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| Paphos Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Agios Georgios ( St.Georges Bay ) Agios Georgios ( St.Georges Bay ) Natalie Bryan With its population of only 27,000 inhabitants Paphos is the capital of Cyprus' western region. Most of the inhabitants work as employees in various branches of tourism, because there is not much industry. Paphos consists of two areas: the coastal resort area (Kato Paphos) and the town itself (Pano Paphos) which is slightly inland. |
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| Paphos is very popular with tourists, and especially with English, German
and Scandinavian tourists. Among its attractions are its ancient mosaic
floors, its beautiful old harbour, its modern hotels and restaurants,
situated along the seaside promenade.Other sights include an archaeological
museum, the Byzantine castle of Paphos, the Tombs of the Kings, St. Paul’s
Pillar and the Temple of Aphrodite (the goddess of love and beauty). The climate of Cyprus makes the summer months a popular time for tourism in Paphos, when temperatures reach easilly into the mid 30 degrees celcius every day. However the cooler winter months make walking and cycling ideal activities, especially further away in the mountains. The main shopping lane, which runs parallel to the beach promenade, is the ideal tourists' marketplace. Paphos is one of the main tourist spots in Cyprus. The sun shines all day long in the radiant town. There are many hotels both big and small for tourists to stay in, with kindly staff who will be happy to help you with your every need. Located in Paphos is the gorgeous Coral Bay, a beauteous beach with soft sand and deep blue water, a perfect place for water sports. _________Sights Edit This i Simon Giesecke In Lower Paphos you will find a couple of sights that led you through the various ages of Cyprus' history: roman buildings, a Byzantine palace, Christian churches, a Frankish bath and Turkish castle architecture. Upper Paphos (Ktima) was once the burial grounds for New Paphos. Three small, but very interesting museums are located there (see museums) Display all or display just: Catacombs Hotspots Museums Streets general Show best rated on top | Show in alphabetical order [Add Sight] Archaeological Museum: Edit This The museum exhibits ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age idols, amphorae from various periods, statues, statuettes and fragments from local digs. The highlights are the statues of Dionysus and Esculapios from the House of Dionysus. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] address: Georgiou Griva Digeni tel: (06) 240 215 Tombs of the Kings Edit This tombs tombs photo by: kez About 2 miles northwards of the Old Harbour you will find the Tombs of the Kings. The tombs are impressive enough to be worthy of kings. They are burial caves carved into the bedrock of the hill and decorated with Doric columns and capitals; they date from the 4th century BC. You can freely walk about the place once inside, searching through the rooms of the tombs, with parts underground carved into the rock. type: Streets World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (06) 240 295 House of Dionysus Edit This The well known and incomparable floor fragments of the residential palace of the Roman governor are kept in a sort of large loft, the House of Dionysus. The mosaics shed light on various aspects of local daily life and depict the major figures of Greek mythology. The house, situated in the archeological park, is open to visitors Mon - Fri from 7.30am till 5pm and on Sat and Sun from 9am till 5pm. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (06) 240 217 Villa of Theseus Edit This In this villa, which includes a small local museum (only open on Tuesdays) directly near the House of Dionysus, you will see more mosaic floors. A round mosaic illustrates Theseus' battle against the Minotaur. The Opening times of the villa follow the ones of Dionysus House. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] St. Paul's Pillar Edit This i photo by: Simon Giesecke Once an imposing Gothic church stood near the basilica, it has been destroyed in the 16th century. Today you can see some rests of it - especially the famous St. Paul's Pillar. According to the tradition, St. Paul was tied to it and lashed by the roman governor of Paphos. type: Catacombs World66 rating: [rate it] Frankish bath Edit This Only a few fragments remain of the old baths, but their discovery was of considerable archaeological importance. You will find the ruins of the Frankish baths in Agiou Agapitikou Street, some yards away from the St. Pauls Pillar. In the 7th century this palace was build in Byzantine style, nowadays only some ruins are left. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Lusignan Fort Edit This This small breakwater fort near the old submerged port of Paphos belongs to the de Lusignans Epoch (13th century). Is has been destroyed by the Venetians, and was rebuilt by the Turks in 1586. It is open to visitors Mon - Fri from 7.30am till 2.30pm, Thursday also in the afternoon from 3pm till 6pm. Sat and Sun 9am till 5pm. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Christian basilica Edit This Near Alkimines Street in Lower Paphos you will discover an excellent preserved early Christian basilica. You need a little bit of luck to visit it: it has no regular opening hours. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Byzantine Museum Edit This The museum belongs to the Greek-orthodox Church. Its collection of icons is outstanding and open to the public from 9am - 1pm and from 4pm - 7pm. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] address: Martiou Street 25 (south of city gardens).Tel=(06) 240 215 _________History Edit This New Paphos (Nea Paphos) New Paphos is eight miles westwards of Old Paphos, which was destroyed by an earthquake in the 12th century BC, It was founded in 4th century BC. At first it was only a small village but with the decline of Salamis it became the capital of western Cyprus. When St. Paul brought the message of Christ to Cyprus (45 AD) he was lashed and imprisoned in Paphos. The city was destroyed twice; first by a 1st century earthquake, and then in the 7th century by Arab raiders. In the reign of the Lusignans (13th century) Paphos became a bishopric seat, but this did not prevent its people from leaving their town to seek more attractive dwellings in the neighbouring hills. Thus Ktima gradually replaced Paphos as the main regional centre. Today Ktima is practically incorporated into Paphos itself. This is where the city administration is now located. The Leoforos Apostolou Pavlou (St. Paul) Ave. connects Ktima with New Paphos (or Lower Paphos). This is where the town's best hotels and residences, tourist beaches and archaeological sites are located. ___________Practical Information Edit This Airport information: Phone (06) 236 833 HospitalH Neofytou Nikolaidi Street, Upper Paphos Phone (06) 240 111 CTO office Odos Gladstone Street 3 Phone (06) 232 841 CTO office at the airport Phone (06) 422 833 Bank of Cyprus Evagoras Street 13 generally open for money changing, also in the afternoon. Post office Leoforos Evagora Pallikaridi Street, Upper Paphos Phone (06) 240 223 Car breakdown emergency service Odos Manis Street 22 Phone (06) 233 842 e-mail: Euro Surf Cafe Crn. Gladstonos and Nicos Antoniades Str. Phone (06) 239370 about 3$ one hour _______Getting Around Edit This The urban bus transportation service is quite good. It connects the various sections of the town and is located in Ktima, on the corner of Athinas and Thermopylon Street. Rent-a-car: You can rent a car at local car hire offices, here are some addresses: Europcar, Poseidonos Street 77, Tel. (06) 234 149 Hertz, Apostolou Pavlou Ave. 54a, Tel. (06) 233 985 A. Petsas, Apostolou Pavlou Ave. Tel. (06) 235 522 Rent-a-motorcycle: S. P. Christoforou, Poseidonos Street, near Sodap cellars, Tel. (06) 242 672 _________-Getting There Edit This By Air Although Paphos is only a small town, it has its own airport, serving lots of European tourists who come in by charter flights. Tel: (06) 236 833 By Sea Regular shipping lines do not dock at Paphos harbour (they dock at Limassol). By Bus The KEMEK bus lines connect Paphos with all the island's main centres (Limassol, Larnaca and Nicosia). The bus terminal of KEMEK is in Ktima on Fellahoglou Street. Buses will stop in Lower Paphos (New Paphos) at the corner Athinas / Thermopylon Street. The Paphos - Polis line belongs to the Fontana Amoroza Bus Company. Normally there are buses every hour. For further information call Tel: (06) 236 740. The ALEPA bus Company connects Paphos with Coral Bay and Pyrgos (Tel: (06) 234 252) By Taxi Shared-taxi lines run from Paphos to Polis and Limassol and vice versa (Karydas and Kypros taxi Companies). Contributors June 20, 2006 change by giorgio [Add Global transport mode] By Air Edit This Many chrter and schedualed airlines fly to Paphos International from London Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton, including the following: Charter Thomsonfly Airlines - www.thomsonfly.co.uk First Choice Airways - www.firstchoice.co.uk/flights Thomas Cook - www.thomascook.co.uk/flights Scheduled easyJet - www.easyjet.com XL Airways - more.. type: By Air World66 rating: [rate it] address: Barn House, The Street, Tharston, Norfolk, NR15 2YP email: worley2@googlemail.com ___________Beaches Edit This Paphos beaches in the south coast seem quite different from those in the west. In the south they invariably have wave breakers and thus have been relatively tamed while those in the west are characterised by rougher seas. From all these beaches I would recommend Coral beach in the west as being a good all round package, well organised, wide sandy and not so rough. Kotchas is very interesting as a rougher setting and a good spot to sun bathe. The coast of Akamas peninsula in the north west is a lot more interesting. For in depth information on Paphos beaches, as well as other naturespots such as walking trails, dams and wetlands, etc I would invite you to explore www.natureofcyprus.org . __________Nightlife and Entertainment Edit This photo Paphos has plently of nightlife as there is a whole street dedicated to clubs and bars and believe it or not this is called bar street. It is great for all ages but mostly teens frequent them. The best bars are: bubbles (top), woodyz and divas and california beach bar and if you are looking for more than just booze then hit boogies the karaoke club. Contributors August 31, 2005 change by giorgio [Add Entertainment place] WHEATSHEAF PUB Edit This If its Karaoke you want then give The Wheatsheaf a try thousands of songs for all ages & the cheapest drinks in Paphos, good music, good company & George & Julie are exelent hosts, catering for every taste in music from 50"s 60"s 70"s 80"s up 2 todays hits all on karaoke DVD, im a regular visitor whenever were in cyprus, give it a try, youll have a great night!!! type: Pubs World66 rating: [rate it] ClosingTime: 3am tel: 0035799300862 url: www.wheatsheafpub@cytanet.com accessibility: open every night address: bar street, ayiou antoniou pedestrian email: achilleoshappypub@hotmail.com Cinters Bar & Grill Edit This i Cinters a great place for family dining. Open for english breakfast, lunch and dinner. All live sports shown , premiership and champians league. Happy hour 5 - 7pm. The best Fish & Chips in Cyprus. Carlsberg 2 euros per pint 12 - 5pm. Weds night is steak night sirloin & drink just 11 euros. Opposite sava home center. type: Pubs World66 rating: [rate it] ClosingTime: 12.30 am tel: 26272009 url: cintersbar@cytanet.com accessibility: daily address: elefthieries avenue clorakas email: mkblues@talktalk.net Rainbow Edit This Rainbow is a great place to go if you love dancing. It plays R n B and hip - hop. The atmosphere is great and if you are lucky you might find a bit of romance. type: Clubs and dancing World66 rating: [rate it] Woodyz Music Bar Edit This photo Woodyz Music Bar, Pafos, is an amazing bar in night life street. It has the best music alcohol and atmosphere that any person could desire. The Bar staff and managment are amazingly friendly type: Clubs and dancing World66 rating: [rate it] ClosingTime: 01.00am address: 25 st Antoniou street Pafos email: www.woodyzmusicbar.com closingtime: 03.00am |
