Cyprus Culture – Some Handy Greek Phrases

Cyprus Culture – Some Handy Greek Phrases

Cyprus Culture – Some Handy Greek Phrases

It's All Greek To Me!

It’s always fun to learn some local phrases when you are travelling abroad. While English is widely spoken to a high standard across the island, learning some basic Greek words will come in handy and will be warmly appreciated by your hosts.

Enjoy practicing your Greek…

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Greek alphabet

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Walks in Cyprus – Aphrodite Trail

Walks in Cyprus – Aphrodite Trail

Walks in Cyprus – Aphrodite Trail

Coast Walk with a View

Googlemap Starting Point: Aphrodite Trail.

Length: Approx 6km
Time: Approx 3 hours
This is the nearest walk to Aphrodite Hills and is a lovely one! From the bottom of the resort turn left and almost immediately across the road, you will see a dirt track which leads to the trail that follows the coast towards Aphrodite’s Rock. If you are in a car, park in the picnic area car park opposite the road and follow the dirt track from there. There are small dark brown wooden signs with arrows that help to indicate that you’re on the right path.

The undulating path takes in breathtaking views of the sea and offers a cooling onshore breeze most days. Cool off with a swim around Aphrodite’s Rock at the end or have a well earned drink in the cafe opposite Petra tou Romiou (Aphrodite’s Birthplace). You can also follow the track up the hillside from the cafe car park and continue the path here, where there is a well placed bench that offers the most beautiful viewing point of Aphrodite’s Rock – enjoy!

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Things to Do in Cyprus – Aphrodite’s Rock

Things to Do in Cyprus – Aphrodite’s Rock

Things to Do in Cyprus – Aphrodite’s Rock

The Birthplace of the Goddess of Love

Aphrodite’s Rock is just a 5 minute drive from Aphrodite Hills Resort – it is an interesting geological formation of huge rocks off the coastline, and understandably one of the most visited places of interest on the island.  It doesn’t get much more romantic than watching the sun set here…

Sunset over the Mediterranean Sea, looking over Aphrodite's Rock formation on the coast of Paphos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Googlemap Location for Aphrodite’s Rock.

According to legend, this strikingly beautiful spot is where Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and fertility, rose from the waves and the foaming sea and was then escorted, on a shell, to the rocks known as ‘Rock of Aphrodite’ or ‘Petra tou Romiou’ in Greek.  The Greek name, Petra tou Romiou which translates as “the Rock of the Greek”, is associated with the legendary Byzantine hero Basil as told in the Digenes Akritas. Basil was half-Greek and half-Arabic, hence the name Digenes (two-blood).  Legend tells that the Christian Basil hurled the huge rock from the Troodos Mountains to keep off the invading Saracens.  A nearby rock is similarly known as the Saracen Rock.

A local myth goes that any person who swims around the Aphrodite Rock will be blessed with eternal beauty, and that in certain weather conditions, the waves rise, break and form a column of water that dissolves into a pillar of foam. With imagination, this looks for just a moment like an ephemeral, evanescent human shape.

Aphrodite’s Rock features on the Cyprus Tourism Organisation Aphrodite Cultural Route.

The pebbly beach surrounding the rock is a very popular tourist spot in the summer months, and is a lovely beach to visit for a dip and a sunbathe, as well as a snorkel. There are a couple of restaurants close by, as well as a large car parking area adjacent to the site.

Why not tie in your visit to Aphrodite’s Rock with the Aphrodite’s Trail walk?

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