Sea Breeze Villas, Paphos

Portrait of Paphos

Advantages: Charming combination of the old and the new give this resort something for everyone.
Disadvantages: Heat oppressive at height of summer. Some areas rather loud and built up

Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean situated to the extreme North East of this sea. Cyprus can be described as the meeting point of three continents - Europe, Asia and Africa, and this is certainly reflected in the Cypriot heritage of architecture, food and people. This was my third visit to Cyprus, the previous two stays having both been in Larnaca. This time we decided we'd like to experience more of the south-west of the island, so we opted for a fortnight in Paphos. ~*~ GETTING THERE AND GETTING AROUND ~*~ Flights from the UK to Paphos International Airport take around 4½ to 5 hours. Direct flights to Paphos are widely available with charter flights from both regional and national airports. Tour operators such as Thomson, First Choice and Monarch fly regularly to Paphos. There are also scheduled ...

Bollinger28 15.09.2007 · Read full review
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Perfect Paphos

Advantages: Friendly people, cheap food, great atmosphere, hot!
Disadvantages: perhaps too touristy, and will become more so in time

with me, and this was £C121. We arrived at our Tala Hills apartment at about 2.30am. You can tell that Paphos airport is relatively small from the fact that we had picked up our suitcases and were on our way within 30 minutes of landing. The airport was about 25km from where we were staying. The next day we awoke bright and early to have our first look around in daylight. Our apartment was lovely and spacious, with two bedrooms (meaning a closet room for me!) a small kitchen, and a nice-sized lounge area. Our apartment also had a balcony with a beautiful view of the shared swimming pool for the block, and then down the hill into Paphos. We had arranged with the apartment owner for him to sort out a hire-car for us, so Thursday morning a guy from CY-Breeze Rentals came over to our apartment with a car for us. He then drove us down to ...

heatherrr13 14.06.2007 · Read full review
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Paphos and Tala

Advantages: The Cypriot people, warm and sunny, many things to do and see
Disadvantages: None

We have visited Paphos a number of times and each time, we enjoy it more. The country itself is easy quite beatiful, it is easy tour , it has excellent roads, and the Cypriot people are warm and friendly. As a bonus for us unilingual folk, 90% or more Cypriots speak excellent English but is also fun to use your Greek phrase book !!! Spring or the Autumn are our favourite times as the temperatures are moderated but even in the Summer months, it is a dry heat and there are the occasional cooling sea breezes. We stay in a self catering apartment which is in the village of Tala with wonderful 180 degree views down to the Mediterranean and the Paphos coast. There is nothing nicer than to get up in the morning, sit on the verandah and look-out at the view while you sip fresh orange juice or freshly brewed coffee. Tala is ...

marino49 06.08.2007 · Read full review
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