Coffee shops - not to be missed. Sure you get coffee - and a whole Cypriot experience!
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 you’ll instantly recogise. It’s got a warm welcome. And it’s prices are at least three times those in the Cypriot coffee shops.
You can fly to Paphos from many airports in 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.
A Walk with Aphrodite by Peter Breakwell. 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.
The Rough Guide Map of Cyprus. 1:250,000 scale on rip-proof, waterproof plastic.
Like most visitors, we’ve been lost on some unmade road wondering which way is home!
This map of Cyprus is actually very good. Sure it doesn’t show every unmade road. And exploring Cyprus using these minor routes is always a lot of fun. But it will get you around, and it does show most of the villages.
Interestingly Cyprus is reputed to be one of the most mapped places in the world – a throwback to the troubles of 1974 and the subsequent work to establish exactly who owns what.
Paphos Land of Aphrodite by Renos Lavithis. The complete fully illustrated travel guide.
It includes: Monuments — Museums — Sites — Places of Interest; A brief history; The town of Paphos — tourist resort; The district of Paphos — touring suggestions covering all the areas of the countryside; What Paphos offers — useful information; The Rites of Aphrodite; This is the best companion for every visitor.
Divided Cyprus, edited by Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis and Gisela Welz
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.
