Nicki Holiday Resort Polis

... this is the most reasonably priced quality hotel on the beach and centrally located. Lastly, a vist to the Paphos Amathus Beach, sister hotel to the original Amathus Beach Hotel in Limassol. Paphos itself is a bustling market town ...

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 ...

<br>1 July 2009&#8212;Flight to Paphos<br><br><br><br>Alarm was set for 6:30. It was decided<br>that we would catch the 7:31am Gatwick Express from Victoria Station.<br> Breakfast opened at 7am. We quickly scarfed down a few nibbles and<br>took a taxi to the station. We ran. The doors were closing as we<br>glided down the escalator and we hopped on the train. <br><br>I was nervous. I know deep, deep down,<br>somewhere in my being that things would be ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

We stayed in a most fabulous villa in Polis - spacious, cool and with a good sized private pool. Fantastic. I'd have to admit to spending a good deal of the holiday combining two of my favourite activies - swimming and reading - by dextrous use of the lilo. However, I never like to spend time somewhere and see nothing of the country, so we put the hire car to use and got out to see Paphos and Latsi. These included trips to the Baths of Aphrodite (Let's be honest ...