Photos of our holiday to Paphos in Cyprus.

This was the first photo I took after we arrived in on holiday to Paphos in Cyprus and after a rough night and the bad flight the Kefalonitis Hotel Apartments swimming pool looked very inviting, even at sunrise!

While Yolanda was at the hotel resting I went out to explore Paphos and walked the short 500 meters to the beach and even had a quick paddle while taking in my first ever view of the beautiful Mediterranean from Cyprus.

Looking across the bay towards Paphos lighthouse. Apart from a couple of local fishermen the area was deserted, so peaceful and relaxing. Cyprus had such a different feel to it than the UK.

The view out across the Mediterranean Sea while paddling, the Paphos water was pretty cold at that time of day, but still felt really nice after the flight to Cyprus and coach journey to get to the Kefalonitis Hotel.

This is Yolanda relaxing on the sea wall at Kato Paphos port in her Mickey Mouse t-shirt, our first morning was out exploring and we found the most important thing, really nice toasted cheese sandwiches! Cyprus really does have everything!

Looking away from the Medieval Castle of Paphos side of Kato Paphos port, this area was less than a miles walk from the hotel and a place we spent a lot of time at during our Cyprus holiday.

Many small fishing boats and pleasure cruises were based at Kato Paphos port, we did go on a boat ride on a glass bottomed boat, I did not get any good photos of fish, but the views of Cyprus were great.

Along the side of Kato Paphos port there were many shops and restaurants selling traditional Cyprus food and English food too, but these ones were mostly very friendly and did not try the hard sell, unlike some places we have been on holiday!

More fishing boats based at Kato Paphos port with the Medieval Castle of Paphos in the background, despite being very early in the year the weather in Paphos was still great and we had blue skies for most of the holiday.

Our little Joanne outside a few of the restaurants in Paphos, if you know Joanne then you can tell that this photograph was a few years back as she has grown up a bit since our Cyprus holiday!

In Cyprus the Medieval Castle of Paphos is not very big, but still dominates the skyline of most photos of taken at Kato Paphos port and has a very long and interesting history.

Another photo of Joanne, this time outside one of the restaurants around the Kato Paphos port. The water was beautiful and very inviting, it made me want to go and dive in.

A selection of boats moored in the harbour, everything from fishing boats catching fish for the local restaurants to pleasure cruise boats doing incredible scenic trips around the coast.

A photo of more boats moored in the harbour with the beautiful backdrop of the Medieval Castle of Paphos behind them and barely a cloud in the clear bright blue Cyprus sky.

A perspective photo along the pier out to some of the boats at Kato Paphos port, the buildings along the background are mostly restaurants and gift shops selling Cyprus souvenirs.

Final photograph of Kato Paphos port in Cyprus for a while, this photo is Yolanda enjoying the scenery with the Medieval Castle of Paphos and more fishing boats in the background.

A photograph of one of the churches we spotted around Paphos, the Cypriot architecture is very different from the churches I have photographed here in the UK. The churches in Cyprus were mostly light colours.

This photo was taken not far from the Kefalonitis hotel in Paphos and shows one of the roads outside the town, you need good suspension as the roads in Cyprus were very bumpy and got worse the further out of town we went.

It was really interesting to explore Saranta Kolones and try to imagine how Paphos used to look so many years ago, very different from the modern Cypriot architecture you can see most places around Cyprus.

A photo of the Saranta Kolones Archaeological site in Paphos, unlike the ones in the UK the price to get in these places in Cyprus were really cheap and the ruins dated back thousands of years.

Picture of some of the remaining or restored arches from whats left of the Saranta Kolones Byzantine castle in Paphos, there were many really interesting things to photograph and explore in Cyprus.

Looking through one of the arches at the Saranta Kolones Archaeological site in Paphos towards the Mediterranean sea, I would really like to go back to Cyprus and get some higher quality photos.

Another photo of the Cyprus ruins of the Saranta Kolones Byzantine castle and Paphos lighthouse in the distance, somewhere in the middle is Joanne with her red balloon.

Despite the really nice looking weather it was actually just after Christmas in Paphos, so yes that is a giant Santa in this photo! Cyprus weather was much nicer weather than it was in the UK at the time.

Another Paphos restaurant in this photo, there were so many places to chill out and have some food, from Greek Cypriot dishes to good old fashioned English breakfasts, many at really great prices!

Joanne having fun posing for a photo on the nice sandy Paphos beach, the beach furniture in the background was a bit of a mess, but it was a long way out of season when we went to Cyprus and there were not many on the beach.

A photo of a lonely looking palm tree in the middle of the beach at Paphos, with some hotels in the background, unlike Spain most the buildings in Cyprus were very low, no huge ugly tower blocks.

Looking across the bay to the Lighthouse over by the Paphos Archaeological centre, I would like to have gone up the lighthouse to take photos of the views over Cyprus, but I have heard it is very hard to get to the top of.

In one of the Paphos bars we spotted a couple of big celebrities!!! Here is Posh and Beckham, Posh was looking like she had put a bit more meat on her when in Cyprus than when she was on TV! 8o)

Yolanda trying out some of the local cocktails at a bar in Paphos, the drinks in Cyprus were very cheap and very high in alcohol! A couple of those drinks and even I got drunk!

This is the way into the Tombs of the Kings, one of the many historic sites around Cyprus, Paphos really is a place with so much history, not just the beaches, clubs and shops that some holiday destinations offer.

Looking through part of the ruins at the Tombs of the Kings towards the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, we went to Cyprus out of season and most of the attractions round Paphos we had virtually to ourselves.

There is only one bad thing about the Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, which is something they can't do much about and that is the disabled access! The stairs are steep and falling apart, but that is part of the charm of places like this in Cyprus.

I love this stone in the Tombs of the Kings near Paphos, to me it looks like the ruins of the head and shoulders of an ancient Transformers style robot, not just blocks of stone damaged by the Cyprus weather and time.

One of the ancient ruins that make up the Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, Cyprus has a lot of interesting history to add an interesting educational side to your visit.