The Cyprus Hotel Association is pressing MPs to pass a bill regulating Airbnb type rentals that has been on the table for nearly a year to combat what hoteliers consider as unfair competition. CYPRUS PROPERTY NEWS REPROTS: HOTELIERS are pressing for legislation to be introduced that would regulate tourist accommodation… Read More »Hotels in Cyprus pushing for Airbnb legislation
So as 2018 draws to an end, it’s that time of year when we naturally begin to reflect on what he had hoped for, what we had planned and what actually happened. As with all things in life, there is always bad mixed in with the good, and vice versa.… Read More »My year in review
Cole and Dawn are travelling the world, one year at a time. I met them at The Mill Bar, in Peyia, Cyprus. Dawn works behind the bar and Cole was having a drink with a friend. We got talking and they told me they had only been in Cyprus a couple of… Read More »Couple travelling the world
On a recent trip to the village of Koilani, in the Troodos mountains, to interview a friend, I was then fortunate enough to be taken to a local winery just outside the village called the ‘Costa Erimoudi Winery’ Costa and his wife Maria were more than happy to let me… Read More »Costa Erimoudi Winery – Koilani
Agios Sozomenos (Greek: Αγιος Σωζόμενος Turkish: Arpalık) is largely deserted village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located close to the Green Line south of Geri, 3 Kms North of Potamia/Dereli and 6 Kms west of Pyroi/Gaziler. Before 1974, the village was a mixed village. In 2001 there were only… Read More »Cypriot Villages – Agios Sozomenos
Manos Loïzos (Greek: Μάνος Λοΐζος) was considered to be one of the most important Greek Cypriot music composers of the 20th century. I had the very good fortune to be able to meet some of his family and have exclusive first access to the fully refurbished house that was… Read More »Manos Loϊzos……his home
History Larnaca Airport was hastily developed towards the end of 1974 after the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey on 20 July of the same year, which forced the closure of Nicosia International Airport. The site on which it was built (near the Larnaca Salt Lake), had been previously used as… Read More »The old Larnaca Airport
Birthplace of Aphrodite Cyprus is renowned as the island of beauty. The “Petra tou Romiou” area is one of the most beautiful coastlines in Cyprus, where, according to mythology, Aphrodite rose from the waves. The Greek name “Petra tou Romiou” (“the Rock of the Greek”) is associated with the legendary… Read More »Petra tou Romiou