GREECE & CYPRUS ACTIVE CYPRUS DESTINATIONS
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Sunvil offers seven nights’ self-catering
at the Eveleos Apartments from £420 based on two sharing, with
w COASTAL CAPERS If mountain villages just won’t cut it, then Classic Collection, for example, has a range of self-catering villas with pools around Polis. They include stone-built Milos, which sleeps eight over two floors, and stays before December 31 receive a free night for every seven booked on selected dates. Casale Panayiotis has an
Cyprus’s most famous wreck site. Golfers are very well catered-
for with the courses at Elea, Minthis Hills, Secret Valley and Aphrodite Hills – now a Sensatori resort – all within striking distance of Paphos. Birdwatchers aren’t short of options either, with top spots at Paphos Fort, the Akamas Peninsula and Oroklini Lake, while the salt lakes at Akrotiri and Larnaca are great for spotting migrant birds, including flamingos.
arrangement with the Almyra hotel in Paphos, offering guests the option of a sea and mountains twin centre. Like Casale, the Almyra has a solid spa offering, and Paphos makes a good base for clients who want culture and activities, being near so many attractions both natural and archaeological. Active types will appreciate the long promenade which runs outside the Almyra, and facilities such as its new bike station, run by Bikin’ Cyprus, and new free bike maps to complement its popular running maps. For less-sporty
types, the six-hour, 50-mile electronic bike tours of the area are a nice compromise. While staying there, I also met
with coach and triathlon planner Simon Brierley, who is working with the Almyra and sister property Annabelle next door, offering guests sports coaching and setting up future events in a bid to grow sports tourism. Regardless of the time of year, all those activities will work up an appetite. Thankfully, food is a highlight of any Cyprus trip, from sumptuous multi-dish mezze meals and seafood feasts to the fantastic dinner I had with the owner at Seven St Georges tavern in Paphos. Wine is another highlight, with many tours taking in the wine village of Omodos. I can also thoroughly recommend the excellent, nearby award-winning Ktima Gerolemo winery. Now I just need another
cycling trip to shed the spare tyre I came home with.
ABOVE LEFT: Flamingos
at Larnaca Salt Lake
TOP:
Aphrodite Hills Resort
ABOVE: Eveleos House
return easyJet flights from Gatwick to Larnaca, and car hire, for departures on January 17.
sunvil.co.uk
A week at Cyprus
Villages’ Danae Traditional Houses in
Tochni starts at £535 per adult and
£345 per child with Olympic Holidays, based on three sharing a one-bedroom apartment with shared pool in
October 2016, including Gatwick flights,
breakfasts and car hire. olympic
holidays.com 8 October 2015
travelweekly.co.uk 71
FAST FACT Larnaca routes have been added this year by Aegean Airlines
from Heathrow and Jet2 from Glasgow and Newcastle
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