Paphos Area's
Ayia Paraskevi Church - Geroskipou village, 3km east of Paphos One of the most interesting Byzantine churches on the island, dating to the 10th century. It is a basilica surmounted by five domes forming a cross and has a beautiful mural paintings dating from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
Geroskipou Folk Art Museum - Geroskipou village, 3km east of Paphos A fascinating collection of folk arts and crafts is exhibited in the beautiful Chatzismith house.
Sanctuary of Aphrodite - Kouklia village, 14km east of Paphos, off the Limassol-Paphos road Old Paphos was one of the most celebrated pilgrimage centers of the ancient Greek world., and once city-kingdom of Cyprus. Here stood the famous Sanctuary of Aphrodite, the most ancient remains of which date back to the 12th century BC. The museum, housed in the Lusignan Manor, continue on the site of the sanctuary, the city and the necropolis.
Petra Tou Romiou - Birthplace of Aphrodite - 25km east of Paphos According to legend Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty, rose from the waves in this strikingly beautiful spot. The Greek name, Petra Tou Romiou is associated with the legendary frontier-guard of Byzantine times Digenis Akritas, who kept the marauding Saracens at bay with amazing strength. It is said that he heaved this large rock into the sea destroying the enemy's ship.
Panagia Chryseleousa Church - Polemi village A complex of two churches. The oldest is the northern one which is a domed cross-in-square type building possibly of the 12th century. Later in the 18th century a barrel-vaulted church was added to the south. Excellent 16th century icons survive on the iconostasis.
Metochi Monis Kykkou - Polemi village An interesting group of buildings of traditional architecture, known as "Metochi tou Kykkou", can be found in the north-western part of the village. Today it is used as a Cultural Center for the local community.
Pegeia - Agios Georgios Basilica and the fountains of Pegeia Two early Christian basilicas with some very interesting mosaic floors depicting animals. There are also rock-hewn tombs of the Roman period above the sea. Pegeia is famous for its fountains in the stone paved village square.
Agios Neofytos Monastery - 9km north of Paphos Founded at the end of the 12th century by the Cypriot hermit and writer Neofytos. The "Eglesitra", an enclosure carved out of the mountain by the hermit, contains some of the finest Byzantine frescoes dating from the 12th to the 15h century. In the monastery church which contains some of the most beautiful icons of the Post-Byzantine period of the 16th century is a very interesting ecclesiastical museum.
Maa Palalaiokastro - Coral Bay, 9km from Paphos This is an area which accommodated the first ancient (Mycenaean) Greek's, who emigrated to Cyprus at around 1200 BC after fall of the Mycenaean Kingdoms in mainland Greece. This is a very important site for Cyprus because this is where Hellenism on the island originated.
Lempa - 5km from Paphos At Lempa village excavations have brought to light an important settlement of the Chalcolithic period. Near the site replicas of two houses from this period have been constructed.
Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery - 40km northeast of Paphos Set in beautiful surroundings, the monastery, originally founded in the 12th century AD, is dedicated to 'Our Lady of the Golden Pomegranate". The monastery, whose present building dates back to 1770, has a collection of important icons and treasures.
Agios Kirykos and Agia Ioulitti Church - Letymvou village A cross-in-square domed church that can be dated to the 12th century, with many newer additions, especially in the 15th century. It has a few surviving wall paintings dating to the 12th century, but most fate to the 15th century.
Panagia Tou Sinti Manstery - Pentalia An abandoned monastery on the banks of the Xeros River. The central nave of the monastery, dating to the 16th.
Church of Panagia Chryseleousa - Empa village, 3km north of Paphos This is a combination of two churches. The eastern section was first built in the 12th century, possibly on the ruins of an early Christian basilica, as a cruciform church with a dome.
Pano Panagia - 1.5km from Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery The birthplace of Archbishop Makarios III, first President of Cyprus. The house where he was born has been converted into a museum.
Laona Region Near the town of Poli Chrysochous and the Akamas area at about 600m above sea level, lie the villages of Laona, Ineia, Drouseia, Kathikas, with a panoramic view across the area. In Ineia you can visit the Museum of Basket-weaving.
Polis Chrysochous - 17km north of Paphos Polis is Chrysochous lies where there once stood the ancient city-kingdom of Marion, an important commercial center in the Classical and Hellenistic times. Of interested in the center if the town is the barrel-vaulted church of Agios Andronikos which dates to the 16th century.
Baths of Aphrodite - Akamas Peninsula, near Polis, 48km north of Paphos According to legend, the goddess Aphrodite used to take her beauty baths in a pool of a natural grotto, shaded by a fig tree, which can still be visited. Natural trails set off from Akamas to lead nature lovers to incomparable views of unspoilt land.
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