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The village of Vretsia is situated in the Paphos district. It is located on the road towards the villages of Pano Panayia, Axylou, Amargeti, Pentalia, Galataria and Koilineia.
Vretsia is an abandoned Turkish Cypriot village that was deserted by its inhabitants after the Turkish invasion in 1974....
The Chapel of Agia Varvara is situated in the village of Statos Agios Fotios in the Paphos district. More specifically it is located on a mountain edge over a water spring east of the old village Statos.
It seems that the chapel was reconstructed in 1921. It is a small chapel of an ordinary square...
According to tradition, the village of Salamiou in Paphos has its own pyramid.
It is said that during Easter, in particular on Holy Saturday or Easter Monday, the entrance of the pyramid opens for a while. Once, a traveller happened to be going past the area. When he noticed that the entrance to...
The amphitheatre diving site is located in Paphos district, near the coral bay beach. This diving site is considered as one of the most popular diving sites in Paphos and is easily accessible by the public. The site ranges from 8 meters to a maximum depth of 22 meters and the most interesting point...
Chrysoroyiatissa Monastery is located at a beautiful location near the Panagia village, west of the Paphos forest.
The monastery was founded in 1152 A.D by the monk Ignatios who found the miracle icon of the Virgin Mary in the area of Moulia in Paphos. The miracle icon was said to have been...
The museum of folk art in Yeroskipou is housed in the traditional residence of Hadjismith. This is a building of the 18 the century and belonged to Antreas Zimboulakis a wealthy and educated man who was the ambassador of England in Paphos and the provider of the British fleet.
The name Hadjismith...
The Vera Lebanese cargo ship came into the shallow waters of Paphos in 1972 and was originally used as a target for army training.
Later on it was considered to be a danger and was blown up in 1974. Now it rests on a crater which was created by the explosion, 11 metres from the sea surface. Near...
The unique church of Agios Kalandionas is located in the community of Arodes in the area of Akamas in Paphos.
The church is the only one in the world dedicated to the particular saint, while its other specificity is that it has two famous shrines in its courtyard. These are connected with the well...
The Apostle Paul and Saint Helen the Martyr Chapel is a modern chapel located in the town of Paphos.
It is a very small chapel of 56.0 sqm, and it was built in the year 2015.
It is dedicated to the apostle and saint and stands out from the uniformity of urban landscape, due to its modern lines as...
The Folk Art Museum of Agia Marinouda is located in the Agia Marinouda village in the Paphos district. The Folk Art Museum is housed in the residence of Dimitri Christodoulou Pastou and Paraskevou Pastou.
The Pastou house was built in 1884 and was renovated and maintained by the Ministry and was...