Akamanthea Holiday Village Polis

... Palma, La Gomera, Lanzarote and Tenerife), the Greek Islands (Corfu, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Skiathos and Rhodes) the Red Sea Riviera (Sharm el Shiekh, Hurghada and Taba Heights) the Arabian Gulf (Dubai, Oman, Qatar and Abu Dhabi ...

We stayed in Polis for the morning and left after a last lunch at one of the restaurants in town. We were sorry to leave Polis, it's a lovely little place, so relaxed and quiet, we got very comfortable there! We headed off down to Paphos and looked around the Fort & the ruins of Old Paphos before watching a stunning sunset over the sea, having dinner in the harbour and heading back to the airport to fly home...

... quite close to it further along. Spent the day here chilling on the beach in the sun & swimming in the Med - what more do you need?! There's a lovely harbour in Latsis with a mix of fishing & pleasure boats. We walked around it in the morning and returned for sunset. There are a number of restaurants along the harbour front with lots of fresh fish options, it's a really nice place to have dinner.

... across the mountains. And this began Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Now, if<br>you have read previous entries I'm new to driving on the left. And<br>I'm was new driving around mountains...and on gravel....dirt<br>roads.....and the like. As you will see from the pictures the views<br>were stunning but the journey to cover a mere 20 kilometres took us<br>close to two hours. It was exciting in the end and the views were<br>spectacular.<br>

... hold onto the wing. Needless to say<br>but the time we got to the gate, there were maybe five people there. <br>But at least we had made it and I could breathe easy. The plane<br>boarded on time, however, we were delayed by half an hour and unable<br>to take off until 10am. And that's where I am now. Miles above the<br>ground, flying over Germany on my way to Paphos. <br><br>I arrived in Paphos without incident<br>and fairly quickly found the pick up ...

... the past fifteen years as a major resort. I stayed in the Elysium Hotel LINK. This is one of the most recent additions to the five star hotels in Paphos. It is my preferred hotel in Paphos for two main reasons, firstly it is located next to the 'Tombs of the Kings' excavation site on the fringe of the main town. It is right on the beach fifteen minutes away from all the other hotels in the centre of Paphos. Secondly the design of the hotel does reflect the rich history of ...

... the town has been kept quite far back from the beach so it's not all hemmed-in with high-rise hotels. It's a nice beach &amp; we settled down on some sun loungers for the day. We had lunch at the beach bar which was pretty awful food (burgers, pizzas - nothing Greek!) and swam in the beautiful sea. It wasn't too crowded but I imagine it gets absolutely heaving in-season, it is a very nice beach.

We set off quite early to drive up to the Kykos Monestary, one of the more famous monestaries high up in the mountains where Archbishop Makarios retired to and is buried (he was the first and fourth president of Cyprus). We took our time driving up, the roads are good but very twisting, and there are some magnificent views that should be stopped at to take in properly. On the way up the mountains we ...

... it's pretty long. We walked a smaller circular route that took about 3 hours, it was gorgeous. It was very hot &amp; we were glad to have taken plenty of our own water because there are no facilities except at the entrance. We stopped for a late lunch at a beachside restaurant in a little village called Latsis on the way back to Polis.

... of my childhood when with my parents and especially my dad who used to LOVE TRAVELING like me, would bring us to this village and even spend one or two nights at a certain restaurant for lunch or dinner.. The restaurant owner had one or two rooms to let, and my dad arranged each time we were up here, to spend the night in one, just to be next to the river and hear the ...