Polis is a market town situated on the wide Hrysohou bay that runs along the north-west sweep of Cyprus. Remarkably unspoilt by the allure of mass tourism, Polis is the ideal base for trekking in the Akamas National Park, swimming at a number of nearby beaches or touring the wine-making villages of the Akamas Heights. It is also located within distance of the Baths of Aphrodite on the Akamas Peninsula, where, according to legend, the goddess used to bathe in a pool of a natural grotto, shaded by a fig tree.

Latchi is a little fishing village forms the picturesque harbour of Polis, and is known throughout Cyprus for its fresh fish. In the past the village served as a small port for shipping carobs. The old stone carob warehouses have been converted into restaurants and tavernas where delicious fish can be sampled. Short cruises to Akamas leave from Latchi, and there are many lovely walks through the hills and valleys of this unspoilt corner of Cyprus.

• Paphos
• Latchi & Polis
• Coral Bay
• Pissouri
• Miliou
• Pomos

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• Western Cyprus