Paphos

Paphos, once in a while spelled Pafos, is a coastal metropolis inside the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations have been called Paphos: vintage Paphos, these days at Kouklia, and New Paphos. The modern-day metropolis of Paphos lies at the Mediterranean coast, approximately 50 km west of Limassol, which has an A6 dual carriageway connection. Paphos international Airport is the us of a's 2d-largest airport.

The town has a subtropical-Mediterranean weather, with the mildest temperatures on the island. Paphos is blanketed within the respectable UNESCO list of cultural and herbal treasures of the sector's background for its amazing historic stays, and was selected as a eu Capital of lifestyle for 2017, in conjunction with Aarhus. inside the founding myth, even the city's call is connected to the godess, as the eponymous Paphos become the son of Pygmalion whose ivory cult photo of Aphrodite was brought to existence with the aid of the goddess as "milk-white" Galatea.