Pafos - 14.09.2013 - 17.09.2013

Pafos - 14.09.2013

On the 14th of September i took a bus to the city called Pafos. The bus ride again was only 4 euro.
I was intending to stay at a hotel in the old town, which is on the mountain. This was quite handy, because by that from the bus stop to my hotel it was only a 2 minute walk.
So after my arrival first of all of course i checked in into my hotel. This hotel is also a restaurant and is probably one of the loveliest and cheapest places you could stay at. I think it was about 35 euro per night including breakfast.
Some people told me that this hotel was the one of the first hotels ever in this city. So a few pictures of my hotel.

Entrance to my hotel in pafos

look out of my window in that hotel

the garden of the hotel

After i had checked in into the hotel and unloaded all my stuff, i first of all went for a small walk around the old town. Because the old town is on the top of a small mountain, from some places you get a perfect view over the whole city.

view on the city Pafos from the mountain

After exploring the old town i went for a walk down to the promenade of this city. The promenade is very touristy and the prices in the restaurants are a lot higher compared to the old town. So i never reall went out for eating there.

Promenade of Pafos

Pafos has a lot of archealogical places to which you can go and watch. Like for example this old church, which is , according to the signs, the oldest  and was the first church ever on this island.

In the evening i went back to the old town to have dinner. I was surprised that most of the restaurants close at around 7pm, probably because all the tourists only have dinner at the promanade. Luckily i could find a nice cafe though which offered cheap sandwiches and salads and stuff like that.

sunset above the city Pafos

Petra Tou Romiou - 15.09.2013

On the 15th of September i went for a small day trip to a place called Petra Tou Romiou.
According to the greek Mythology this was the place were the greek goddess Aphrodite, the goddes of beauty and love was born. Here some pictures of this beach.

Petra Tou Romiou 1

Petra Tou Romiou 2

Petra Tou Romiou 3

The whole beach of this place is covered with hearts made of stones carrying the initals of loving couples who have come to here. A lot of people seem to come to this place every year, because the legend says that this place still has the *magic* which brought out the goddess Aphrodite.

Stone Hearts with the initials of loving couples on the Aphrodite beach

On this beach i met a girl from russia who told me that according to a legend, if you can find a stone on this beach with the shape of the heart you will find your true love.
Who doesn*t want to find his or her true love. So of course i started searching this beach to find such a stone.
After like 15 minutes of looking around and searching, i finally gave up and sat down in the sand. And then suddenly i saw a stone which almost had the shape of a heart. It was not perfectly shaped, but with some fantasy looked like one.
Maybe this is the true meaning behind this whole legend - if you try and look for it very hard (lets say this stone stands for the true love or that very special person you are trying to find...) you may never find it. But maybe if you stop looking for it and don*t think about it anymore suddenly you may find it or it may find you.

heart shaped stone , which i found on the beach of Aphrodite

17.09.2013 - Tombs of the kings