Authentic Paphos: Culture, Flavors and Traditions
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Paphos, Cyprus
- 6 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover Cyprus through an unforgettable cultural adventure blending history, tradition, and creativity. Start your day at the enchanting 9th-century Ayia Paraskevi Church in Geroskipou, followed by a sweet loukoumia tasting at a local workshop. From there, enjoy hands-on experiences in a traditional village home, explore the magnificent St. Neophytos Monastery, stroll through vibrant Paphos Old Town, and wrap up with pottery-making and a feast of Cypriot delicacies at The Place.
- Follow the footsteps of Aphrodite and see other parts of historic Cyprus on this day trip from Paphos
- Meet a halloumi cheese maker and see how she makes delicious cheese
- See how traditional Turkish delights are made
- Perfect tour for lovers!
- Get picked up and dropped off at your hotel on Paphos
What's Included
- Includes late Cypriot breakfast
- Professional driver
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Paphos hotels
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Licensed guide
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Message will be send through Viator to advise for your exact pick up point and time .Information of the hotel name is needed. In case you won’t receive the message please call us at least a day before departure. If you cannot find your hotel please call us to give you the nearest pick up point . Failure of the client to be on time at the right pick up point will result to a No show and will be fully charged.
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
- 04/01/2026 - 03/31/2027
Tuesday : 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Itinerary
1
Agia Paraskevi Church
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Aphrodite Delights Loukoumi
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
The Place
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Old Town Of Paphos
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
5
Letymvou
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Agios Neophytos Monastery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Approximate excursion duration not including pick-ups 6 hours
- You will receive a message through Viator with the exact pick up piont and time.If not please call us to advise you at least a day before.Hotel name information is needed.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.7
based on 88 reviews
Pamela_S, Feb 2026
The visit to Sofia's house was the highlight. She is a lovely, welcoming lady as well as a very good cook
Howard_W, Dec 2025
Great insight into the culture and history of cypress and pafos . Tour itinerary was excellent.
Sofia our tour guide was so knowledgeable and informative throughout the tour.
Thank you for a great day out.
Avi_S, Sep 2025
Sofia, our guide, was absolutely fantastic! The trip is allowing you to experience and feel the Paphos countryside, the local history and the outskirts' landscape.
Katherine_M, Sep 2025
When reading the experience it sounded like it was going to be a hands on experience. It was not at all. We were just spoken to about the products being made. The tasting is good though
Linda_P, Jun 2025
A lovely intro to the true cultures and gems that make Cyprus so special. Visiting Sophia’s and Andreas home and sampling such wonderful hospitality will always be the highlight for me, really brings it home how you can exist without all the trappings of modern life and be happy and healthy. A wonderful couple i am totally in awe of
Jill_L, Feb 2025
It was good to be able to find out more about traditional occupations in Cyprus and also to travel through the beautiful countryside.
Barbara_P, Jan 2025
An excellent half day trip, Sophia, the guide was excellent, the driver was very safe and the timings were perfect. Brilliant communications between the office regarding the pick-up. I would have liked to see a bit more of the town
dawn_e, Jan 2025
Authentic cyprus trip
Wonderful experience of how locals live and also traditional business re cypress delights.
Highly recommended
Phillip_S, Nov 2024
Great informative trip . Some lovely stops with the pottery and Sophia’s house the high light .
Nice mountain tour and I’m sold on Minthis Resort !!
Lynn_G, Jul 2024
We had the best time. Sofia was very informative and friendly. Fitos the driver was nice too. The trip overall was great value and I would highly recommend going.
Response from Host, Jul 2024
Glad that you enjoy the tour
dawn_e, Feb 2024
Sofia house
Welcoming original and they made us all welcome into their way of life. Amazing hospitality and food was beautiful.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thank you. Hospiitality is the authenticity of Cyprus and this we named the tour Authentic Cyprus
richard_r, Feb 2024
The bus ride over to Sofia's House - nice to see pretty rural area. This is an excellent tour for independent travelers using public transportation.
A day tour in the Winter that was not cancelled!
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thank You.We always which to deliver the best for our guests
Clare_D, Jan 2024
The whole tour was brilliant. The guide Sophia was also excellent. Will be booking again.
I think the pottery and Sophie’s house were the favourite. Shame it rained.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Glad to hear your nice words
Fiona_N, Nov 2023
Sophia's breadmaking and cheese. The whole setup was lovely and a beautiful location. Nice to experience authentic Cyprus.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you for your nice comments. This is our aim
Ian_A, Aug 2023
My partner and myself and wonderful day yesterday our guide Sophia kept the whole party well informed and we didn't feel rushed around to much the Cypriot brunch at Sofia's house was well prepared and tasted lovely her small museum was nice too excellent day out and our other party members quite friendly too
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Glad you enjoy it.Thanks
Sarah_K, Jun 2023
A really lovely day seeing the more authentic side of Cyprus and meeting locals who live here. The highlight was Sophia's house. She and her husband provided homemade bread and halloumi cheese for us and Cyprus coffee. Beautiful location and welcoming, friendly people. A good value tour and thd guide was friendly and knowledgeable. I woukd definitely recommend this tour so you can find out some history and culture of the island.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Glad to see that yo enjoy your tour.Thanks
Anji_T, Jun 2023
Great value for money. Sophia was excellent and informative guide. Saw lots of unusual places. Food was gorgeous. Brilliant day out.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you for your nice comments
Nicola_B, Mar 2023
Nice and relaxing trip. Very informative. Sofia's house was the best part of the trip. It was good to taste traditional food and drink.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you for your review. Authentic Cyprus at its best
dawn_e, Mar 2023
Great trip loved Sofias house and cyprus bread and cheese also the cypress delight factory which has been in the same family for many years. The driver and guide Sofia are both professional and excellent. Highly recommended.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you for your feedback and happy that you enjoy Cyprus authenticity
Pille_M, Nov 2022
The local food. We have tested hollumi cheese, some sweet, home made bread. we also visited a monastery and church, where were incredible wall paintings.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for your nice words. After all the tour is to allow you to taste and feel Cyprus authenticity
Martin_C, Jul 2022
It was all enjoyable, and Sofia was an excellent and informative guide, as well as being very solicitous to the eldrly gentleman on the tour.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thank you for your review... our main concern is the convinience and comfort of all people in the tour...
Colin_B, Apr 2022
A great day out. Our guide was brilliant, very friendly and so informative. The pace was just right. Lunch at Sophia's house was great. This is the tour if you want to learn about Cyprus history and culture.
Response from Host, Apr 2022
Your absolute right! looking to welcome more to experience the true Cyprus!
Marija_K, Aug 2021
Very nice tour, even though there were no visits to a winery nor to a Aphrodite's temple... All places were really worth visiting because you see cultural part of Paphos you probably wouldn't see otherwise. The guide (English one) was very professional, attentive and informative.
The only thing I didn't like is, after choosing an English guide there was a Russian one, so whole driving part of a tour had to be listened in English and Russian as well. I think these should be separated and done in different cars/vans.
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Dear Customer
Thank you for your comments and nice to hear that overall the tour was upto to you expectations. Ref tour guide in Russian, although our policy is to offer one language guiding, however under the circumanstance that we are experiencing low demand, we are unable to schedule a tour in Russian.
Helen_T, Mar 2020
Very Interesting and informative trip, quite a big group so had to wait at some
Stops for everyone to finish but definitely value for money would recommend
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Thank you for your comments and agree with you that more people, the more pick up, more delay at the end. We do our best to minimise as much as possible the waiting time.
Lynne_O, Mar 2020
I had a fabulous day with a lot of interesting information about the traditional arts and practices in Cyprus.
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Thank you for kind comments
magellan, Jan 2020
If my hotel hadn't called the local tour company we'd have missed this tour as we did not receive the email supposedly sent to my email. Not the best of all the Viator tours we've done and as for the Russian guide (although she seemed nice), she talked all through the speech from the potter so the English people missed most of it. The pottery was lovely though. She also talked for Russia on the coach. The English speaking lady was very nice. It was not clear how to see any of the authentic Rosa house and did not get the demonstration of halloumi making which I'd looked forward to seeing or the donut making. But the 'breakfast' we had there at around 11.30 so more like lunch was lovely. Shame we thought we were getting breakfast because we had paid for it at our hotel but didn't have it because we were told we were getting it on the tour. I actually thought we were going further afield than just Paphos so was disappointed that it was only round the city! The church at Geriskipou was lovely as was the monastery. The winery was fascinating but didn't want to buy any.
Response from Host, May 2020
Is a standard procedure that we respond to all clients via email and if necessary text messages. Is some cases customers either they give us an email which probable they do not have access or visit often or wrong number of telephone.
Regarding breakfast, we will clarify it. Thanks for raise it up
valdavie, Sep 2019
It was a great trip very informative and learnt alot the only down side is yes you request an english guide but you also get a russian guide so its a mixed trip and they were ignorant and rude including the guide time you have listend to your own guide your then getting it in russian the trips should be separate the trip to shopias house was lovely she is such a lovely lady i asked if i could buy some of the halloumi she makes she was only to pleased to sell me some ive never tasted anything like it its definitely a trip worth going on
Response from Host, Sep 2021
We deeply understand you, however, is impossible to offer separate tour for each language
GoPlaces06456968206, Dec 2018
The day starts off with a pottery workshop where you can watch how it’s all made. This is not a hands on thing and really just a way to get you in their shop. Next was a church which was unique due to its 5 domes on top. What followed was a Turkish delight tasting session where you could try as much of any flavour you liked, and then of course the opportunity to buy some (around 3 euro a box). For lunch we went to Sofia’s place where we could look around her home and sit down for some authentic Cypriot cuisine. Nothing very special but breads, cheese, olives and of course genuine coffee (more like tar). Sofia’s husband (we assume?) poured some shots of ouzo for the group which kept everyone on their toes. After lunch we visited a monastery which if you want to look around the museum or caves you need to pay 2 euro which isn’t included in the price of the trip. The last stop was at the winery. He explained the wine making process however you don’t really see the process. You get to try 4 different wines - most these are under 10 euro to buy and in my opinion well worth it! Overall a trip which proved to be great value for money
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Thank you!
Nicholas H, Apr 2018
Far too many people on the tour a large coach full meant that we had to queue in each of the places visited just to get in, and once inside the usual jostling was inevitable! Also the roads are not suitable for large tour buses. Ideal tour size would be in a minibus and would be well worth the extra expense as the places visited were largely great pottery, Church, basket weaving and Sophie's place. Disappointed with the winery - just a modern factory on the edge of town with not a field or vine to be seen! A proper vineyard would have been better to see the actual growing, picking, processing etc. So saying, a great and interesting itinerary if you don't mind the crowds with frequent stops and well led by the enthusiastic and knowledgeable Mary the only problem is that it was difficult to ask her questions at times as she was busy herding the sheep! Take something to eat with you because the lunch stop isn't till quite late on.
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Thanbk you for your review and comments noted
Ayoyinka_A, Feb 2018
Very interesting tour. Definitely worth going. Tour guides were very knowledgable and patient.
Response from Host, Sep 2021
Thak you for your nice words
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