Pissouri Beach - Futher Information:
The beach area has developed since the beginning of the 1980s from a jetty and one small taverna, into what it is today. It is not an overdeveloped resort, as similar areas on Cyprus have become during the same two decades, but like Pissouri village, it has retained a Cypriot atmosphere. It is here that many Cypriots come on Sundays. The beach itself is clean, safe, partly sandy and partly shingle, and there are some water sports available in the summer. Neither is it dead in the winter, it is just as enjoyable to have lunch on New Year's Day looking out over the sea as it is on 15 August - a Cypriot holiday in the summer - and there are just as many people seating in some of the best tavernas at New Year as in the summer.
Local shops, supermarkets and banks are 3 minutes by foot from the apartment. In the central village square. On the ground floor of the building there is a restaurant, which serves from 19:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs, traditional tasting Cypriot dishes (Kebabs,xaloumi etc
Special interest holidays - Distances:
Madonna Day 15 August, Pissouri Panigiris 15 September, Friday - Sunday Easter day festivals in every April or May, August Cultural Festivals and parties, Xmas and New Year Day, Famous carnival in February or March every year in Limassol Town.
Paphos Town 20km. Limassol Town 20km.
Place of interest in Paphos Town: Petra tou Romiou 5km, Aphrodite Loutra 20km, Mosaic. Yifidota, Kings Grave, Ancient Castle, Greeks Ordodox Church, bars, restaurants, shopping area 20km.
Place of interest in Limassol Town: castle, museums, arts-gallery, theatres, cafes, Limassol Public Zoom, Anexartisias and St Andrews shopping street are 25km.
Pissouri Village:
At one time Pissouri village, on the hill, had a fishing jetty a few kilometres away down the hill, known as Pissouri jetty. Now they are two distinct communities, Pissouri village and Pissouri Beach. The total population in the summer is said to reach around 1100 people, about half of whom are Cypriots, the rest foreign, mainly British, residents and visitors.
Some of the guide books about Cyprus devote a sentence to Pissouri, some even devote a paragraph to the village and its small beach resort. None of them do justice to the unique character and attractiveness of Pissouri to the visitor and holiday maker. the Cypriot character has been retained, it is still very much a working village of farmers, some of whom have now become involved in farming tourists with varying degrees of success. Its very Cypriot character is what attracts the visitor, holiday maker and expatriate residents. Fortunately this is recognised by many of those in the village.
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