Everything for you to have a fun time in Cyprus!

Everything for you to have a fun time in Cyprus!

A Walk with Aphrodite, Peter Breakwell

Posted by admin On August - 26 - 2008

A Walk with Aphrodite by Peter Breakwell. Out of print, but well worth seeking out.

A Walk with Aphrodite by Peter Breakwell. Out of print, but well worth seeking out.

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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Paphos Land of Aphrodite, Renos Lavithis

Posted by admin On August - 26 - 2008

Paphos Land of Aphrodite by Renos Lavithis. The complete fully illustrated travel guide.

Paphos Land of Aphrodite by Renos Lavithis. The complete fully illustrated travel guide.

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 all the areas of the countryside; What Paphos offers — useful information; The Rites of Aphrodite; This is the best companion for every visitor.

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Divided Cyprus, edited by Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis and Gisela Welz

Divided Cyprus, edited by Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis and Gisela Welz

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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Buying a Home in Cyprus, Anne Hall

Posted by admin On August - 25 - 2008

Buying a Home in Cyprus, Anne Hall

Buying a Home in Cyprus, Anne Hall

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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Buying a Property: Cyprus, Sue Bryant and James Franklin

Posted by admin On August - 25 - 2008

Buying a Property: Cyprus, Sue Bryant and James Franklin

Buying a Property: Cyprus, Sue Bryant and James Franklin

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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Wild Flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas

Posted by admin On August - 25 - 2008

Wild Flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas

Wild Flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas

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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