Cyprus Place guides
Places in Cyprus
17 places so far. Each guide says what is good, what the catch is, and what it costs, and each has a 3D model.
Paphos
Roman mosaics, a walkable harbour and the wild Akamas coast.
Coast
Paphos Harbour
A fishing harbour turned promenade, with a small castle at the end of the quay.
UNESCO site
Paphos Harbour and Archaeological Park
A harbour with a small castle, and Roman floor mosaics a few steps away.
Archaeology
Tombs of the Kings
Underground tombs cut from solid rock, some with columned courtyards, by the Paphos shore.
Coast
Aphrodite's Rock
The sea stack where, in myth, Aphrodite rose from the foam.
Sea
Blue Lagoon, Akamas
A sheltered bay of very clear water on the protected Akamas peninsula.
Limassol
The island's liveliest city, with Kourion next door and Troodos above.
Marina
Limassol Marina
Superyachts, waterside restaurants and the old town a short walk away.
Archaeology
Kourion
A Greco-Roman city on a clifftop, with a theatre facing open sea.
Village
Omodos
A cobbled wine village on the southern slopes of Troodos.
Monastery
Kykkos Monastery
The island's best-known monastery, high in the pine forest of western Troodos.
Larnaca
Palm promenade, a salt lake with flamingos and the oldest village on the island.
UNESCO site
Choirokoitia
A Neolithic village on a hillside, with rebuilt round stone houses.
Church
Church of Saint Lazarus
A 9th-century stone church in the middle of Larnaca, built over the saint's tomb.
Mosque
Salt Lake and Hala Sultan Tekke
A mosque among palm trees on the shore of a salt lake where flamingos spend the winter.
Nicosia
The capital inside star-shaped Venetian walls. Museums, cafés, no beach.
Ayia Napa
The clearest shallow water on the island, sea caves and Cape Greco.
