Tomb of the Kings

Woke to blue skies and sunshine though it clouded over during breakfast.
We hopped on to the bus to get to the tomb of the kings. This is a huge site that functioned as s necropolis for around 700 years ( 3rd C BCE to 4th C CE). The name is misleading; the archaeology suggests middle management burials not kings. It is though, a vast site, much of it lost when the area was quarried. That which remains varies from small niches to Doric columned catacombs and even some horned altars associated with the worship of Isis and Seraphis. The sun came out and it was warm and sunny for a while.
We spent some time here wandering and sketching but then the sun retreated and we decided to go and look for Paphos old town. This was an uninspiring walk, either romantically you could say it went through the last bits of countryside before meeting the city but also it was treacherous pavements through abandoned agricultural land; decaying greenhouses and untended fields.
We arrived at a glass elevator which took us up to signs for the agora so we started by heading for the market which operates every day according to the guidebooks but all we found were shuttered frontages which could be stalls maybe. We then looked for the area google maps described at the old town but what we found was mostly vacant units. But there were some ornate rotting/ rusting balconies which suggest the building were quite old. We then found the municipal park but it weirdly smelt of wee and so we decided to head back to our books and the beach.
This too was a bit dispiriting, we trotted down some ropey stairs and then through some urbanish areas for some while and after a bit we decided to walk to the bus instead.
We did this via a local bakery ( lactose free chocolate milk - yay) and a supermarket where we found a pistachio creme liqueur.
Eventually we found the bus stop but it was unclear if it was ours - the signage is unclear snd after much slightly fractious fluffing we abandoned and decided to walk to the harbour where we knew the buses. A stop for a hot chocolate and a fizzy water improved matters snd then we bused back to the hotel.
A nap and then Cyprus night in the restaurant which was very good for me - 2 lots of mousakka 😋.
Then back to write diaries and get our stuff together for tomorrows trip outRead more