Cyprus

6/19/2024

Mario and I spent 5 days on the island of Cyprus, which makes country 44!

Things to know:

Currency: Euro
Visa: No, you can stay up to 90 days without visa
Charging outlets: UK plug
Driving: Left side of the road.
SIM: We used our Google Sim and Google Maps to navigate around the island.

We were suppose to visit Cyprus as part of our Jordan trip in March but with a cancel flight and limited time to explore, we postpone it till now.

Our flight leaving Stuttgart was delayed but we arrived safely at Larnaca airport (LCA). There are two airports on the island, one of the western side and the one we fly into on the bottom eastern side of the island. We rented a car to get around the island. Since our car rental place wasn't at the airport we had to take a shuttle. We learned that you leave arrival hall but have to go upstairs and outside to the departure drop off area and that is where the shuttle picks up. Luckily for us, the shuttle was waiting. Our driver was so nice, telling us useful information about the island and our rental. The staff at Enterprise was very friendly and we even got an upgrade. After collecting our car we drove 35 minutes ride to the hotel around at the hotel a little before 10pm. Thank goodness, Mario can drive on the left side of the road, I was white knuckles the whole way.

We will be staying 4 nights at a hotel east of the city Limassol, in Pyrgos.

We spent most of our time relaxing around the resort's pools. The weather was hot, like mid 90's.

With the hot temperatures and the stress of driving on the left side of the road, we only visited a few places on the island.

Aphrodite’s Rock (Petra tou Romiou) was about 45 minutes west of the hotel. There is a car park right off the road. There are stairs that lead to a tunnel so you can safely visit it. There was also a shop at the car park. I didn’t explore the shop so not sure if there was a restroom, I did see a shower and changing rooms. According to Greek mythology Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was born from the sea foam near this rock.

From there we drove towards Pafos, where we would visit the Pafos Archaeological Park. There was a good size parking lot which was right next to the park and the admission per person was 4.50 euro. We walked around taking in the views of the different mosaics around. After we walked along the pier.

From there we drove a few minutes up the road to The Tombs of the King. These tombs were used for the rich and state heads. We walked around the tombs which reminded me of the tombs we saw in Petra.