Lapithiou
Interior Design
If you plan on getting up close and personal to the buildings, wear long trousers and decent walking boots. The vegetation, especially at this time of year, has a lot of very sharp, pointy seed pods, hidden amongst its aging stems and flowers. They are designed to travel by goat to nearby fields, but will quite happily latch rather painfully onto your legs if you are not careful.
This was a small door.
It must have been a well-sheltered village in its day. I can only imagine how bad the earthquake must have been that caused all the residents to leave.
Old Castle?
This building looked like it had multiple floors. The ground floor walls still looked pretty solid.
One Last Picture
Unless you are a completist, there is no great need to visit pre-1953 Lapithiou. It is pretty overgrown now, and you can have much more fun going to somewhere like Theletra or Foinikas. So let's go down the road to the "new" area.
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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.
