To prepare for your holiday we have compiled for you on this page.
Here you will find some airlines that will take you to Cyprus.
Air Berlin
Lufthansa
Austrian
Cyprus Airways
Swiss
Visitors arriving by air may enter the Republic only through the International Airports Larnaca and Paphos.
Note: The airport tax is included in the fare.
1st Larnaka International Airport
The airport is located:
5 km from the town of Larnaca
49 km from Lefkosia
70 km from Lemesos
46 km from Agia Napa
139 km from Paphos
removed.
2nd Paphos International Airport
The airport is:
15 km east of the town of Paphos
63 km from Lemesos
129 km from Larnaca
50 km from Polis
146 km from Lefkosia
removed.
In Cyprus there is a typical Mediterranean climate with long dry summers from mid May to mid-October and with mild winters from December to January. These seasons are separately by a short spring and an even shorter fall. In summer the temperature is high, the sky is usually cloudless, but the sea breeze softens in the coastal regions of the heat. In winter it may rain more often, the thermometer falls, however, hardly ever below 10 ° C, only the top of the Troodos mountain range it starts to snow at Christmas. In Cyprus the sun seems almost always, as the graphics show up there. Even in December and January, the daily duration of sunshine for six hours.
April-May
On the day it is warm, but at night temperatures drop slightly.
Light, almost summery clothes, light long-sleeved sweaters and woolens in the evening.
The right season for nature lovers, for now, the landscape is green and trees, bushes and flowers are in full bloom.
June – July – August
The warmest months of the year. Very light summer clothes.
Ideal for swimming, water sports and beach games.
September-October
Warm days, cool nights in October. Light clothing on the day on October evenings, you should dress warmer. Swimming and water makes a lot of fun.
November
Pleasantly warm days. Still light clothing. Evening sweater.
Ideal weather for autumn travel. Lunch will still take place outdoors, and you can also bathe and sunbathe. A good time for sports activities in open air.
December-January
Winter for the Cypriots …
Fall for visitors from abroad! It may rain occasionally, but between the rain showers but appears to reflect the sun. Winter clothing, but no thick coats! Sports, games and excursions are announced.
February
Now come the warm days. The almond trees are in bloom, there are occasional showers, mild daytime temperatures are the harbingers of spring. Nevertheless, there may still be chilly in the evening.
Winter clothing. Up in the Troodos mountain range is high season for winter sports.
March
Pleasant weather, and in the wild, it is now at its best.
Warm clothes, but also light things. Now you can enjoy Outdoor activities. For long walks March is ideal.
Driving in Cyprus is highly recommended, because public transport does not reach all outlying areas where there are places worth visiting. The towns and villages by decent roads with international traffic combined. Four-lane motorways connect the capital Nicosia with the coastal towns of Lemesos, Larnaka and Paphos.
Minor roads and forest roads are often unpaved yet, but overall easy to drive. It is advisable to use off-road vehicles on these roads, especially in rainy weather.
Car hire in Cyprus can be booked before your stay online.
Phoenix
Note: In Cyprus there is left-hand traffic!
The supply is in Cyprus with 240 volt, 50 Hz AC power outlets: usually 13 amp, fuse box in each building. A low-power device when using adapter may be connected as to a power source (such as radio, electric clocks). The use of an adapter for connecting high-voltage devices (such as electric heating, toaster, iron) is not recommended.
Adapters are available in the suites for your comfort.
Cyprus offers many benefits for disabled visitors. In most parts of the island the hotel a full range of possibilities, the needs have to correspond to the physically disabled persons. Since each hotel offers various possibilities, it is advisable to make directly contact with you; a list is attached, to determine that they offer the right opportunities for your particular disability.
After the arrival or on departure from the international airport at Larnaca is a newly acquired disability ‘vehicle lift “available to help physically disabled persons, from one-plane or get out. Wheelchairs are also provided for use in the airport.
Also the transfer from the airport to the hotel caused no problems. The transport takes place in time coordination with the responsible company with a special bus, its low entry and exit doors are wide enough for wheelchairs. The bus has air conditioning and has room for 14 wheelchairs and 25 passengers.
The use of Behindertenaufklebern in Cyprus is not required by law, although most use it in their own cars. These are not available in Cyprus, those who want to use it, should bring their own. There are no special parking facilities for disabled people, but that’s no problem, as available in most tourist attractions and spacious parking.
Most cities in Cyprus are flat and most places easily accessible to wheelchair users. In Lefkosia (Nicosia), there are many roads that have ramps and Wheelchair accessible venues such as the City Theatre and the Stadium.
If you need help, you can be sure that it helps you with joy and a smile. The locals are welcome any opportunity to show their hospitality.
Cyprus is free from dangerous infectious diseases. There is no need for foreign tourists for vaccinations.
Medical services and hospitals
Medical treatments take place in Cyprus by:
1st State Hospitals (“General Hospital”)
2nd Private hospitals / private hospitals
State hospitals and private clinics / hospitals are mostly in urban areas, while health centers, sub-centers and pharmacies are more likely to find in rural areas. Overall, they provide a network and supply the entire population with medical services.
All State General Hospital and some private hospitals have emergency accident and emergency stations established (see the document “Emergency”).
Medical treatments and help out when needed, including foreign tourists in the accident and emergency stations of public hospitals / institutions, free of charge. Outpatient and inpatient treatments are carried out and to charge the prescribed fees. Visitors can take for their health insurance benefit, which will assume the medical costs.
Almost all branded drugs are available in Cyprus. Local newspapers publish the names and addresses of the pharmacies that are open at night and on Sundays and holidays – as well as the addresses of doctors who, in these days emergency service.
Information on private doctors, who at the weekend service is available at the following numbers:
Famagusta – 1433
Larnaka – 1434
Lefkosia – 1432
Lemesos – 1435
Paphos – 1436
Nearby:
MD, D. Polydorou
General practitioner and Surgery
Effessou 13 – Chrysochous Polis – Cyprus
Mobile: 99-622331, clinic-Tel: 26-323100, Fax: 357-26-323011
The high salinity of the surrounding Mediterranean, Cyprus is limited fertility, but there is still a rich marine fauna and flora, and the water is crystal clear. In shallow water you can see sea urchins, starfish, peacock fish, veil tails, striped bream, goby, coral and parrot fish. At a depth of more than ten meters, are weighed Poseidon meadows – the grounds for many marine animals. Reefs, 25 m below the surface allow astonishing views of an underwater world full of mountains, valleys and cliffs. There are since peacocks fan, coral towers and sponge. The Mediterranean monk seals and dolphins, both strictly protected swimming in coastal waters. Green sea turtles (green turtles) and the endangered loggerhead turtles (Loggerhead Turtle “) set in the summer of their eggs on the protected Akamas beaches.
The clear blue waters of the sea around Cyprus and the vast sandy beaches provide ideal conditions for bathing, swimming and sunbathing.
By the Cyprus Tourism Organization-maintained public beaches, with coffee shop, bars and restaurants, with swimmers all desired facilities and services such as changing rooms, sanitary facilities, beach chairs, loungers, parasols.
In Cyprus the safety of food and drinking water by the inspectors of the Medical and Public Services of the Ministry of Health and by local authorities is ensured. Food and drinking water are of high quality, absolutely safe, there are no known food-or water-borne diseases.
One can safely drink water in Cyprus, water is as good as never before, in every house is flowing fresh water.
All the district authorities for water supply are in constant contact with the National Health Service and the General Laboratory for the protection of the water before toxicological and bacteriological contamination.
Tap water in hotels, restaurants, public buildings, etc. can be drunk safely.
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