Pantheon Hall - Part 2: The Big Bang Theory.
We started exploring the abandon Pantheon Hall in our last blog, and saw how it spent its last days as a boxing venue. Well, before then, it was a high class health spa with a very colourful history. So don your brothel creepers and join us as we tiptoe over the tiled floors and examine the titilating tales that surrounded "Aphrodite's Temple", as it used to be known.
View From The Top
We finished the first part of our blog looking out from the DJ's roost, towards Flintstone Corner. If you recall I had included pictures showing a fighting competition. This took place in 2015. I found some more pictures, which were posted in 2017 on the Pantheon Hall facebook page. This is the first puzzle. Clearly, if you look around the place, the boxing competition was pretty much the last event that happened here. The flags are still flying*, and there are still tickets and a promo banner lying around. Surely if the venue was used again all that would have been cleaned up? So why did they post new pictures in 2017?
* actually, as you shall find out if you keep reading to the end, they are no longer there as of last week.
Yabba Dabba Doo!
Anyway, lets go and check out that corner.
Prehistoric Jacuzzi
I wasn't expecting this. Primarily because, like the one on the other side of the room, it looks a bit out of place in a boxing arena. So I did a bit more digging.
Birds Eye View
The Flintstone cave was on two floors. The second one had a nice view of the rest of the room.
View From The Cave Mouth
I think we can all agree that this wasn't built as a bespoke boxing arena.
Page 1 of 9
Related Blogs:
Pantheon Hall - Part 1
We've always loved urban exploring - visiting abandoned old buildings - and Cyprus has more than its fair share, from old hotels to forgotten hospitals for disused mines. When we discovered the place we are about to show you though, we really hit the Urbex Jackpot. This place is amazing, and has a remarkably colourful past as well.
Return to The Abandoned Ranch
The other day we saw an article about a mysterious church that had appeared in the Kouris Reservoir because of the low water level. When we got there it turned out to be a case of bad journalism. However, as we were in the area, we decided to revisit the abandoned Rancho Appaloosa, to see how much it had changed since we first found the place, in 2016.Related Pages
MapPantheon Hall - Part 2: The Big Bang Theory
We started exploring the abandon Pantheon Hall in our last blog, and saw how it spent its last days as a boxing venue. Well, before then, it was a high class health spa with a very colourful history. So don your brothel creepers and join us as we tiptoe over the tiled floors and examine the titilating tales that surrounded "Aphrodite's Temple", as it used to be known.
Good Pages To Visit
FB PagePaphos Life on Facebook
Like us on Facebook and stay notified of new blog posts.
FB PageOur Facebook Chat Group
Paphos Chat has been created for people who like our site and want to chat using Facebook. You can also easily upload photos of any size here. A lot of people are members of the Facebook chat group and the main forum. It's entirely up to you.
ListBlog Locations
Planning a day out? Then use our map of blog locations as a handy guide. Some of the places we visit our closer to each other than you might think, so take a look and start planning your next adventure...
eBookCyprus Road Trip 01: the Kathikas - Panagia Loop
Let me take you on a journey around the region of Paphos, Cyprus. Starting at Paphos itself, we travel to Akoursos, then Kathikas, Kritou Terra and Simou. We continue past Lasa and Kannaviou, before taking in the delights of Panagia. Getting a bit more adventurous, we visit the abandoned villages of Statos and Agios Fotios, before passing through Choulou, Letymbou and Polemi, and rejoining the main Paphos - Polis road.
The route is suitable for all types of vehicle, and requires no off-roading. The guide contains about 130 photographs including shots of all the road signs you need to pay attention to, as well as some of the highlights you may experience along the way.
There are also several maps which will help you keep your bearings.
You can do this journey in a day, or you can break it up into chunks. You can also do it in reverse, to get some completely different views. It is entirely up to you.
