The Byzantine museum in Paphos is located in a building adjacent to the church of Saint Theodoros and is owned by the Bishopric of Paphos, this museum was opened in 1983 with the main intention of preserving , maintaining and managing the antiquated sacred heirlooms, books and idols owned by the bishop's episcopate from 11th to 19th century. The most famous collection in this museum are the two main idols of Virgin Theoskepasti and the idol of Saint George and Saint Marina which are dated from the 12th century and 13th century. You can visit this museum on weekdays from 9am to 4pm and up to 2pm every Saturday, the entrance fee for this museum is 1 euro.

Tel: +357 26 931 393

The Tomb of the Kings is considered to be an archeological wonder and is believed to have been constructed in 4th century for burying the ancient Greek aristocrats and their high ranking clergy, but the sheer magnificence of this place with it's fresco paintings, amazing embellishments and Doric pillars this place has been named as Tomb of the Kings. What makes you admire their workmanship is the fact that these chambers have been crafted out of solid rock, located at Kato Paphos you can visit this site from Monday to Friday from 7:30am till 5pm in the evening, and on Saturdays from 9am to 5pm.

The Ethnographical Museum is the most richest museum in Paphos, the Ethnographical Museum has artifacts from the Neolithic time to the present day, this museum has a lot to teach tourists about the Cypriot culture, you can also find Combinations of natural and manmade items that are here. The Ethnographical Museum has alot to offer as far as antiques pottery, in fact there is a special room displaying beautiful pottery form this region which dates back to the 19th century. One of the rooms of this museum is a bed chamber adorned by lace and furnishing from Lefkara, if you want to learn about the Cypriot life style, then this place is a must see, the Ethnographical Museum is open seven days a week.

Tel: +357 26 232 010

Saranta Kolones is located north of Paphos harbour and is the ruins of an ancient castle, Saranta Kolones means castle of forty columns which goes to show that the castle was originally built on forty columns, these columns were made of granite. As history goes the castle was built by Lusignans during the Frankish rule in the thirteenth century, although the first castle to be built was the Byzantine castle which was built in 7th century A.D to protect from Arab raids the Saranta Kolones was built on the Byzantine castle, however the castle was destroyed by earthquake in 1222 and what we see today are the ruins of that castle, a trip to the ruins of Saranta Kolones can be lot of fun, families can enjoy exploring the ruins together, though Care needs to be taken with children and elderly people as the ruins have steep stairs with no supports.

This museum was a part of a large building which was restored by the antiquities department, since 1978 this building has been converted into a folk art museum which houses exhibits from Cyprus, specifically during the 19th and the 20th century. These exhibits are a must see, the Geroskipou folk art Museum has different opening times for each season, during the winter the museum is open from 8am - 4pm, spring opening times are 9am - 5pm, summer and autumn opening times are the same as spring, to elaborate the winter months range from 1st November to 31st March, spring from 1st April to 31st May, summer from 1st June to 31st August and autumn from 1st September to 31st October.

Tel: +357 26 306 216