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Paphos District

Mosaics, royal tombs and the birthplace of Aphrodite.

5 musea
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📷 Роман Курносенко · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The whole town of Paphos is on the UNESCO World Heritage list – and the coast around it is the land of Aphrodite's legends.

Musea in Paphos District

Kijk binnen en betaal je entree rechtstreeks aan het museum.

Het verhaal van Paphos District

In the Paphos Archaeological Park, the floors of Roman villas are covered with mosaics of gods, heroes and hunting scenes, among the finest in the Mediterranean. Nearby, the Tombs of the Kings are underground burial halls cut into the rock, with columns like houses. East along the coast, the sea foams around Petra tou Romiou, where Aphrodite was born from the waves, and at Kouklia lie the ruins of her great sanctuary. Inland, villages make halloumi and lace, and in late summer an opera is performed in front of Paphos Castle under the stars.

  • 1980Paphos joins the UNESCO World Heritage list
  • 3rd centurythe House of Dionysos is decorated with its mosaics

Paphos District door de tijd

De grote momenten, en waar je ze vandaag ziet.

  1. 2nd to 4th centuryRoman Paphos's rich houses get their mosaic floors.Zie het: Paphos Archaeological Park →

Wat te doen in Paphos District

  1. 01

    Paphos Archaeological Park →

    Roman villas with world-famous mosaics, an odeon and a castle.

    Paphos2 to 3 hours
  2. 02

    Tombs of the Kings

    Rock-cut tombs of Hellenistic and Roman nobles by the sea.

    Paphos1 hour
  3. 03

    Sanctuary of Aphrodite

    The goddess's ancient sanctuary and a small museum at Kouklia.

    Kouklia1 hour
Zo kom je er

Op weg naar Paphos District

Van het vliegveld naar het centrum met het openbaar vervoer, en daarna de treinen en lokale lijnen naar de musea.

Aankomen met het vliegtuig

LCA
Larnaca AirportLarnaca · Nicosia · Limassol

Reizen door Paphos District

Lijnen en dienstregelingen veranderen. Kijk voor vertrek op de site van de vervoerder.

Op de kaart

Verborgen verhaal

Swim three times

Swim around Aphrodite's rock and you stay young – or so they say.

Lees het verhaalSluiten

Local tradition says that whoever swims three times around Petra tou Romiou, the rock where Aphrodite rose from the sea, will be young forever – or find true love. The sea there can be rough, so the safest way to honour the legend is to watch the waves break at sunset.