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Fig Tree Bay Beach ranked world's 20th most popular beach The Daily Mail have published a list of the most popular beaches according to how many times it has been snapped on Instragram.  Fig Tree Bay in Protaras is 20th on the list. The full list: 1. Whitehaven beach in Australia, 2. Lanikai Beach in Hawaii, 3. Horseshoe Bay in Be... NEWS 1 day ago
Tourist arrivals rise 7.9% in May, Cystat says The statistical service Cystat said that tourist arrivals in May rose by 7.6 per cent to 450,955 compared to May 2017. The number of tourists from the UK rose an annual 3.8 per cent to 160,948 whilst that of tourists from Russia fell the statistical service said.  Arrivals ... NEWS 4 days ago
App explores the beauty of Cyprus beaches If you are a tourist, you probably have little notion of just which beach suits your needs. And that is where the new app, Cyprus Beaches, comes in extremely handy.  The app developed by Andreas Papadopoulos in cooperation with the CTO, Cyprus Beaches was released at the sta... NEWS 1 week ago
Driving in Cyprus Driving in Cyprus The best way to travel around Cyprus is by car. It is possible to rent a modern car through The Villa Group, before your departure. Vehicles are available with both manual and automatic transmissions. As for roads, they are generally well paved and modern, exc... TRAVEL 2 weeks ago
Cyprus International Food Festival On June 15th at Paphos Castle, CIFF2018Pafos in collaboration with the Municipality of Paphos will host vendors with street food from around the world. Food and wine from Cyprus can be taste together with a huge variety of food from across Europe and the Middle East. There will... NEWS 2 weeks ago
Cyprus Rally The Cyprus Rally, organised by Larnaca Municipality and the Cyprus Automobile Association will take place between June 15th and 17th.   For the first time, the Rally will be based in Larnaca instead of Nicosia.  The start and finish ceremonies, headquarters and th... NEWS 2 weeks ago
Dancers for charity fail to break world record The attempt to break the world record for the Hasapiko Dance unfortunately failed.  It was hoped that 1,200 people would take part and at least 1,000 people were needed to dance simultaneously for at least 5 minutes to break the record, but only 800 people took part.  T... NEWS 2 weeks ago
16 beaches in Paphos to be given the Blue Flag According to the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and Cymepa the water quality at Paphos beaches is excellent. The area is set to receive 16 Blue Flags this week. The beaches to be awarded the flag include Bania in the centre of town, Vrsouthkia, Pachyammos, Faros. Also included are ... NEWS 3 weeks ago
Intimate Renewal of Wedding Vows at Aphrodite's Rock A small, intimate, renewal of marriage vows ceremony held on the beach at Aphrodite's Rock in Paphos. If you are looking to renew your wedding vows or to get married in Cyprus, then contact The Villa Group.... WEDDINGS 3 weeks ago
Guinness World Record challenge for the Hasapiko Dance On the 3rd June 2018 there will be a Guinness World Record challenge for the Hasapiko Dance at the Castle Square on Paphos Harbour. For the record to be achieved at least 1200 dancers are needed to dance simultaneously for at least 5 minutes. The Hasapiko dance is a Greek folk d... NEWS 4 weeks ago
Cypriot Sailor wins European Championship Cypriot sailor and Olympic winner, Pavlos Kontides, 28 was crowned European Champion on Saturday 5th May at the Laser European Championships in La Rochelle, France.  Kontides was the only Europen to win on Saturday.Kontides, 28 years old and from Limassol was due to return t... NEWS 1 month ago
Paphos to be promoted as tourist destination in the Baltics Delegates from Paphos are heading to the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia later this month to participate in a series of presentations and workshops aimed at promoting the town as a tourism destination after great interest has been expressed from Travel Agents from ... NEWS 1 month ago
Cyprus take second place in Eurovision Cyprus came second in the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. The contest held in Lisbon, Portugal saw an energetic performance given by Eleni Foureira but failed to clinch first place, coming in second to Israel. President Nicos Anastasiades tweeted early on Sunday morning saying wel... NEWS 1 month ago
Eurovision: Cyprus has emerged as new favourite to win contest! Cyprus will be represented by singer Eleni Foureira at the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. Eleni Foureira, 31 years old will be performing the song Fuego.  Greek-Albanian Foureira born in 1987 began her career in a girl group Mystique and in 2010 launched a solo career. With... NEWS 1 month ago
DP World Limassol Celebrates Official Opening of New Limassol Cruise Terminal The President, Mr Nicos Anastasiades and his Excellency Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem are set to officially open the new passenger terminal at DP World Limassol tomorrow, 3rd May.  The ceremony is being held at 19:00 hours and will be attended by Government officials, partners an... NEWS 1 month ago
The Cyprus University of Technology second in Times HE rankings The Times Higher Education has ranked the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) the second best young University of Europe and the University of Cyprus third on the influential list. The education list includes 50 universities from countries which have joined the EU since 2004... NEWS 1 month ago
Pafos Tourism Board upgrading its promotional material Pafos Tourism Board has revealed that they are upgrading, with the support of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, their print and digital promotional material. The upgrade is designed to further enhance and promote the region as a top year-round tourist destination.  The mater... NEWS 1 month ago
Happy 30th birthday to The International School of Paphos 30 years ago the International School of Paphos (Isop) first operated on the grounds of the Laisideio school in Paphos with 80 pupils, now it has around 750 students and more than 80 teachers. The International School of Paphos has organised a number of activities to celebrate t... NEWS 1 month ago
Cyprus’ newest shopping destination, Nicosia Mall, opens in November Cyprus' newest shopping destination, Nicosia Mall, opens in November. The mall is in Lakatamia, a southwestern suburb of Nicosia and easy access is expected as it is located on the outskirts of the capital. The shopping centre has been designed to cover an area of 82,000 sqm and... NEWS 1 month ago
Indian Tycoon has given up his Indian citizenship to become a citizen of Cyprus Surendra Hiranandani, co-founder of the Hiranandani Group has become a citizen of Cyprus giving up his Indian citizenship. The real estate tycoon has said that the primary reason for doing this is the difficulty in getting work visas on an Indian passport.  Hiranandani told ... NEWS 2 months ago
Latchi's fifth annual fish festival The fifth annual fish festival takes place at Latchi harbour on Saturday.   This year the local mayor has said that he is expecting the number of visitors to exceed last year's total.  Last year around 2,000 visitors attended the festival. Many of the restaurants lini... NEWS 2 months ago
Private Guided Tours Having lived in Cyprus for the past eight years, I have visited much of our beautiful island but had never really given thought before going on a professionally guided tour. This was until I met Andreas, who runs a small adventure, private tour company. Andreas’s company ... ENJOY 2 months ago
Cyprus registers record number of tourists in March Official data showed that a surge in British, German, Russian and Israeli tourists helped Cyprus register its best ever arrival figures for March. The official data revealed tourist arrivals reached 192,090 in March compared to 140,873 in the same month of 2017. ... NEWS 2 months ago
President Anastasiades congratulates Cypriot athletes In a written statement, President Nicos Anastasiades conveyed his "warmest congratulations to all those who represented our country in the Commonwealth Games, which were hosted in Australia". Cyprus was 10th place with 14 medals at this years 21st Commonwealth Games held in Aust... NEWS 2 months ago
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