Paphos, Cyprus, somewhere to stay

[Laura Bennitt]

My other half and I are going to Cyprus in September for a wedding. Unfortunately the wedding is happening in Paphos, and I'm really struggling to find any sort of accommodation that isn't nasty sun-seeking could-be-any-resort-in-the-world stuff . We won't have the bikes, and ideally don't want to have to hire a car.

We'll be with friends, so if anyone knows of a 3-bed villa in Paphos that has some sort of appeal to independent travellers, I would be very grateful - my parents lived in Nicosia for 5 years, and asking them for help just got a "we tried to avoid Paphos if at all possible". Not helpful!

Thanks!

Laura

[*Touring Ted*]

Funny.

I was in Pathos for a wedding in June 2010. I missed Ripley to go.

What a shit hole !!!!

You will REALLY struggle to find anything which isn't tacky, ex pat or sun seeking family holiday orientated.

My advice is stay as short as possible.

On a positive note, you can hire bikes, quads, scooters etc for quite cheap and go and explore the Adonis pools and gravel roads etc.

That will stop the suicide pangs for a few hours until you get back to your hotel where they will no doubt be doing an Elvis Karaoke night !

Good luck !!

[mark manley]

I had a weeks holiday in Paphos a few years ago and with the aid of a hired XT600 had a great time, don't be too put off

[Antonis Vassiliou]

Hello Laura,

If you stay in the tourist area and in a cheap hotel you will get the Elvis karaoke nights. I think is better if you stay in Coral Bay area which is 15 minutes from Paphos, there are a lot of villas to rent and a regular bus service to Paphos. If you rent motorcycles there are great routes and places to go. Below you can see few.

Trips Around Cyprus

Antonis

[tackle]

sorry to hear some peeps didnt enjoy cyprus, unfortunately there are some dodgy places all over the island, recommend you try villa plus, loads of places on their books & september starts to get quiet so you should get a better deal, im going out there in october.
coral bay strip is good, recommend the millenium bar, extra cold keo & yes they do have an elvis act, guy called chris king & he's actually very good........
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