- Choosing a direction
- Useful information
- The beaches of the most beautiful resorts in Cyprus
The island of Aphrodite is good at any time of the year, but it is most popular with tourists during the beach season. Usually, the first swallows flock to the airports of Larnaca and Paphos already at the end of April, but it is possible to swim and sunbathe in the most beautiful resorts of Cyprus only at the beginning of the May holidays, when the water in the sea warms up enough, the sun begins to bake from early morning, and precipitation is unlikely.
Choosing a direction
Cyprus is called the pearl of the Mediterranean. The island is very beautiful and any of its resorts deserves to be adorned with a tourist guide about the most unforgettable days of vacation. Every corner of Cyprus has its own flavor, and any resort can give the traveler his dream vacation.
For the right to be called the most beautiful resorts in Cyprus, the following are successfully competing:
- The former fishing village of Ayia Napa with an old monastery in the center of the resort and magnificent beaches, including Nissi, called the most beautiful in the Greek half of the island.
- Quiet and calm Protaras, where you can feel completely happy in full merger with the sea and the sun.
- Elite and comfortable Paphos with rocky bays, reliably sheltering the town from the winds, and its beaches from big waves. Not far from it are the baths of Aphrodite, where the beautiful goddess bathed in the magical sea water.
Thousands of tourists find their beauty every year in Larnaca, with its historical embankment, where in the evenings all the color of the resort gathers. Someone likes Limassol, with a huge number of entertainment centers, an amusement park and water parks, where, with all the desire, you will not be able to stay alone.
Useful information
- There are two international airports in the Greek part of Cyprus - in Larnaca and Paphos. The first is the largest and it is there that the bulk of flights from Moscow and other cities of Russia are carried out. It will take a little less than 4 hours to fly from the capital, and Pobeda and S7 airlines estimate their services at the height of the season at no less than 200 euros. A charter flight will cost a little less.
- If you have Schengen in your passport, nothing else is required to enter the Greek part of Cyprus. If not, and you plan to enter through the airports of Larnaca or Paphos, you just need to issue an electronic permit for a period of 90 days.
- At the airports of Cyprus, you can return 19% of the amount paid for the purchase of goods. VAT is refunded if you have spent at least 50 euros and correctly completed the necessary documents in the store.
The beaches of the most beautiful resorts in Cyprus
Although located in the west of the island of Paphos and famous for its pebble beaches, the sandy Coral Bay still wins in all respects, despite some distance from the resort. The beach is a 20-minute drive from Paphos and is a half-kilometer wide strip of white clean sand. The sea near the coast is quite shallow, and therefore this bay is suitable even for swimming for young tourists. Rescuers are vigilantly on watch on the tower, and cafes and restaurants of national cuisine are open on the shore. The infrastructure of the beach allows you to spend your time varied and with great comfort. Tourists can take advantage of changing rooms, fresh showers and enjoy active entertainment. Coral Bay has to its credit the prestigious Blue Flag for cleanliness and a special relationship with the preservation of ecological balance.
The entrance to the beach is free. You can rent a sun lounger and umbrella for 8 euros. From the city center to the beach there are buses NN15 and 615
If infrastructure is not the main thing for you and you want to enjoy communication with unspoiled nature, go to Lara Beach near Paphos. It is called the Turtle, because rare species of Mediterranean turtles build their nests on the sand of the Akamas Peninsula. The water on the Lara beach is always calm, due to the fact that the beach is located in a bay and is protected from the waves by a promontory in the sea.
You can get to Lara by taxi or rented car. From Paphos, follow the direction of Peyia on the E701 and F706 highways
Nissi Bay in Ayia Napa is not only a beautiful blue sea and greenery of palm trees, shading the white sand, but also an opportunity to spend time in full accordance with the idea of active recreation. During the day, on the shore, you can do all possible beach sports, and with the onset of dusk, the sand turns into a dance floor. One of the most beautiful resorts in Cyprus is proud of the glory of the second Ibiza, and every evening Nissi Beach becomes a playground for world-class DJs.
You will have to pay for the entrance to Nissi Bay, but the purchased ticket gives you the right to freely choose a sun lounger and an umbrella. True, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity as early as possible, because by 10 o'clock in the morning, pandemonium begins on Nissi
The name Fig Tree Bay just sounds a little pirate. In fact, this is a luxurious beach in the center of the Protaras resort. The beach was chosen by families with children, for whom it is important that the sea near the coast is not too deep and warms up early enough. The cleanliness of the sand and water is carefully monitored by the utilities, and the safety of the holidaymakers - by brave and brave rescuers. The active part of the tourist brotherhood willingly rides on "bananas", flies behind a boat on parachutes, rides on jet skis and boats. Divers dive in the northern part of the beach, where there is a rocky cove with underwater caves.
You don't have to pay to enter the beach in Fig Tree Bay, and you can get here by public transport
The sandy beach of Kermia in the west of Cape Greco in Ayia Napa, where hermits and romantics prefer to rest, are also proud of the blue flag. They are looking for solitude on the lush green Konnos Beach in Protaras. The entrance to the water here is not too shallow, and the shores are rocky in places, which does not attract parents with children and allows you to enjoy peace and quiet.
