First reccy to Cyprus

[DH59]

Originally Posted by Stretford_Ender

That's a good point we will have to remember !

Flights booked now - out on 29th for 10 days for an initial look round.

Can anybody recommend friendly ex-pat bars in Paphos, Peyia, and Tala, or anywhere else for that matter?


Cheers

Ian

Hi, we're flying out soon for another recce visit prior to moving there. We will be staying in Peyia. The owner of the apartment has given us a very useful and comprehensive list of local bars, restaurants and other places to visit. We are not too familiar with Peyia, but the bars listed include: JJ's, The Jail, The Grande, Aleko's, The Mill, and Vrisi. For restaurants she suggests: Peyia Tavern, Savvas Grill, Cousins Tavern, Sophie's Themed Restaurant, Mediterranean Art Gallery and Bistro, Stonehouse Inn, Costas Restaurant, and quite a few others in the surrounding areas.

We priced up quite a few car hire places online, and the best value was Argus Car Hire. We are picking up and dropping off the car at Paphos airport and we have booked for two drivers - it's come to just over €220 for two weeks.

Diane

[Stretford_Ender]

Hi Diane

Thanks for the update - it seems like there are more bars & restaurants in Peyia than I first imagined.

I'll check out Argus car hire - I was intending to use Econonmy Car Rentals due to lower cost and good recommendation. Have you used Argus before?


Out of interest, do you intend (at this point anyway) to settle on Peyia, or are you still looking round for the most suitable area ?

If you have discounted other areas, I would be intereted to know the reasons, to see if they might be the same as mine. Obviously everybody has different requriements, but it maybe that some of yours might overlap ours.

Cheers

Ian

[DH59]

Originally Posted by Stretford_Ender

Hi Diane

Thanks for the update - it seems like there are more bars & restaurants in Peyia than I first imagined.

I'll check out Argus car hire - I was intending to use Econonmy Car Rentals due to lower cost and good recommendation. Have you used Argus before?

Out of interest, do you intend (at this point anyway) to settle on Peyia, or are you still looking round for the most suitable area ?

If you have discounted other areas, I would be intereted to know the reasons, to see if they might be the same as mine. Obviously everybody has different requriements, but it maybe that some of yours might overlap ours.

Cheers

Ian

Peyia is quite a well-populated area now, albeit not on the same scale as Paphos itself.

We haven't used Argus before. I just found them by trawling the interwebs and found them to be the cheapest. Just bring up a few companies and key in your requirements and see what comes up, being careful to compare what is and isn't included. This is the first time we've had a car for the whole holiday, and have only previously used a local hire company close to where we've been staying. We've just booked everything up-front this time, to make things easier.

We're not sure where we would like to settle yet. We came over in January and had a brief look round at a few houses in Peyia, but this time we intend to go further afield - hence the car for the whole period - and see what is available. We haven't really discounted anywhere yet, as we've only just started the procedure. We know that Peyia is a popular ex-pat town, but that neither attracts us nor puts us off. I don't want to be out in the wilds, but I don't want to be in the thick of the tourist areas either. We've decided we'll probably be renting, rather than buying.

Diane