PRESTIGE

Words: JeNNY ellINAs Images: © CYPRIOT ReAlTY
industry and is regarded by many
as the best sailing centre in the
eastern Mediterranean. A wealth
of nautical adventures can be
enjoyed here, from short excursions
and exploring secluded bays to weeklong
charters and exquisite wreck
dives, as well as time spent navigating
your way past exotic sea caves.
With three new, state-of-the-art
marinas under development, Cyprus
will soon offer the most modern
mooring facilities in the Med too.
Superb retail, residential and
commercial opportunities will
complement these marinas.
Where Cyprus sets itself apart
from most European countries is that
the best real estate is available mere
metres from the sparkling
Mediterranean Sea. Internationally
acclaimed and award-winning
developments like Apollo Beach Villas
showcase ultimate island-living,
combining exquisite location, leisure
and luxury with privacy and elegance.
Each custom-built home offers a rare
opportunity to own a very valuable
seafront asset that will create a
legacy for generations to come.
If living on the water’s edge isn’t
quite for you, then an opportunity
exists to invest in an exclusive and
luxurious hillside location: Kamares
Village – ranked in the Top Five Villa
Developments in the world. Here,
original architecture, clever interior
planning and landscaped exteriors
blend harmoniously into the
surrounding natural environment.
For ultimate luxury, a stay at the
5-star Thalassa Boutique Hotel in
Paphos – on the western side of the
island – should definitely form part of
your itinerary. Thalassa has developed
a new service concept: a personal
butler for every suite, which is a first
for the island. Thalassa is more than a
hotel, it’s an experience. It’s a place
where boundaries between the hotel
S E T T L E
Cyprus: some Facts and Figures:
• Total Size: 9,248 square kilometres
• Cyprus is a completely independent country to Greece, and not part of Greece
at all.
• Greek is not the main language. Cyprus was a British Colony and everyone
speaks English.
• They drive on the left-hand side of the road.
• July and August are the hottest months of the year but from late December to
early February Cyprus offers great snowboarding and skiing.
• The currency is Euro.
• A Cypriot visa is required for all citizens excluding UK, USA and EU citizens
and passport holders.
• Permanent residency is possible.
and its guests fall away, and Thalassa
becomes your home, where you are
looked after and tended to by friends,
and where the motto of the staff is
‘The answer is yes, what is the
question?’.
Life here sure is laidback, and you
can set your own pace. And what
better place to do this than where the
blue skies meet the Mediterranean
Sea, on the beautiful island
of Cyprus? �
Contact Jenny Ellinas at Cypriot
Realty:
• Tel: +27 83 448 8734
• Email: jenny@cypriotrealty.com
• Visit: www.cypriotrealty.com
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