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Pafos District Archeological Museum
An attractive collection of Cypriot antiquities from the Pafos area, dating from Neolithic Age to 1700 AD.
Address: Griva Digeni 43
Tel.: 00357-26240215
Opening hours: Monday - Saturday09:00 - 17:00; Sunday 10:00 - 13:00
Byzantine Museum
The Byzantine Museum houses a large collection of objects from the Byzantine period, including Byzantine icons from 7th to 18th centuries and the oldest icon found yet in Cyprus of 7th or 8th century.
Address: A. Ioannou 3 next to Bishopric
Tel.: 00357-26231393
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00 (June - September.09:00 - 19:00); Saturday 09:00 - 14:00
Ethnographical Museum
Artifacts from Neolithic Age to the present day.
Address: Exo Vrysis 1
Opening hours:
Monday - Saturday 09:00 - 13:00; Monday - Friday 14:00 - 17:00 (May-September. 15:00 - 19:00); Sunday 10:00 - 13:00
Geroskipou Folk Art Museum
The name of the village comes from the Greek phrase "Ieros Kipos", sacred garden of Aphrodite. A fascinating collection of folk arts and crafts is exhibited in the beautiful Chatzismith house.
Address: Geroskipou village, 3 km east of Pafos
Tel.: 00357-26240216
Opening hours: Monday - Friday 09:00 - 14:30
Sanctuary of Aphrodite-Palaipafos Museum
Opening hours:
Summer: Daily 09:00 - 19:30
Winter: Daily 09:00 - 17:00
Museum of the Mycenaean Colonisation of Cyprus
Address: Maa-Palaiokastro Bay Area
Opening hours: Monday - Saturday 10:00 - 16:00
Basket- Weaving Museum -Ineia
Opening hours: Daily 11:00 - 18:30
The castle of Paphos (Pafos Castle)
Located at Pafos harbour the castle formed part of the coastal defence system of Cyprus. It was originally built as a Byzantine fort to protect the harbour and rebuilt by the Lusignians in the thirteenth century. It was then dismantled in 1570 by the Venetians, who found themselves unable to defend it against the Ottomans, who later restored and strengthened it after they captured the island.
The rescued part of the building is one of the two towers built by the Lusignians after the earthquake in 1222. One of the two towers was desolated and an earthquake destroyed it. 50 metres to the east you can see the remains of the second tower.
The ground floor of the castle is composed of various rooms which were used as prison cells by the Ottomans. Below the floor there are two small underground cells in which long-term convicts were held.
The first floor was used as mosque, and the rest or the rooms were used for the small Ottoman guard.
On the roof of the castle there were some canons, which were removed at the end of the Ottoman command in 1878.
During the English command the castle was used for salt storage until 1935, when it was declared as a ancient monument. The Paphos castle is a part of the UNESCO list for cultural monuments.
The castle is open for the public every day, 10:00 - 17:00 in winter and 10:00 - 18:00 in summer (1st June - 31st August). |
