CYPRUS TRAVELLERS HANDBOOK

EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR STAY IN CYPRUS

Providing the reader with facts and advice, this Handbook is designed to assist to the planning of a trip to Cyprus and to offer information that will make one's stay a most pleasant and enjoyable one.

1. In this pages all place names have been converted into Latin characters according to the official System of Transliteration of the Greek alphabet, i.e. LEFKOSIA = NICOSIA, LEMESOS = LIMASSOL, AMMOCHOSTOS = FAMAGUSTA
   Notes on pronunciation:
   "ai": as in English egg
   "oi", "ei", "y": as in English India
   "ou": as in English tour
   
2. All information were obtained from the Cyprus Tourist Organization (C.T.O.) publication.

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   TABLE OF CONTENTS

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   A

   
   
   • Accommodation (Hotels-Hotel Reservations)
   • Airlines
   • Airports
   • Archaeological societies and publications
   • Archaeological sites and Museums

B



• Baby food, Napkins
• Baby-sitting services
• Banking 25
  
• Bibliography on Cyprus
• Boats (Ferry) connecting Cyprus with other countries
• Boat trips along the coast of Cyprus
• Business / Shopping Hours
• Byzantine Churches and Monasteries

C



• Camping
• Car Breakdown, Emergency Service
• Car Driving, Licence, Insurance, Petrol,Parking
• Car Rentals
• Civil Marriage
• Climate, Temperatures, Weather Forecast
• Clothing and Activities
• Conference Facilities
• Consulates of other countries in Cyprus
• Consumers' Association (Cyprus)
• Cost of Living
• Credit Cards
• Cruises from Cyprus
• C.T.O. publications
• Cultural Life / Events
• Currency / Rates of Exchange
• Customs Formalities and Facilities
• Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA)

D



• Day Light Saving Time
• Distances between major cities and other tourist areas
• Dry Cleaning / Laundry
• Duty-Free shops / Regulations

E



• Electric Current / Voltage (Electricity)
• Embassies / High Commissions of the Republic of Cyprus Abroad
• Embassies of other countries in Cyprus
• Emergencies
• Estate Agents

F



• Films and slides
• Flight Information
• Flight Time from Cyprus to:
• Florists
• Food and wines
• Foreign Investment

H



• Hair-dressing Salons
• Handicrafts
• Health Food
• Health Regulations
• Hitch-Hiking

I



• International Clubs

L



• Libraries
• L.P.G. Gas
  

M



• Marinas, Yacht Harbours
• Mass Media
• Medical Services and Hospitals
• Metric Conversion
• Motorcycles

N



• National Parks
• Nautical Clubs / Sailing Clubs

P



• Passports and visas
• Pedestrians
• Photography
• Police
  
• Ports
  
• Postal and Courier Services
• Public Holidays

R



• Religion / Places of Worship
• Restaurants / Entertainment

S



• Shopping
  
• Sports
  
  • - Angling
  • - Cycling
  • - Golf
  • - Hiking / Natural trails
  • - Ice Skating
  • - Sea Sports (Diving, Fishing, Sailing / Yachting, Swimming, Water sports) 87-90
  • - Shooting
  • - Snow-skiing
  • - Tennis
• Sightseeing Tour Operators organising tours on a regular basis
• Sunset Times

T



• Telecommunications
• Time difference from other countries
• Tipping
  
• Transportation
• Travel Agents
• Tourist Guides

U



• University of Cyprus

V



• V.A.T. (Value Added Tax)

W



• Water
  

Y



• Youth Hostels & Rest House

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