Long-anticipated Paphos marina envisioned to be "the largest in Cyprus"

[Paphos Life]

Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis informed the Parliament about the long-awaited Paphos marina project, which is envisioned to be the largest in Cyprus. The new marina is expected to have a capacity of 1,000 berths, including at the same time more than 42,000 square metres of residential and commercial developments....

Read the article and chat about it below...

[Reesy]

Looks mighty impressive...but does anyone really believe it could be completed in three years! The T.O.T.K. Road took that. The record of starting and finishing projects in Paphos is horrendous...The Walkway and what has happened to the new cafe overlooking the car park in town...will it ever be finished. With most of these projects , once started the costs soar and many of the sub - contractors go bust. I do not want to be negative , but I very much doubt if it will be started in three years...

[jandk]

Watch out for those pigs overhead.

[Kili01]

So far nothing has been said recently about plans to upgrade the Coral Bay Rd.. Unless all materials and construction plant and heavy machinery (for the new marina) which will no doubt be required, are to be transported by sea, how will the existing narrow road cope with all the extra traffic? Especially as we are also in the middle of the summer tourist season.

Dee

[Alewfin]

The first thing to be constructed should be a road through the banana plantations inland from and be parallel with the present Coral Bay road to bypass all the heavy construction traffic that will use the current Coral Bay road.

If they don't, the disruption could be the death of tourism in the area as people will be reluctant to travel on that road with all the heavy construction traffic. It will also be an area of accidents just waiting to happen.

[Kili01]

Flossie,
Do you have contacts who can be persuaded at the Kissonerga Municipality to publish these plans for the improvement of the road, or at least get more info from them as to when any road works are likely to start? Is Kissonerga expected to pay for the construction of a new road? If not where will the money required come from?

Dee

[Kili01]

Yes, it probably will, much of the sea bed is very rocky and at least some of that coast has deep shelves of rock. There are also lots of rocks around waiting to tear out the bottom of a boat... Add to that the fact that much of Potima Bay is very exposed to the weather and has notorious rip currents...

Dee

[Dominic]

I will pop down next week to get some info and do a blog about it.

[Keith]

Something I really didn’t want is this marina, not just the disruption and the wagons and the rest of it but the spoiling of such beautiful views when I am coming home from Paphos or going to Paphos via home.
Instead of beautiful turquoise waters and banana trees I will see concrete buildings.
I can’t wait NOT!

[Maggie B]

Ah but Keith. If you were born in Paphos . . . . . .would you have the same opinion?

MB

[Yioula]

I think one should just take a minute to remember why we loved Cyprus in the first place

I certainly am not against moving forward but I am against greed and unnecessary development just take a look around at all those unfinished projects a total eyesore

Lemesos marina is fabulous but so is the location.......

[Dominic]

I say bring it on!

[Yioula]

HIC you’ve said previously that the first time you cane to Cyprus was around 2005 and bought off plan.........so you would have no idea whatsoever about what the island looked like 20 or 30 years ago, as you are in business I do understand that development would have your stamp of approval.
Corfu has been developed like most Greek islands Sidari now is beyond recognition whether that’s right or wrong.

[Kili01]

Lemesos marina is very impressive and it is in a perfect location. It does fit in well with the urban landscape around it, and it is well placed for sailors and people who have bought the high priced real estate there as it is immediately adjacent to all the facilities for entertainment, dining out and other services which the town offers.
Whereas Paphos Marina will be effectively out in the sticks. A twenty minute drive to Paphos on a congested road as there are only holiday type facilities available in Coral Bay. Ths is unlike other marinas which I have visited which were all a short stroll away from the local town.
Dee

[Dominic]

Latsi Marina isn't a short stroll away from the local town.

[Dominic]

Latsi Marina isn't a short stroll away from the local town.

No it's in the town......

Latsi is hardly a town. I was referring to Polis.

To quote our old friend Wikipedia:

Latchi (also spelled Lachi, Latsi, and Lakki) is a small village that is part of the Polis municipality in Cyprus. It has a small harbour.

[Kili01]

It’s true Flossie. I had friends who kept their yacht there until they moved it to - Turkey. This as a result of a huge hike in marina costs in Cyprus at that time. St Raphael was the only good marina in Limassol then.
It’s good that more marinas are opening around the Cyprus coast now as previously they were few and far between.
Dee

[PaphosAL]

Polis has always been an enigma in my mind. A fairly large metropolis right on Chrysochou Bay, it seems oblivious to that fact and has it's focus drawn inland.

Farm fields go all the way to the coast, one after the other. Okay, there are a couple of (reportably dilapidated) camp sites on its coast, but that's about it.

Where is the nice promenade and municipal beach (with toilets, showers and changing rooms)? And a pretty fishing harbour? And the string of tavernas, bars, and kiosks that would normally finish this off?

IMHO, Polis municipiality are missing out on mega €€ of local tourist income, by not taking advantage of their God-given prime location...

AL

[Robert]

And there in lies its charm, a rural idle not spoilt by tourism and just getting on with it...The beaches around Polis do not really lend themselves to "tourisism", apart from the campsite,which whilst a bit "shabby" has a certain charm, and certainly draws in the Cyoruots during the holiday period, they love the place and it is rammed! And that streach of coastline is a turtle laying area...with 200 + nests every year. The Harbour is a walk, along the promanade between Polis Campsite and Latchi, a traditional fishing harbour which has been extended over the last few years to cater for "leisure" craft...and the harbour, and beyond is spoilt for choice for decent fish restaurants and some lovely little bars...and the beaches are a lot better and usable...There is a plan for a 36 hole "Golf" and Hotel complex in Limni, out towards Argaka, the town is home to "Santa Barbara" a restaurant with one of the most beautiful settings in Cyprus and the food is excellent...I do hope the Golf course never makes it...it is in the Natura 2000 conservation area,,which if Cyprus is really serious about preserving its Natural Heritage should not be spoilt...The area is not Paphos, Or Ayia Napa or anywhere in between but it is a taste of real Cyprus and long may it remain so, on your next visit you should really pop over...many do!

...and that is why we intend to make that part of the world our home in just a few short months. I can't wait.