This modern airy two-bedroom villa with splendid views is on a development of 26 new houses on the edge of this traditional hilltop village high above Pissouri Bay. Both beach and village are a timewarp away from "high rise" mass tourism •1•. Pissouri Village centre with its handful of shops and many lively bars and tavernas is just 5 minute walk. Since 2003 there has been a choice of two swimming pools - a brand new private residents' pool (6 x 12 metres) less than 1 minute walk away or a further 3 minute walk will take you to the Pissouriana swimming pool/restaurant/bar (where, for the price of your drink, you can swim all day and have poolside waiter service). •3•
There are two beaches, both sand and shingle, 5 and 10 minutes away by car/taxi. Melanda Beach •2• round the headland is a gem. It is very sheltered, completely undeveloped and shelves away gently. It has just one taverna and nothing else (no neon signs, jetskis, disco music, shops or nearby villas or houses). Pissouri Beach, an energetic walk away, has an E.E.C. blue flag award for its vast sweep of a bay. It is a little more commercialised with a half dozen tavernas, a hotel and a good range of water sports facilities for hire including a windsurfing school. (Sea temperature - April 20C - August 27C - October 24C!). Other activities available locally include golf, walking, mountain biking, sailing windsurfing and scuba diving.
The house is both equipped and has amenities to a very high standard •4•. It has an upstairs living room (21ft x 17ft) with patio doors onto a large balcony (with dining table and chairs) and panoramic views up to the Troodos and Mount Olympus and downhill over vineyards to the Mediterranean and Aktrotiri peninsula. (The sea is much nearer than it looks - behind the hilltop on the right of the photo above) The open plan kitchen has all mod cons (dishwasher, microwave, gas hob, electric oven, large fridge/freezer, washing machine, toaster, kettle, coffee maker, citrus juicer). The living room is well furnished with two matching bed settees and easy chairs and equipped with a Sony Music Centre and small colour TV and telephone/answerphone•4•. The two bedrooms are downstairs, one with a double bed the other with two singles and space for a guest bed. Each has air-conditioning, acres of wardrobe space and patio doors opening on to tiled garden patios. The guest bed plus two lounge bed settees allow you to mix and match but for comfort we suggest 4 to 5 occupants. There is a spacious bathroom with shower over the bath. The garden, laid to tiled patios on three sides with inset flowerbeds opens on to the head of a quiet cul-de-sac where there is parking immediately next to the secure boundaries of the villa. In the garden you will find a barbecue, parasols, sunbeds and patio chairs. All linen is supplied except beach/swimming towels.
Pissouri Village is midway between Paphos and Limassol and an easy 20 minutes or so by car from both. Paphos airport is less than 20 minutes and Larnaca about 80 minutes. Car hire for some part of your stay is strongly recommended but you can get by on foot with an occasional taxi if you prefer. (The village centre is pedestrianised and more accessible on foot but the hill to the beach is very long and steep.) A Ford Focus size car will cost you, high season, £18.40 per day all inclusive and includes a chauffeur drive from Paphos airport to your villa at no extra charge. (A single charge of £10 each way covers journeys to and from Larnaca).•5•
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1 "Pissouri .. a few beaches from where Aphrodite surfed to shore .. has remained a backwater still thick with vine and wheat fields its beach fringed with wild poppies, mimosa and palms... It encourages slothful and cybaritic ways"
2 "The children explore the rocks. We spend an afternoon downing brandy sours and watching the sun turn from incinerator-white to ruby-grapefruit red" (Both quotes from Paul Gogarty - The Times , Weekend Travel - 9/10/99)
3. Private pool for the development has no formal hours. Private pool size is 6 x 12 metres (0.7-1.7 metres deep). Pissouriana pool open 10 a.m to midnight. Use of Pissouriana pool £1.
4 Equipment/fittings/amenities include: lounge suite (2 bed settees & 2 chairs), large pine dining table & chairs for 6, 2 patio sets (2 tables, 8 upright chairs, 4 patio armchairs), 2 sunloungers, one swinging bench settee, 3 parasols & bases, a Sony Music Centre & collection of CDs & tapes, 14" colour TV, electric shaver point, electric heaters for winter (including bathroom heater), coolbox and icepacks, wine coolers, cordless telephone/answerphone for local and incoming calls (outgoing International calls are call-barred but you can reverse the charges via BT or Cable & Wireless). Gas for the kitchen hob is housed outside. The Villa is not overlooked and is double glazed. There is a local British agent who can sort out any problems during your stay.
5 Most visitors take this option. It saves on taxi fares (about £18 each way - £35 from Larnaca) and takes the stress out of your arrival. You are chauffeur driven to the door of your villa. But we can also arrange an airport taxi pickup.
6 Excludes Christmas period. Longer holidays are popular at this time of year. We are happy to quote for a let for the complete Winter period.
7 We try to work to Sunday lets in school holidays and Wednesday lets at other times but talk to us. We can usually tailor things to your needs. (Also we usually can manage to keep you in the House until you are ready for the airport though we cannot guarantee this until we have details of the follow-on booking.) (Short school holidays (Whit/October) come at a premium of £40 p.w.)
8 Applies now to bookings for April 2006 onwards. Please ask if you want to give just a holding deposit. Deposit returnable if you choose not to confirm your booking after 1 month. If others want to book your chosen dates before that time you have the choice of confirming your booking at that time or the return of your deposit. Thereafter our normal BOOKING CONDITIONS apply. This offer is for a limited period and may be withdrawn without notice.
9 We are in touch with adjoining owners of identical properties and can accommodate overspill or double and sometimes triple parties.
10 Sophie's House prices are in Sterling. Car hire prices are in Cyprus pounds.
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