Archive for December, 2008

Christmas in Cyprus

Christmas in the UK is a feast of rampant commercialism.  In Paphos, its very different and a whole lot more pleasant.  In fact, coming to Cyprus for the Christmas break is a really smart thing to do!
Yes of course the shopkeepers are out to get your money.  But not at any cost as seems to [...]

Flights to Paphos – now with Cyprus Airways

In this Blog we’ve previously stated we’re unaware of direct scheduled flights from the UK to Paphos.  Our new discovery is that Cyprus Airways have added a Paphos stop to some of their flights frm Larnaka to the UK.
This means you can now fly directly from Birmingham once a week to Paphos, and from London [...]

The great Cyprus car rental ripoff

If you’re enjoying a holiday in Cyprus, renting a car is a great way of getting about.  To make things easy, we’ve always arranged to collect a rental car at the airport, and then deliver it back there on the way home.
Until now.  The car rental companies at both Paphos and Larnaca Aiports have discovered [...]

EOKA Museum, Chlorakas, Paphos

Chlorakas is famous as the landing site of Colonel George Grivas in 1954 at the start of his guerrilla campaign against the occupying British. The beach where he came ashore is known as Dhigenis’ landing.
Near the landing site is a small museum dedicated to EOKA. Its centrepiece is a fishing trawler that returned George Grivas, [...]