From the monthly archives: August 2008
Top tip for you. Get away from Paphos. Go to a village coffee shop. And leave yourself plenty of time!
In our village you’ve got a choice. A little caff run by some ex-pat Brits. And at least two traditional Cypriot coffee shops.
The caff run by the Brits is fine. It’s got a menu [...]
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Let’s share our experiences of flying to Paphos from the UK.
First off, it takes about four and a half hours each way.
Second off, for some reason, most of the flights seem to go at odd times and almost always seem to involve departures, or arrivals, or both, at unsociable hours.
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A real delight. Currently out of print, but well worth seeking out.
It dates from 1998, so some of the places and situations have moved on, but that doesn’t detract in any way from a real story, very well told.
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Anybody who’s been to Cyprus (or for that matter Greece and the Greek Islands) will know that the link between what’s on a map and what’s on the ground is tenuous!
Like most visitors, we’ve been lost on some unmade road wondering which way is home!
This map of Cyprus is actually very good. [...]
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Fully illustrated guide packed with colour photographs, site plans and route maps covering the popular resort of Paphos town and the rest of the district.
It includes: Monuments — Museums — Sites — Places of Interest; A brief history; The town of Paphos — tourist resort; The district of Paphos — touring suggestions covering [...]
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Not a light read, but a very informative one!
The volatile recent past of Cyprus has turned this island from the idyllic “Island of Aphrodite” of tourist literature into a place renowned for hostile confrontations.
Cyprus challenges familiar binary divisions, between Christianity and Islam, Greeks and Turks, Europe and the East, tradition and modernity. [...]
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A really useful book if you’re planning on buying a place in the sun in Cyprus.
When we started out on the long journey to buying our villa in Polemi, this was required reading.
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A really useful book that served us well when we started out on the long path to owning a villa in Cyprus.
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A really handy little book if you want to know more about the flora of Cyprus.
Heavily illustrated, it has chapters covering the geography, geology and climate of Cyprus; the vegetation and flora and then goes into detail of the plants you’ll find.
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Probably the most readable book we’ve come across clearly charting Cyprus’ recent history.
Lots of detail, but in a way that’s interesting.
At times a controversial view of a very controversial subject.
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