Activities, beaches, hiking trails, day trips, and itineraries for every type of traveller.
Plan a first Cyprus holiday from the UK, with practical advice on flights, regions, documents, stays, transport and food.
Larnaca is one of the easiest bases in Cyprus if we want to see more than the beach. Within 30 to 90 minutes, we can swap palm-lined seafronts for lace-making villages, ancient ruins, sea caves and mountain squares. That range is what makes day trips from Larnaca so useful — we don’t need heroic planning
Hiring a car in Cyprus gives us freedom, but we don’t need one to escape Paphos for the day. Some of the best Paphos day trips work well by bus, and a few others are easier with a tour. The trick is picking places that match the network: Limassol is the easiest full city outing,
Some places make us slow down at once, and Akamas is one of them. On Cyprus’s north-west tip, the coast turns rugged, the roads get rough, and the sea seems bigger than usual. If we’re planning a day here, the best choices are clear. The Aphrodite Trail suits most walkers, the Adonis Trail is better
The best part of Cape Greco is how much it fits into one outing. We get high white cliffs, carved sea caves, clear water, easy viewpoints and a sandy bay nearby, all within a short stretch of coast. If we’re staying in Ayia Napa or Protaras, this is one of the easiest trips to add
Pick the right week in Cyprus and our beach break turns into something much bigger. We could land in the middle of a carnival parade, a rose-scented village weekend, an open-air opera night or a waterfront food festival. For most visitors, the Cyprus festival calendar is strongest in late February, May and September. Those windows
Bellapais and Kyrenia for Gothic history and a lively harbour — see also our Cyprus history museums guide For a northern Cyprus day trip, Bellapais and Kyrenia make an easy and rewarding pair. Bellapais Abbey is the standout, with Gothic arches, pale stone and wide views towards the coast below. After that, Kyrenia brings a
A jeep safari is one of the more reliable activity choices in Cyprus — especially for first-timers following our Cyprus travel guide. It gets you into parts of the island that a standard hire car won’t reach, and the Troodos foothills and Akamas Peninsula look completely different from a dirt track than they do from
Cyprus works well as a city break from the UK — and our first-time Cyprus travel guide covers all the practical groundwork. Four and a half hours of flying time, no visa, left-hand driving, English spoken everywhere, and a genuinely good city to base in. Three or four nights is enough to feel like you’ve
Some places earn their reputation slowly, through repeat visits and accumulated detail. Paphos earns it fast. Our Paphos sightseeing guide covers how to order the days for the best results. Within a couple of days most visitors find themselves rearranging their mental map of what a Mediterranean holiday can actually be — not just a