Home Cooking Eating with a Cypriot family is an experience not to be missed, should you be lucky enough to be invited. Alternatively, buy a local cookbook and have a go yourself ! Vegetables, pulses and grains, as well as meat of course, make up the majority of a family diet. Eating home cooking opens a whole new spectrum of Cypriot tastes and flavours. Here are some of the dishes you could try from a Cypriot cookbook...... Pourgouri or cracked wheat is steamed together with some fried onions and chicken stock to make a light and nutty pilaf which is always served with plain yogurt. L... [read more]

International Telephone Dialing Codes By Country To make an international telephone call: Dial your International Access Code (00 in most of Europe and 011 in the USA). Then dial the Country Code for the country you are calling (see list below). Finally dial the phone number usually omitting the first digit which is normally a zero in brackets. Please note time differences when calling property owners. Daylight saving times may also affect local times. The 1 prefix is only ap... [read more]

Holiday apartment Cyprus Are you considering renting apartment for your vacation? If you are traveling overseas it is sometimes the most economical and comfortable way to vacation. On rent holiday villa cyprus.com, you can find hundreds of vacation rental properties throughout the Cyprus area. Cyprus is renowned for being one of the friendliest and most laid back nations to vacation to. The Cypriots themselves are hospitable, very friendly and extremely relaxed. Aside of that, Cyprus is an Island on the Mediterranean Sea, one of the most historically significant bodies of water in the wor... [read more]

Holiday accommodation in Cyprus Viewing and assessing apartments for rent in Cyprus is made easy with the power and scope of the rent holiday villa.com website - and, you receive full service consultation at no charge. No other real estate website focuses on the Cyprus market as extensively and effectively as rent holiday villa cyprus.com. Representing approximately 50% of the market, renters have literally thousands of listings to choose from. Their unique marketing and promotion opportunities provide property listers with 50,000 plus potential customers each month. The advertising pay... [read more]

Golf Combining sea, sun, green and a perfect climate Cyprus is an ideal location for golf all year round. Clubhouses with 18 hole golf courses, practice facilities, and individual lessons are all on offer to today's demanding golfers. Three golf courses operate on the island: 1) Tsada Golf Club The club is situated near Tsada village 20 minutes drive, north of Pafos town in the grounds of a 12th century monastery. It is an 18 hole course created by Donald Steel, it plays to a par 72 all green and measures 6060 m. 2) The Secret Valley Golf Club It is located 18 km e... [read more]

Halloumi cheese HALLOUMI is the traditional white cheese of Cyprus which has been produced by the Island for centuries. It is a semi-hard cheese prepared from sheep's milk with the addition of mint. Halloumi cheese has a pleasant flavour and is delicious when grilled or fried. Halloumi cheese can be enjoyed on its own,and is especially tasty in sandwiches. Halloumi is the soft, springy cheese from Cyprus and call easily lay claim to being the world's most fascinating cheese. There's not a great deal you can't do with it. (In fact in Cyprus, it's not so much ... [read more]

Sun Protection Ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) rays are light radiated by the sun. The earth's ozone layer filters out most UVA and UVB rays before they reach us but some can still get through, causing damage to our skin. It is important to use sun sense when travelling to hot climates. Some useful tips for avoiding sunburn are: Don't wait till your skin feels uncomfortable before taking preventative action. The best form of protection is defence. Once your skin is burned the damage has already been done so cover-up up with loose-fitting clothes. Make sure that your legs and arms are c... [read more]

Cyprus Zivania Zivania (also Zivana) (Greek: Ζιβανία) is a traditional Greek-Cypriot distillate produced in the island of Cyprus from pomace (or marcs), i.e., the residue of grapes (including the stems and seeds) that were pressed during the winemaking process mixed with high quality dry wines, coming from the local grape varieties of Cyprus. The pomace/wine mixture is then distilled in special traditional distillation apparatus, producing zivania. Zivania is characterized by its typical taste and aroma. It is colorless and it has a pleasant alcoholic... [read more]

General info Wherever you look in Paphos you will not be able to escape from its past, whether its historical or mythological, there will always be something to capture your imagination. Paphos and its surrounding villages seem to have remained untouched by modern day society, and life has carried on here the same as it always has done - resulting in the perfect setting and an idyllic place to relax and unwind on holiday - after all, this is the birthplace of Aphrodite. The small charming town of Paphos lies on the west of coast of Cyprus - and due to its picturesque harbour and numerous n... [read more]

PAPHOS AREA Paphos District Archaeological Museum Griva Dighenis Street. Tel: (06)240215. Attractive collection of Cypriot antiquities from the Paphos area, dating from the Neolithic Age to 1700 AD.   Byzantine Museum 26, 25th March Street. Tel: (06)232092. An interesting collection of objects from the Byzantine period, including Byzantine icons from the 12th to 18th century.   Ethnographical Museum 1 Exo Vrisy. Tel: (06)232010. Interesting private collection of objects from the Neolithic Age to the present day.   Tombs of the Kings Kato Paphos. Tel: (02) 240... [read more]