Places to visit

Destinations

Five towns on the coast and the capital, plus the mountains that hold the island together. Each has its own pace.

Paphos

Myth, mosaics & the Akamas

UNESCO World Heritage since 1980

Marina, ruins & wine country

Home of the world's oldest named wine

Sand, sea caves and a 15th-century monastery

Nissi Beach has a sandbar you can wade to

Fig Tree Bay and the chapel on the hill

The bay is named after a single fig tree planted in 1700

Pine forests & painted churches

10 UNESCO-listed painted churches

Palm-lined promenade & salt lake

Flamingos winter on the salt lake

The last divided capital

Inland, so 5°C warmer than the coast