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nearby, making it possible to play both Guests staying at the Palm Beach Hotel & Sample price: Seven nights’ B&B at the Ayii
courses in the same day. Tsada golf course Bungalows in Larnaca can enjoy village hop- Anargyri Natural Healing Spa Resort start from
is a 15-minute drive north of Paphos. Many ping by bicycle or on foot thanks to their £451 with Classic Collection, including return
hotels run shuttle buses to the golf courses new guide. flights and private transfers.
including the Columbia Beach Resort in Sample price: Olympic Holidays offers 14 ■ classic-collection.co.uk
Pissouri Bay and Coral Beach Hotel & Resort nights’ self-catering in the two-bedroom ■ ayiianargyrisparesort.com
in Paphos. Pantelis House in Omodhos in early June for ■ planet-holidays.co.uk
Sample price: Cyplon offers seven nights’ bed £385 per person, five sharing, including car
and breakfast in a junior suite at the Columbia hire, flights and transfers. Cycling & walking
Beach Resort from £696 including flights and ■ olympicholidays.com Whether your clients want to explore on
transfers. Pre-bookable green fees start from ■ palmbeachhotel.com two legs or two wheels, they will find lots of
£51 per round. cycling and walking trails all over the island.
■ cyplon.com Spas The circular, 57-mile long Troodos Cycling
■ coral.com.cy Clients wanting a serene and tranquil alter- Routes Network is the first of 12 inland
native to resort hotel spas should try the Ayii cycling trails launched at the end of last year
Village routes Anargyri Natural Healing Spa Resort in the by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and
Discover authentic Cyprus villages on one Nerades Valley. Guests at the 17th-century European Regional Development Fund.
of five self-drive village routes created by the monastery can enjoy mineral rich waters Routes are on paved roads and rural paths
Travel Foundation and Cyprus Sustainable and wine made from grapes grown in the with signs, wooden benches at view points
Tourism Initiative. A sixth route visiting hotel’s own vineyard. Some of the rooms and bike stands installed along the way.
the unspoilt Akamas peninsular will be are in former monks’ cells with high ceilings There are plans to create an island-wide
introduced early next year. and parquet floors now transformed into route network linking the rural cycle net-
Route one takes travellers around central luxurious accommodation. Garden suites work with coastal areas. A second route
and western Limassol, stopping off at the and bungalows are also available. Situated from Pano Platres to Limassol is planned
Oleastro Olive Park, museum and mill and in a lush valley 15-minutes’ drive from Polis, shortly.
Kolossi Castle. Route two covers Orini’s treatments include holistic massage and Over in Pissouri, the Columbia Beach
mountainous villages, the Larnaca area and healing, meditation and yoga. Weight loss Resort has put together 19 cycling routes
Lefkara, famous for its hand-made lace. programmes are also available. Cuisine is of varying levels of difficulty.
Travellers can drive through the red earth made from locally grown produce. With 48 walking trails covering 200 kilo-
villages of Kokkinochoria and windmills of Planet Holidays offers weddings as well as metres of varying difficulty, hikers are spoilt
Farmagusta area on route three. There are spa holidays at the hotel. Mathilde Robert, for choice. Maps and leaflets can be found in
also several walking paths enabling visitors managing director, said: “Weddings to Tourist Information centres.
to explore the nature park on foot. Cyprus are selling like hot cakes. This is Sample prices: A seven-night bed and break-
Panoramic views and beautiful terraced great news as it is year-round business. It is fast holiday at the Forest Park Hotel in Troodos
vineyards will greet visitors to the Troodos also lucrative for agents, the hoteliers and with Sunvil costs from £633 including car hire
Mountains on route four. It passes through specialist tour operators.” and flights. A five-night cycling package at the
the Commandaria region, where grapes for Other excellent spas can be found at Le Columbia Beach Resort, which includes bed and
the island’s sweet wine are grown. Meridien Hotel & Spa Resort and Four breakfast accommodation, route map and daily
The Pitsilia route, which was introduced Seasons Hotel in Limassol; the Retreat at snacks, costs £450, excluding cycle hire, guide
last summer, takes visitors to the highest Aphrodite Hills (pictured bottom left); and flights.
peaks on the island, the rose village of Argos, Columbia Beach Resort in Pissouri; and ■ sunvil.co.uk
scenic churches and Commandaria Museum. Thalassa and Coral Beach hotels, Coral Bay. ■ columbia-hotels.com
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