Different civilizations have occupied Cyprus throughout its human history – Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Francs, Venetians, ...

The latest of many plans for the peninsula would protect a tiny part of it but with visitor access made all-too-easy, and development sprouting up all over the rest of this precious area I stopped the ...

LIGHTNING bolts light up the night sky over Chrysochou Bay just before an enormous boom cracks what feels like right above our heads. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

The shift down to second gear does little to help. My rental car is in high distress, its asthmatic engine wheezing and wailing as we climb another Cypriot mountain. While I feel adequately ...

Aphrodite's Rock jutting from the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Paphos is probably the most iconic view in Cyprus. According to legend, this is where the goddess of love and beauty was born, ...

There's much to love about Cyprus, home of Aphrodite and playground of the gods. There's much to love about Cyprus, home of Aphrodite and playground of the gods. Get away for it all in the magnificent ...

I’m riding my bike over the narrow spine of the Akamas Peninsula, one of Europe’s most beautiful fingers of land. To my left and to my right, I can see the Mediterranean Sea, deep blue and sparkling ...

This largely undeveloped area in far western Cyprus, 50 mi/80 km west of Nicosia, consists primarily of Akamas Peninsula National Park. It has several good hiking trails into mountains, forests a ...

Stalled roadworks in Akamas national park are under scrutiny by the auditor-general, who is preparing a report following a site visit to assess two years of stagnation. Auditor-general Andreas ...