In the tranquil village of Tala your money doesn’t go quite as far – and there are fewer homes for sale – but you can still get a one-bed apartment for £60k or a three-bed villa for £250,000. Popular neighbourhoods include central Kato Paphos – around the medieval port, apartments from around £70,000 the authentic Cypriot villages of Peyia and Tala just outside the town and the five-star Aphrodite Hills resort nearby. In Peyia there’s a big choice of affordable properties – from apartments for £40,000, to three-bed townhouses for a little over £100,000 to five-bed villas for £250,000. It’s also gaining a new marina, improved roads and generally a good old face-lift as it gears up to be European City of Culture in 2017. It is home to many of the island’s cultural highlights – including a medieval fortress, frescoed tombs and mosaics – along with amenities for every need, such as its own airport with year-round easyJet flights to the UK. The biggest hotspot among British buyers is the area around Paphos, an attractive harbour, resort and Unesco World Heritage site on the south-western coast. There are serious moves to heal this divided country now, as it looks to a bright new future.
Another famous place is Ayia Napa in the far south-east, once a byword for youngsters holiday excesses but considerably calmed down now. Limassol is the second largest city (after the capital, Nicosia) and has been attracting international buyers to its superb new marina. It has an airport with direct, year-round flights to the UK. Paphos is a rapidly-growing town that is increasingly popular for young families as well as the retired. The most popular area for British buyers has traditionally been Paphos, in the south-west, and the villages around. The southern part of Cyprus has the Troodos Mountains at the centre, leading down through oak, pine and cypress forests and rocky hills to the beaches. For this reason, few people are willing to buy property in the north for fear of title issues. It has been divided politically for decades, since a violent division of the island in 1974 that saw 200,000 Greek Cypriots leave their properties in the north. There are real bargains in those sundrenched hills with the stunning Mediterranean views!Ĭyprus is 240 kilometres long and about 100 wide and a little smaller than Devon and Cornwall combined. Prices fell by as much as 50 per cent between 20 according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). These problems have to a large extent been solved, and a new generation of us can move in and take advantage of the depressed Cypriot property prices. Not bad for a country of just 800,000.įor many British holiday-home hunters and relocators, Cyprus fell off the radar following the financial crisis due to negative publicity (often justified) over miss-sold mortgages, dodgy developers and a problem getting title deeds. Greek Cypriots are an energetic bunch: think of Peter Andre, Theo Paphitis, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of easyJet, you’ll probably fly there in one of his planes. Maybe not just holidays either – like Malta, Cyprus is attracting businesses and investment. It is an increasingly popular island for house hunters and surely has a bright future as a global vacation destination at the crossroads of East and West. There are a lot of pluses to Cyprus, and the British are not the only ones to have noticed.
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It has great nightlife for the younger crowd plus a strong network of more sedate pursuits for the many retired residents. It has a long history of British influence and friendship, plus a rich Greek culture too. It has warm winter sun, as well as a bit of skiing. It has the most gorgeous Mediterranean beaches, plus ancient history dripping from every rock and not to mention property in Cyprus is very reasonably priced.
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