The ruins of Asklepion temple located near the Kos town in a midst of the pine trees. It’s a one of the main attractions of the island. In the terms of the modern world Asklepion is a hospital.
In the ancient times, it was the place, which people visited to improve their health.
It’s not sporadic that the Asklepion located on the Kos island. Kos is known for its healthy climate and mineral springs and traditions of treatment on the island spawned in the pre-historic times.
Among the names who repaired their health here, I can mention Mark Antony and Cleopatra who spent one of their vacations on the island.
Patients who visited the Asklepion bestowed to the temple a much from their states. So Asklepion in ancient times was very rich temple with lot of sculptures and marble buildings. Unfortunately, you can’t see its past magnificence since
Asklepion has been destroyed in the Middle Ages. What you see today in Asklepion, it’s a result of restoration work, which was conducted by Italian archeologists at the beginning of the 20 century.
You can get to the Asklepion via the Kos town, but more pleasant road to the Asklepion starts from the Zia village.
