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Golf in Paphos Cyprus is the new jewel in the crown for golfers seeking golfing breaks in the warmth of the eastern Mediterranean. It offers golfers challenging world-class championship courses, top quality hotels, safety, warm hospitality and almost year round sunshine. There are currently three golf courses within a short drive of Paphos - Aphrodite Hills, Secret Valley and Tsada	www.aphroditehills.com/golf   www.cyprusgolf.com
Paphos Aquarium Aquarium filled with a wide range of fish from both local and worldwide waters, plus extras such as crocodiles, piranhas and sharks. Located at 1 Artemidos, Paphos.
Paphos Bird Park Large bird park to the north of Paphos and Coral Bay. Also has a children's farm, face painting, playground, amphitheatre for bird shows, penguin land, reptiles, tortoises, moufflons, restaurant. The park also runs an adoption scheme. Schools welcome.	View Website
Snake George's Reptile Park Conservation project for reptiles run by "Snake George". Located on the main road from Coral Bay to Paphos
Water Park Located close to the sea front within the tourist area of Kato Paphos. Nestling amidst 3500sqm of landscaped grounds, it allows comfortable spread of its wide range of attractions, facilities and food & beverage outlets. Perfect engineering and the latest technology guarantees a high level of safety and water hygiene. There are all types of water slides, shutes and even kamikaze style slides for those who enjoy speed. If you prefer taking life at a more leisurely pace, that is equally possible on the `Lazy River` and as water fun is hungry work, there are plenty of places to enjoy a snack and cool drink before going on your favourite ride - just one more time…	www.aphroditewaterpark.com
Go-Karting There is karting in Kato Paphos (near the water park) and in Coral bay.
Cosmic Bowling Sitauted at 1 Ifaistou, Paphos, this is a large, state of the art ten pin bowling centre, suitable for both adults and children.
Horse Riding George's Ranch - Coral Bay           Rides take place in early morning and in the cooler parts of the afternoon - early evening during the summer months. Paddocks Equestrian Centre - Kissonerga Offer beach and countryside treks. Day outings can be arranged to Baths of Aphrodite with swimming and lunch thrown in. Show Jumping and dressage are also available as well as riding lessons. Santa Fe Ranch - Yeroskipou Hacking, beach rides and safaris
Museums Byzantine Museum of Arsinoe Droushia village: Weaving museum Ethnographical Museum Fiti village: Weaving museum Geroskipou - Folk Art Museum Inia village: Folk Art Museum, Psathomouseion (Basket weaving Museum) Kato Akourdalia village: Folk Art Museum Marion / Arsionoe Archaeological Museum of Polis Museum of the Mycenaean Colonisation of Cyprus Pafos District Archaeological Museum Pano Akourdalia village: Herb Garden Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Palaipafos Museum, Medieval Manor
Scuba Diving Paphos makes a good destination for divers and there are a number of companies offering a wide range of dives, training courses and packages including diving for children. Cyprus is a good place to learn to dive with some basic sites on offer, as well as progression onto the simple wrecks then onto the more adventurous wreck, cave and tunnel and night dives. Most dive sites are only a few minutes boat journey and there are a number of shore dives available. The Zenobia is one of the best wreck dives in the world and the wreck is worth a trip to Cyprus for alone. There are also sites where artefacts such as Roman pottery can be found on the seabed.
Wineries Cyprus can lay claim to being the oldest commercial wine producing country in the world. Old coins recently excavated from a site in Paphos date back to the 3rd century BC, these show a vine embossed on one side of the coin, a wine chalice from the 6th century BC has inscribed on the base ‘Be happy and drink well’ both of these ‘finds’ clearly illustrate the importance of wine in the daily life of Cyprus at that time. Cyprus also supplied large quantities of wine to the Pharaohs of Egypt, and they were also in great demand from the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Of course the wine then, and the wine produced now, differ tremendously, with ‘back then’ sweet wine, was the popular choice. The enormous changes that have taken place in Cyprus with regard to the professional cultivation and making of wine really started in the early 80’s	Cyprus Vines
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