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Paphos, Cyprus
After arriving to Paphos airport and taking local bus for €1,50 to the Harbour
area where we had booked our AirbnB apartment, we realized that people here
drive on left. Bummer. We were planning to rent a car, however, neither of us
has ever driven on the left side. New challenge ahead of us. Our accommodation
was in a zone full of parties, bars and clubs which was perfect for New Year´s
Eve plan. We ended up in a bar called Flairs which had great atmosphere, many
people and good music. All night was about tequila, Cypriot local “zivania”
shots, dancing and having fun.
- Paphos
- Tombs of the Kings (Τάφοι των Βασιλέων)
- Flairs Bar
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Poli Crysochous, Cyprus
After we rented a car on a day n. 4 we decided to spend a night in the
North-west of Cyprus and thus started our first road trip day also alongside the
coast. Our first visit was a Coral Bay beach which gave us great first
impression how summers can look like here. Only few kms from this beach was Edro
III Shipwreck which got crushed in 2011 and since then it has been a main
attraction for tourists.
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Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
After delicious breakfast at Kozis hotel, we set off towards Troodos mountains
making few stops along the way. Our first one was tiny cute Mosque alongside the
road just before Mamonia village. Then we headed towards famous Omodos village
which was our highlight among the Cypriot villages. Narrow cobbled streets,
trees full of lemons and oranges, historical monastery with explanation about
the British liberation and a coffee break with some traditional Cypriot sweets
(sousoukos & pastelaki).
- Treis Elies
- Troodos National Park
- Plateia Kakopetrias
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Larnaca, Cyprus
We started the day with a little hike from a village Pano Platres. We visited
Kalidonia waterfalls (round trip from a parking lot was around 2km, 1 hour, easy
peasy). The original plan was to do a longer hike and a loop but because of
shady and bit rainy weather we decided for the short one. After that we headed
towards Larnaca where we stayed a night in a hotel Onisillos for €29 a night. We
walked around the city, alongside the sea promenade also towards the sea lake
where we were watching pink flamingos. At night we headed to the city centre for
some fun night and ended up in two different cool and very local bars full of
Cypriots. First one was “Bar Project” and the second one was “Hive” also with
nice live Cypriot music.
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Ayia Napa, Cyprus
After waking up with really nasty hangover we decided to have a nice, chill
beach day, therefore, we started our day having breakfast at a beach between
Larnaca and Ayia Napa towns. Then we visited Sea Caves close to Ayia Napa which
were the highlight of our day. Crystal blue sea, breath-taking sea caves,
astonishing rock formations. Then we drove to Kommos beach where a young German
couple inspired us to take a short swim – yes – swimming in the Mediterranean
sea on the 6th of January – something we won´t forget that easily. It was
beautiful sunny weather, water was pretty chilly but not impossible to get in.
After few hours of chilling on various sunny beaches we drove around 90 mins
towards the city of Limassol where we spent our last night in Cyprus. We enjoyed
our last seafood dinner in the harbour, relished drink in a local Cypriot bar
and said proper good-bye with Cyprus.