Beach
Pissouri Bay
A long, calm crescent bay tucked beneath farmland and white cliffs, ringed by tavernas — sheltered, shallow and made for a slow swim at sundown.
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South Cyprus · Limassol Coast
Governor’s Beach
Beach · Limassol · Larnaca line
Brilliant white chalk cliffs drop to a string of small dark-sand coves and clear water — the contrast of pale rock and deep sea is unmistakably Cypriot.
Plan your visit
Visiting Governor’s Beach
Governor's Beach is a string of small dark-sand coves set beneath striking white limestone cliffs, on the coast between Limassol and Larnaca. The contrast of white rock and dark sand is its signature.
Getting there
Signed off the A1 motorway between Limassol and Larnaca; about 20 minutes from Limassol.
Parking
Free parking near the tavernas above the coves.
Best time to go
Summer for swimming, when the white cliffs are dazzling under midday sun.
More around Limassol Coast
Beach
Lady’s Mile Beach
A flat, mile-long ribbon of hard sand on the Akrotiri peninsula with shallow warm water and a string of laid-back beach bars — the locals’ long-walk-and-swim beach.
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Nature
Akrotiri Salt Lake
The island’s largest inland lake, where flamingos gather in their thousands each winter. A flat birding trail and hide skirt the water beneath the Fasouri eucalyptus avenue.
Nov–Mar · flamingosDirections