Renos Apartments Polis

... plenty of character, the only thing I would say against it is that it's a bit too British. To the North West of Paphos is the beautiful Coral Bay and to the five star Coral Beach Hotel which is located in the middle of the bay and ...

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.

... but the not so
deep down parts tell me to freak out. To panic. This is why I often
spend hours at airports. It gives me a sense of security, of calm
before I fly to sit down at the gate and know I have an hour to kill
before boarding. This was not going to be the case today.

The train took half an hour to Gatwick
so we arrived at 8am at the South Terminal. Our flight was departing
from the North Terminal. By the time we ...

... Mediterranean island, and is unlike the other traditional hotels. The following day I had a busy schedule of visits to the other hotels in our programme starting with the Annabelle LINK located in central Paphos overlooking the bay. This hotel is the best in Paphos Bay, right on the beach and with a selection of rooms and suites with sea view. There is a beautiful swimming pool surrounded by lush gardens and palm trees. Next door the Hotel Almyra LINK is designed in a ...

... 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.

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 ...

... DAYS IN KAKOPETRIA



Relaxing week, enjoying my 2 hour walks in the afternoon, not knowing that a week later the whole area where we live in Greece would catch fire, and our house would have 13.000 euro damage!



We left Cyprus urgently, and flew back when my son announced what had happened. We caught the first flight and return urgently to Athens ...

... was a rock pool, and not a very big one at that), the Tombs of Kings (quite a bit more of this) and the fort in Paphos harbour. I thought that the fort was great, but would you believe that the guide book criticised it for smelling musty. And how pray, is an ancient fort supposed to smell? Some people don't get authentic when they sniff it. The Tomb of Kings is an excellent place to take wealthy relative that you'd like to bump off as it is strewn with awkward ...