The commercial and social soul of Ancient Kos, the Agora is near the port, a few steps down from Nerantzia Castle.
One of the largest Agoras in Greece, it was first laid out in the 4th century BC and its houses and sanctuaries had to be rebuilt repeatedly after a series of earthquakes.
As limestone is used in the oldest constructions and marble in the new ones, it was possible to identify the ages of the muddle of ruins here, and information boards have been set up every few steps to make things clearer.
