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As a photographer visiting a lot of holiday rental villas in Cyprus for clients, I see lots I’d love to stay in, and many I wouldn’t. 

In a very competitive market, it really matters you maximise every rental opportunity for your villa.

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Cyprus in August

On 3 September 2009 By

High summer in Cyprus! Both July and August are the hottest months of the year with wall-to-wall sunshine pretty much guaranteed.

These are months in which to plan anything strenuous either early in the morning or in the evenings. During the middle of the day you need to be in the shade or taking it [...]

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Kouklia Snake Park has an interesting collection of Cypriot snakes including the Blunt Nosed Viper, Montpellier and Whip Snake.  As well as snakes, its also got lizards and chameleons.  All in all, well worth a visit.

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Cyprus in July

On 7 August 2009 By

July is probably the hottest month of the year in Cyprus.  Wall-to-wall sunshine is pretty much a certainty – though sometimes the high humidity does lead to mist on the coasts or cloud over the mountains.

This is a month to take it easy.  Anything involving physical effort is very difficult – after 8am the temperature [...]

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Much is said about water shortages in Cyprus, so what are the facts?

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Fire!

On 29 June 2009 By

Take great care when out in the Cyprus countryside in the hot summer months – there’s a very big risk of starting a fire that could endanger lives and ruin the countryside.

By June the Cyprus countryside has turned a golden colour under the hot Mediterranean sun.  With that comes a a big fire risk.  [...]

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Cyprus in March

On 14 April 2009 By

There’s an old saying, ‘March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’.  Very true in Cyprus!

In 2009, March has been a very wet month.  Water shortage?  Maybe not now! 

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Cyprus Water Shortage – Update

On 19 February 2009 By

Over the last few weeks it’s rained a lot in Cyprus! 

The good news is the island’s dams are filling and next summer should see a reduced need for water usage controls making life much easier for everybody in Cyprus.

Having now lived through the shortages, with a bit of common sense and economical use [...]

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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 from Larnaka to the UK.

This means you can now fly directly from Birmingham once a week to Paphos, and [...]

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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 [...]

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