A UNESCO-listed site by the harbour of Paphos, with some of the finest Roman mosaics in the Mediterranean, in the floors of four grand villas, showing myths and hunting scenes. There's also a Roman odeon, a ruined castle, and the Saranta Kolones fort.
Nearby, the Tombs of the Kings are underground tombs cut into the rock. Go early in summer; there's little shade. Aphrodite's Rock (Petra tou Romiou), where the goddess was said to be born from the sea, is 25 km east.
A sheltered bay of turquoise water on the wild Akamas Peninsula in north-west Cyprus, reached by boat from Latchi or by 4x4 along a rough track.
Cool pine-covered mountains in the middle of Cyprus, with ten UNESCO-listed Byzantine churches with beautiful frescoes hidden in simple barn-like bui…
An ancient city on a cliff top above the sea west of Limassol, with a restored Greco-Roman theatre still used for performances, overlooking the beach…
Cyprus's second city, with a medieval castle, where Richard the Lionheart is said to have married Berengaria in 1191, and a lively old town of shops …
The last divided capital in Europe, split since 1974 by the UN buffer zone, the Green Line.
In the north of Cyprus, under Turkish Cypriot administration, Kyrenia (Girne) has a lovely horseshoe harbour guarded by a Venetian castle, which hold…
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