Bougainvillea Hotel Apartments Polis

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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.

<br>Thursday, July 2, 2009&#8212;Paphos<br>This morning we headed over to the Kato<br>Pafos Archaeological Park and checked out the local ruins. After<br>about forty minutes we were too hot and headed back to the car. We<br>proceeded to drive north to the Baths of Aphrodite and from there we<br>deduced that there would be some beautiful coast line in that area<br>and the quickest way would be to follow the inland roads that cut ...

... there and did self<br>check-in, it was 8:15. When I say self-check in, I mean print the<br>boarding pass. We still had to drop the bags. The computer when I<br>had printed the boarding card informed me that luggage had to be<br>checked no later than 45 minutes from the time the gate closes. My<br>boarding pass said gate closes at 9am. The time now as I just said<br>was 8:15am. I ran. I panicked (our we noticing a trend here?). The<br>people in front ...

... 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.

... number &amp; we felt happy to drift around the buildings which, although very old, have been 'restored' to within an inch of their lives. It's all pristine &amp; beautifully maintained. Despite being a real tourist spot it is still a working monestary &amp; you do see the monks walking around. The church is spectacular filled with icons, gold &amp; silver and heavy with the smoke of incense. After ...

We drove about 15 mins down the road from Polis to the Akamas Penninsula, a nature reserve / national park. This is where the Baths of Aphrodite are, a pretty little grotto where the Greek Goddess of Love was supposed to come and bathe. We walked on from the Baths to the Aphrodite Trail - a walking route that goes around the whole ...

... br><br><br><br>Two or three times I visited Kakopetria, with the choir, but the coach was so huge that it was not possible to enter the village, so every time I happened to be up here it was just seeing Kakopetria through a distance. So this time I really wanted to WALK THE VILLAGE.<br><br><br><br>KYKKOS<br><br>< br><br>We went up to Kykkos Monastery at first, which lies ...