From Toumpallos to Saranta Kolones

Published 12th of March, 2020

Mind The Mud

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It's amazing to think though, that this is nearly a 1000 years older than the mosaics just down the road. So much history in one small space, it just mindblowing.

Final Reflections

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Well, I say small space, but if you look at a map, and draw an outline of the Archaeological Park, you can turn that outline 90 degrees and shunt it right, and it more or less covers Kato Paphos. The place is so much bigger than it looks from the entrance. This is why the first film we have done of the park shows a speeded-up walkthrough, to give you an idea of how big the place is. Don't worry though, because the second film goes at a more sedate pace.

Interesting Fixtures and Fittings

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I wonder if those horizontal columns you can see on the left originally graced the Agora? And what of the strange channel on the right? It looks like a series of drinking troughs for animals, but I have no idea if that is what they actually are.

Inner Rooms

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Now you have seen the full tour, nearly anyway, I want you to do two things. Firstly, I want you to resolve to visit the park at the earliest available opportunity, if you haven't yet been. If you have been, go again and see all the stuff you missed.

Kitchen Sink

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Secondly, I want you to look at the virtual 360 tour we did. This lets you explore the park at any time that you want. And it has a handy menu so that you can easily find your way around. given that there are around 400 locations in the tour, this is important!

And if you really want to go exploring, take a look at the extended tour. This consists of about 3,500 images and will show you more of the park than you could ever want to see. It too has a menu, but the full tour (used to upload to Google Street View) takes you to places the menu doesn't reach. we don't expect people to look at that one unless they really really love the park, but we are including it for the sake of completeness. We won't be doing a tour on that scale ever again (it broke the tour making software), so that will strictly be a one-off.

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