Paphos beaches, stretch by stretch

Paphos beaches are strung along the whole town coast, from Geroskipou to the lighthouse, nearly always with the hotel strip right behind them, which is handy if you’re staying on the front. Here they are from south to north, with how to reach each one, plus where I’d go for a full day on the sand. The rest of the town is covered in Paphos.

Geroskipou, to the south

Coming in from the airport, the first stretch is the Geroskipou coast. Ierokipia council describes a strip of almost 4 km with hotels, restaurants and entertainment, and its directory lists three beaches, the municipal beach, the CTO beach, named after the former Cyprus Tourism Organisation, and Pachyammos. Offshore are the Moulia rocky islets, which the council counts among its natural sights.

Without a car, take the 606, which stops at Geroskipou municipal beach, or the 611, which ends at Geroskipou beach by the water park. At Pachyammos, the council asked in 2019 for the excavation of a large Hellenistic sanctuary found by the sea to continue.

Poseidonos Avenue

Into Kato Paphos, Poseidonos Avenue runs along the sea past the town’s big hotels. OpenStreetMap marks Pachyammos, Vrysoudia and Alykes beaches here, from south to north, the last of them just by the harbour. They’re the easiest choice if you’re staying on this avenue, and the council also uses the Poseidonos beach as an events space. I go through the hotels on this stretch in Paphos hotels.

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The lighthouse and north of the harbour

Past the harbour, the coast changes. By the archaeological park and the lighthouse, OpenStreetMap places Lighthouse beach, and a little further north, about 750 m from the Tombs of the Kings, Faros beach. The council’s coastal path runs this way to Chlorakas, through a Natura 2000 protected landscape. For me it’s the best combination in town, a swim and a walk in the same morning.

Where’s the best beach near Paphos?

If you’re after a full beach day, I’d leave town. Coral Bay, in Pegeia, is about 11 km north, and route 615 runs there from the Tombs of the Kings station roughly every quarter of an hour, and at night in summer too. Further out, the Akamas peninsula has coves without hotels, though you’ll need a car for most of them. And to the east, the Pafos tourism board invites you to swim at Aphrodite’s Rock, where myth has the goddess born, with route 631 from the harbour.

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What I can’t confirm

I won’t tell you which beaches hold a Blue Flag in 2026, because the official list can’t be consulted from a permitted source, nor lifeguard hours. Nor will I say whether a beach is sand or shingle without having read it somewhere reliable, so check photos of each before you pick a hotel. For everything that’s free on the island, beaches first, see free things to do in Cyprus. The comparison with the other coasts is in Cyprus beaches.

Where the bus does not go, a car does: compare car hire in Paphos before you arrive rather than at the desk.

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