Amargetti Village

[tammy123]

Can anyone tell me about Amargetti village? We are interested in a village house there for sale with the intention of living there permanantely. Does it have a shop or taverna at all? Are there many expats that live there we don't want to live in a village overrun with expats! Thanks for any info

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by tammy123

Can anyone tell me about Amargetti village? We are interested in a village house there for sale with the intention of living there permanantely. Does it have a shop or taverna at all? Are there many expats that live there we don't want to live in a village overrun with expats! Thanks for any info

amargetti is a very traditional village with very few expats.
There is at least one taverna but I dont recall seeing a shop although it is bound to have at least a small traditional shop. You wouldhave to come into Paphos for any decent shopping.
However there is a local winery where you can wander along with your bottles to get them filled up

[BabsM]

Originally Posted by Veronica

However there is a local winery where you can wander along with your bottles to get them filled up

Love it! Me and my empty wine bottle must go looking for this village....

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by BabsM

Love it! Me and my empty wine bottle must go looking for this village....

Give me a shout and I'll show you where it is and bring my empty bottles too

[johnsymonds]

We have been to Amargetti several times as we have expat friends who live there but I would stress that it is approx 25km from Paphos (35 min drive) and not only are there no real shops, there is no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. You must think seriously about the practicalities of living in such a small, isolated Greek Cypriot Community.

If you have any health issues, I would not recommend it at all.

[tammy123]

Originally Posted by johnsymonds

We have been to Amargetti several times as we have expat friends who live there but I would stress that it is approx 25km from Paphos (35 min drive) and not only are there no real shops, there is no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. You must think seriously about the practicalities of living in such a small, isolated Greek Cypriot Community.

If you have any health issues, I would not recommend it at all.

Hi

To be honest with you it sounds the sort of village we want. We are not retirement age yet so we have no health issues at present. We expect to do a big shop once a fortnight in Paphos and just use the local shop for milk etc. We love the laid back lifestyle and so long as there is a taverna nearby for a bit of social life we would be happy. How do your friends like living there?

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by johnsymonds

We have been to Amargetti several times as we have expat friends who live there but I would stress that it is approx 25km from Paphos (35 min drive) and not only are there no real shops, there is no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. You must think seriously about the practicalities of living in such a small, isolated Greek Cypriot Community.

If you have any health issues, I would not recommend it at all.

John I think you need a new car
It takes us about 20 minutes to Amargetti from Paphos.

[BabsM]

Originally Posted by johnsymonds

<snip> no real shops, there is no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. You must think seriously about the practicalities of living in such a small, isolated Greek Cypriot Community.
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My husband and I live in a village with just a corner shop, a petrol station, a kafeneio and a taverna but no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. we don't find life difficult at all! We can get our milk and other essentials from the very small corner shop, newspapers from the local periptero and we are 10-15 minutes from Larnaca Hospital.

[BabsM]

Originally Posted by johnsymonds

<snip> no real shops, there is no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. You must think seriously about the practicalities of living in such a small, isolated Greek Cypriot Community.
.

My husband and I live in a village with just a corner shop, a petrol station, a kafeneio and a taverna but no doctor, dentist, optician, pharmacist or bank. we don't find life difficult at all! We can get our milk and other essentials from the very small corner shop, newspapers from the local periptero and we are 10-15 minutes from Larnaca Hospital. Its not a problem! we probably can get as much here as we could where we lived in England.

[johnsymonds]

Originally Posted by Veronica

John I think you need a new car
It takes us about 20 minutes to Amargetti from Paphos.

I thought it was wine you got at the winery, not rocket propellant