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Ecology: Pafos forest
Ecology: Pafos forest
The €8 million Integrated Management Plan for the Pafos forest finalised by the forestry department provides for the increased protection of the flora and fauna.
The Plan for covers an extended area of 60.000 ha equal at about 50% of public forest land. The Pafos Forest includes large number of ecosystems and particularly important biotopes and habitats where important and rare vegetation and animals live and are developed. The unique and most important plant society of the Cyprus Cedrus along with the unique population of the Cyprus “Agrino” (moufflon) gives the area of the Pafos Forest a huge environmental value.
The Pafos forest is the biggest and most important biotope of Cyprus where rare birds nest along with a large number of endemic plants and fauna species. The Pafos Forest area is characterized as Special Protection Area (SPA), Important Community Site of NATURA 2000, National Park (12.000ha), Nature Protection Area (5.000ha) and Permanent Forest Area according to forest law. Forest management is conducted under the Department of Forests of Cyprus.
If nature is important to you, Pafilia offers some exceptional properties bordering the Pafos forest in the area of Polis, including apartments starting at €123,500 and houses from €174,000 in Polis Gardens , houses from €199,000 in Prodromi Gardens , villas from €575,000 in Pine Sea View Villas and luxury beach villas starting from €950,000 in Amorosa Villas.
Greek “kopiaste” is the word Cypriots use to invite people to share their food with.
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For those who do not know, Greek “kopiaste” is the word Cypriots use to invite people to share their food with.
Wander in the beautiful villages of Cyprus and you are bound to get invited to share some of the delicious local specialities. Welcome to Cyprus!
Pafilia offers properties in varied areas including villages such as Anarita, Peyia, Tala, Argaka, Prodromi, etc. with prices starting from €96,000.
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Did you know? Cyprus offers some of the best beach destinations
Did you know? Cyprus offers some of the best beach destinations, according to a survey released April 5 by TripAdvisor. Cyprus took two of the three top beach destinations in the survey, including the top one! The winners were based on the most highly rated beach destinations by millions of international travelers in TripAdvisor reviews.
Did you know? Cyprus offers an incredible amount of 54 blue flag beaches
Did you know? Cyprus offers an incredible amount of 54 blue flag beaches for such a small island (648 Km of coastline).
In comparison, Bulgaria only was awarded 10 blue flag beaches, Malta only 2, Morocco 20, Norway 5 and Tunisia 8.
Cyprus in fact is in the top 5 countries worldwide with the highest ratio of Blue Flag beaches per km of coastline.