Here are five great things to do with the family in Paphos.
1. Go to the beach
Both tourists and local families flock to the city’s beaches to enjoy lazy days by the sea. All Paphos city beaches including the sandy Vrysoudia beach offer full facilities including lifeguards during the holiday season, toilets, sun loungers, umbrellas, water sports and showers.
2. Castles and pelicans in the port
Behind the beaches, the village rises up the hillside, with plenty of bars, tavernas and restaurants to feed and drink families for lunch or dinner. However, in-the-know tourists head west along the beach to the old harbor area with its old castle – just the right size for budding young knights and their ladies! Then, grab a table for a traditional-style lunch with a wonderful view at one of the harborside restaurants in the old customs house. Watch out for visiting pelicans who sometimes try to grab your fish lunch!
3. Follow in the footsteps of the Romans
Just behind the harbor is the Paphos Archaeological Park, a complex of luxury villas built by the Romans and discovered in the 1960s by a farmer plowing his field. Only a small area of this vast site has been excavated, so you’re likely to see real archeology in action as students work over the summer on new sites. It’s a big site where kids can run around and explore, but always take a hat and drink water; There is not much shade in the middle of the day, except under the roofs of the covered dug-out villas.
4. Fascinating fish or ultra-fast water slides?
If history isn’t your thing for the kids, head to the city aquarium, where they can gawk at the fish without getting wet, or Paphos Aphrodite water park, where you’ll have trouble keeping them dry for more than 30 seconds! The park’s star attraction is the massive, five-lane waterslide where the whole family can launch themselves down on giant inflatable tires, whooping and whooping the entire way. For younger children, there is a separate children’s water park. One of the great benefits of a villa holiday in Paphos is that, when you get home from the water park, you can wash and dry all those soggy towels and bathing suits, instead of placing them on the hotel bathroom or balcony. .
5. Music, Dance and More…
To make the most of your Paphos villa holiday, pick up a copy of What’s on, or visit the web at http://www.paphospeople.com/whats_on.html for events from live music to dance in line, kids’ clubs to karaoke, to salsa dancing to stone carving (yes, really!).
Or drop by a supermarket, pick up the hire car and cook up a BBQ for your family by the pool of your Paphos villa rental with a glass or two of wine for mum and dad and an early night for the little ones! no babysitter needed!
