Natura Beach Hotel Polis

... in a minimalist style, rather 1950's, mostly in black and white, not to my taste. The hotel has excellent facilities for children with a baby's crèche and children's club. Further round the bay is the ever popular Alexander the ...

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
you have read previous entries I'm new to driving on the left. And
I'm was new driving around mountains...and on gravel....dirt
roads.....and the like. As you will see from the pictures the views
were stunning but the journey to cover a mere 20 kilometres took us
close to two hours. It was exciting in the end and the views were
spectacular.

... It wouldn't turn over. The lights wouldn't go on.
I deduced the battery must be dead. I called the car company and
they sent someone over. Sure enough the battery was dead. They
replaced the car with the one the repair man and driven over. It was
a better model and a better car overall.

That evening we went to a restaurant by
the sea and had the fish mezze which was a collection of local dips
and seafood. It was excellent.

... Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) the Caribbean Islands ( Antigua, Grenada, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia and Tobago In July 2008 I visited the island of Cyprus. The island is mountainous and dry, typically Mediterranean, the coastline can be attractive but not all. Some of the coastal towns such as Larnaca and Limassol are quite industrial whereas areas in the west of the island are less so. My favourite part of the island is around the town of Paphos which has been developed ...

... 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 & 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 & 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 & beautifully maintained. Despite being a real tourist spot it is still a working monestary & you do see the monks walking around. The church is spectacular filled with icons, gold & silver and heavy with the smoke of incense. After ...

... all roadsigns in English. It was dark so we didn't see much as we headed directly north out of Pahos towards Polis. It took about 1hr 30mins to get to Polis, and another 20 mins to locate the Mariela Apartments! Very friendly owner, he'd stayed up late to let us in. Very basic self-catering studio with a kettle, fridge, hot-plate and microwave.

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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.



KYKKOS

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We went up to Kykkos Monastery at first, which lies ...