ride, 24 degrees Celsius and a slight haze.
With a good bike from my trusted rental company, Action Moto Rent, the longer route was no problem today.
On the route from Tigaki to Kostown, you can notice that the traffic is gradually increasing.
Two must-sees along the route are: 1. The farmers' …

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April 14, 2025,Zum Salzsee und neuer Hotspot zum Sonnenuntergang

Oh, how beautiful it is here again, the landscape, the people. A year ago, the little kiosk by the road still had a selection of all sorts of strange books. You can read about them, for example, in the sexual preferences of Australian students if you look at my tour from last year. Today, it's just rocks.
There aren't many …

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April 16, 2025,Kostown-Marmari Hausrunde

Marmari probably won't wake up for about two weeks, but right now it was still very empty. So, on my home tour, I can skip the last stretch and only drive as far as the salt lake. It's unbelievable that it was completely dry last fall, and the landscape looked like it was covered in a thick layer of snow. …

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April 26, 2023,G-85300 Kos-Marmari-Kos Stadt-Platane des Hippokrates-Antike Agorá

Today's weather forecast predicted a mix of clouds, sun and rain. And so it was. The best conditions for a vegi-bio bike tour (without an e-bike, but with gears; better than a vegan bio-bike, which is then without everything, no e-motor, no gears - no wheels).
Quickly plugged together a small tour with Komoot and off we went.
The route …

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