Polis Chrysochous

POLIS - the new destination for quality tourism in Cyprus. Polis Chrysochous is becoming the new destination offering quality and special interest tourism in Cyprus. Polis Chrysochous Municipality offers you as much information about our area and its surroundings.

Polis is located North West of the region of Pafos at a 30 minute distance from the town of Pafos, 45 minutes from Pafos airport and less than 2 hours away from Larnaca airport.
Polis is the ideal holiday location for the select few who appreciate authenticity and seek rest and tranquility in a pleasant and friendly environment, which blends mountains, sea and plain with a wonderful healthy climate, a mild winter, a particularly warm, clear sea and sandy beaches.

Polis is considered as the location par excellence for nature lovers and those keen on active holidays, such as hiking, cycling, horse riding and golf. The Tsada Golf Course is just 25 minutes away from Polis.

As far as accommodation is concerned, the area of Polis provides all kinds of hotel accommodation in all categories from luxurious hotels, holiday villages, apartments, and hotels offering facilities for thematic activities and local character, villas with private swimming pools to simple family accommodation units. Similarly, it offers all the facilities required for a pleasant vacation: a tourist office, banks, a hospital, pharmacies, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, taverns, bars, cafes and a picturesque pedestrian's area in the traditional heart of Polis, a local meeting point throughout the year from early hours till late at night. Furthermore, the region boasts an excellent archaeological museum, Byzantine churches and traditional houses.Polis is close to where Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, used to meet her beloved Adonis.

Figure No1. View to the bay of Polis, Latchi and the Baths of Aphrodite

Polis is served by the picturesque fishing port of Latsi - a pole of attraction all the year round and reputed for its fish taverns, its sea-sport facilities and boat rides up to Akamas -a must for all Polis visitors. However, the great advantage of Polis is its close vicinity to the utmost beauty of the Akamas peninsula, a nature reserve area destined to become a National Park. Α walk along its nature trails accompanied by the panoramic view of the bay of Polis is a unique experience. The Municipality of Polis will do its utmost to ensure that all guests visiting the area will have an enjoyable and unforgettable vacation. This is moreover a fact, given that we have the highest number of repeat guests in Cyprus.