Located in Paphos, Cyprus. Paphos is at the southwestern corner of the island. Now those that know me, even a little, know I'm not a fan of the sun...well why holiday in Cyprus you may ask? A question I asked myself numerous times while there...I did manage to get myself out to see some cool stuff though, but this walk to the lighthouse was tough for me..
As you can see from the photo above, the area around the lighthouse was strewn with pieces of masonry from Ancient Greek and Roman buildings, something not many lighthouse journeys provide!
The lighthouse itself recently served as the landfall light for ships arriving from Britain. The tower is Venetian, and the metalwork and lantern room are British Imperial installed in 1888. The entire lighthouse is painted white, or natural indigenous white stone...(was hard to tell)
Oh and the lighthouse is beside a second century Roman amphitheater (very cool) so if the lighthouse isn't your kinda thing then the walk is worth it anyway. Sorry, I didn't get a photo of the amphitheater!
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