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Top beaches off the beaten track
August 8, 2018
Everyone has one. But nobody’s telling. If I had a euro for every time, in the course of my research, someone said “I’ll tell you, but it’s off the record”… well, I’d have at least nine euros! However, a few sharing souls were willing to step up to the plate and pitch their coastal choices. So here we go. Local knowledge, native expertise…
A quick note before we begin. This isn’t one of those ‘5 beaches to visit this summer’ or ‘7 spots by the sea’ which feature so heavily in local media, aimed at conning unsuspecting tourists into visiting the site. Whence they will discover endless adverts followed by the same old suggestions: Fig Tree, Nissi, Coral Bay, Lara, Konnos… Beaches we all know, dammit, because we’ve lived here longer than a nanosecond! No, this is about the places the locals love (and were kind enough to share). Starting with two adjacent spots in the Paphos region…