The village of Nata is found east of the town of Paphos. It is 4 kilometers away from the village of Anarita and it is built on the western shore of the Xeros river, on the peak of a high hill.

In order to get to Nata, we traveled towards the area of the Military base of Anarita (KEN...

In the Lara and Toxeftra regions, located at Cape of Akamas there are dozens of small or large bays that create fantastic sandy beaches. Some of these are ideal places for nesting the eggs of the endangered Mediterranean green turtles but also the  Karreta-Karreta species, also in danger of ...

When you go to an African country and want to visit one of the hundreds of National Parks you must first be provided with permission to enter it by the competent authorities. If you get into it without permission and are arrested, then, no one knows where you will end up. All this happens in Afri...

When you are in Cyprus, either as a visitor or as a resident and you have not visited or even walked part of the valley of Ezousa, this means that you did not see nor learned anything about the island. The valley, in all its length, from Tripylos until the coasts west of Acheleia includes unique ...

It was back in 1191 AD when the small island of Cyprus, was invaded by the massive military force of the King of England, Richard the Lionheart. Without finding any resistance from the Byzantines that held the island, they reached the outskirts of the capital. In the ensuing battle between the in...

On the peak of a hill that dominates the small island of “Geronisos”, where the village of Paphos, Pegeia is found, there is a Holy Church dedicated to Agios Georgios. On the slopes of the hill there are carved graves, that make up the necropolis of an ancient Greek Roman settlement. The small is...

Four kilometers east of the town of Paphos, in the village where the Ieros Kipos (Holy Garden) of Goddess Aphrodite was in Geroskipou, you will find the most ancient five-domed Church out of the two that exist on the island.

It is a 9^th century construction that has been greatl...

The once traditional centre of Geroskipou has been transformed into a big, paved square that includes almost everything.

The building of the Municipality, one of the two five-domed basilicas that exist in Cyprus, the monument in honour of the Heroes of the Municipality, a small amphitheat...

The abandoned and ruined village of Souskou that is found on the southeast side of the valley formed by the river Diarizos, used to be fully inhabited by Turks of Cyprus.

At the time of the Othoman Empire, the Greeks of the island were obliged to live in unapproachable and inaccessible pl...

Upon searching for the sources of the Diarizos river, you will be taken to some of the most beautiful valleys that exist in Cyprus. Starting from Kouklia of Paphos and going on for about forty kilometres north, you will be able to see, admire and observe beautiful and unique ecosystems. This is t...

The dam of Arminou is the most discussed and probably the most beautiful dam in Cyprus. It is found 40 kilometres away from the town of Paphos, and a few kilometres northeast of the village of Arminou.

It is a dirt dam, with a maximal capacity of 4.3 million cubic metres of water. It has ...

On the coastal area of Kissoneraga that has the name of “Potima” is where the community beach with the same name is found. It is an organised beach and it offers all kinds of facilities to all swimmers. It is staffed with a lifeguard during the months of summer, or for as long as the tourist peri...

Iera Nisos (Holy Island), or as it has been paraphrased to “Geronisos”, is found a few hundred metres away from the shores of the gulf of Agios Georgios in Pegeia, Paphos. It is a small island that played a great role in the navigation of the east Mediterranean in the ancient years.

The y...

In 1995-1996, with the initiative of the Member of European Parliament, Eleni Theocharous, the “Park of Volunteer doctors of the World” in Poli Chrysochous was created. It is a park for children that has attractions following all the European standards for safe usage.

There are a few wood...

The path of Aphrodite begins at “Loutra tis Aphroditis” (the baths of Aphrodite) and ends up in the same place, since it is circular. To reach the end you will have to walk a distance of 7500 metres.

It is a very interesting journey and it will take you through different points that you w...

On the land where Akamas lay his tired body to rest from the fatigue of a ten year battle, is where the Goddess of Beauty and Love chose to meet her lover, the beautiful Adonis, when he came up on the surface of the earth from the world of the dead. A few dozen metres from the shore, in a very be...

Selladi tis Aftoullinas is still a location in Cyprus that does not by any means remind us of its past. The marks of abandonment are more than visible on the only tap that refreshed the passersby that travelled from Poli Chrysochous to Stavros tis Psokas through the village of Lysos.

Sell...

Ten kilometres northeast of the village of Panagia, Paphos, within the forest of Emnon, there is a small chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios. From the name of the forest surrounding the chapel, the Saint was named Agios Georgios Emnon.

It is a single-aisled basilica that has a wooden gable...

The location of “Dichaloi” is found left of the road of Panagia towards Koilada ton Kedron (the Valley of the Cedrus trees).  It is a location where there are many water springs that are being used to irrigate the communities nearby.

An artificial water tap constructed in 1981, a woo...

The dam of Kannaviou is ranked fourth among the dams of Cyprus in terms of capacity, and second in terms of height. It has a capacity of 18 million cubic metres of water. It was a height of 70 metres and its dyke has a length of 600 metres. It is found at a distance of about forty kilometres from...

Vrisi tou Diakou (the tap of the deacon) is found 3 kilometres south of the picnic area of Agia, within the valley of the river of Ezousa, if you are travelling from Stavros tis Psokas towards the dam of Kannaviou.

The source of the tap is found a few metres away from the dirt road and th...

The picnic area of Agia is found in the valley created by the river of Ezousa. It is at a distance of about 10 kilometres from the Stavros tis Psokas picnic area. It is a dirt road in the forest. Even though the Department of Forests takes care of it quite often and cleans it from landslides, it ...

The river of Ezousa is ranked sixth in terms of length out of all the dams that exist on the island. It has a length of 41 kilometres. Its starting point is found very high on the slopes of Tripylos, east of the Forest station in Stavros tis Psokas. From there, after it covers a distance of 23 ki...

The Cedar Valley can be found on the route from the Monastery of Kykkos to Stavros tis Psokas. It covers areas of the southern slope of Tripylos and part of the north. The location as it has been described as the "Cedar Valley" is located on the southern slope, in the Paphos Forest. Administrativ...

In the area where today the village Kouklia is found, in the district of Paphos, the ancient town with the name “Palaipaphos” was built. On a hill that dominated the area with a smooth view on the Mediterranean sea, the biggest and most fine Temple dedicated to the Cypriot Goddess of love and bea...

The Matsima tap is very old, and it was the first stop for the travellers that were heading to Stavros tis Psokas and from there on to Poli and Pyrgos, coming from the Kykkos Monastery or the area of Kampos tis Tsakkistras.

The water up until 1967 ran freely from the rocks, thus creating ...

In the green forest of Paphos, on the slope that dominates the valley of Agios Theodoros, a small chapel is found, dedicated to Timios Stavros. It is a basilica, with a wooden roof.

It is constantly open for worshippers.

A few hundreds of metres away the Forestry station of Stavro...

The picnic area of Stavros tis Psokas is found 26 kilometres away from the Monastery of Panagia tou Kykkou, 20 kilometres away from the villages of Paphos Lysos and Kannaviou, right in the forest of Paphos.

It is an organised area and it provides with all the facilities for a comfortable ...

The Cypriot Mouflon is a subspecies of the Asian wild sheep Ovis orientalis, and it is the conqueror in the forests of the island.

Up until a few decades ago, it was endangered to become extinct, since the number of the animals had been decreased to 15.  After some drastic measures t...

“Petra tou Romiou” is probably the most famous rock in the world. No other was photographed as this one. No other receives as many thousands of visitors from all the parts of the Earth, and this is not in vain.

Two myths are connected to the rock. Two stories that take you back into time,...

On your way from Agios Nikolaos to Paphos, through the valley of Diarizos and then the Kidasi village, you will find two huge rocks.  The road passes through them thus getting a lot narrower. These rocks have a very interesting history.

The area in which they are found is one of the ...

The 4th river in terms of length in Cyprus is Diarizos. From its two sources (where its name comes from), until its mouth, it covers a distance of 42 kilometres.

Its sources are found on the southeastern slopes of Kykkos, one next to the Milikouri village, and one on the slopes of Lemitho...

Tzielefos bridge is of Venetian origins and is found 5 kilometres from Agios Nikolaos, in the direction of Kaminaria. It is built on the Diarizos river, a river that has been called “barbarian” by the people, because of the great noise its waters make.

A few years ago, the government of t...

After the Turkish invasion and the displacement of 20000 people, a great problem on the waterworks system was created. Cyprus went on with the construction of dams and reservoirs in its different rivers.

One of these dams is that of Asprokremos, the second largest in the country after the...

Agios Savvas Holy Monastery in Koronou, was built on the peak of a hill, close to the Diorizos riverside, and in a small distance from the ruined and abandoned Prasteio community in Pafos.

Today only the 12th century Temple is saved. In the next centuries, the monastery sustained transfor...

Just a breath away from the Kerades village, the Holy Monastery of Agios Antonios is found. The constructions found around the place, are ruins of the Monastery and they are dated in the 15th century.

It is said that in the old days, some village man was stealing money from the church. Th...