DK Travel : Cyprus : Outdoor

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Pissouri Bay

Clear blue water, clean sand and pebbles, sun-loungers and umbrellas to rent, and a good choice of watersports.
Polis

A long sand-and-pebble beach stretches eastwards along Chryssochou Bay (see Chryssochou Bay, Polis), a 15-minute walk from the centre of Polis – the fastest-growing little resort in western Cyprus. There are less crowded stretches of sand and shingle to the west of the village too. If you’re hungry there is a pleasant open-air bar-restaurant and a picnic area beneath eucalyptus trees.
Pomos

Low limestone cliffs shelter the sandy coves at Pomos, which remains happily undiscovered by the holiday industry. The water is clean, and with an archipelago of small crags and skerries just offshore it’s a great place for snorkelling.
Profitis Elias

Starting at Profitis Elias church on the Protaras-Paralimni road, this trail leads through hilly fields and pastures, passing the tiny chapels of Agii Saranta and Agios Ioannis and winding up at Konnos Beach.
Protaras

“Fig Tree Bay”, this resort’s favourite beach, has fine white sand and tropical turquoise sea, and is usually a little less hectic than the youth-orientated strands at Agia Napa, only 5 km (3 miles) away. In Protaras itself a range of watersports are available (see Protaras and Fig Tree Bay, Protaras).

Protaras
Protaras

Here the water is beautiful, and the soft white sand is clean and plentiful (see Protaras).
Psilodendro Forest

A ride through pine woods from the Troodos Resort to Caledonia Falls – 13 km (8 miles), all downhill.
Pyrgos to Governor’s Beach

A 13-km (8-mile) downhill run from the Troodos foothills ends at one of the island’s better beaches.
Rollers and Bee-Eaters

These insect-eating birds, with turquoise, green and yellow plumage, are most often seen in spring.
Ronnas

A large, empty beach on the northern shore of the Karpas Peninsula, overlooked by pine woods. It is another nesting place for endangered green turtles.