DESTINATIONS PAUSE & PLAY GREECE & CYPRUS
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Cyplon offers a week’s B&B
at the five-star Columbia Beach Resort from £1,390 per person, based on two sharing a
Junior Suite with Garden View, with
easyJet flights from Gatwick departing
September 10.
cyplon.co.uk
to be introduced to passing aunts, uncles, third cousins and favourite pets. Then take the winding road back down through untamed natural landscapes, past oleander bushes studded with pink, and towards the vast sea glittering on the horizon. Learn something new: You can’t spend time in Cyprus without falling in love with its fresh, flavoursome food, from crowd-pleasers such as grilled halloumi and meat-stuffed vine leaves, to meaty sheftalia sausages or lemon-spiked souvlaki. If you fancy taking home a few recipes, sign up for a cookery class to learn the secrets of Cypriot cuisine. There are even complimentary
classes at Columbia Beach Resort, where executive chef Ioannis Giakoumidis – whose training took him from one Michelin-starred restaurant to another by way of London,
Salzburg, Athens, Berlin and even on a Silversea ship – teaches guests a few tricks of the trade. You’ll join him in the immaculate kitchen of the Apollo Tavern restaurant and watch as he rustles up mouthwatering yet
simple dishes such as Cypriot kleftiko, made with lamb shank. Deep-fried halloumi coated in carob – a herb used since ancient times for its taste and antioxidant properties – is another take-home recipe.
COLUMBIA BEACH RESORT, PISSOURI BAY
Tried & Tested The five-star Columbia Beach
Resort in Pissouri Bay is still basking in the glory of a recent €20 million refurbishment. Extensive renovations have transformed the east wing from a fairly standard hotel offering into stylish suite accommodation. Now, guests can take their pick from 169 suites across the resort, and, come dinner, there are four exemplary restaurants, all featuring à la carte menus. Our
favourite? Bacchus Gourmet Italian Restaurant. In fact, the resort’s biggest issue
is probably trying to convince guests angling to upgrade to the Eagle’s Nest Executive Suites (pictured) that the complex is full. Even at maximum occupancy, this spacious resort retains an air of serenity and calm. And there’s never any need for an early- morning dash to claim a space by one of the two immaculate pools.
ABOVE: Pissouri Bay
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