Set in a very up market area with magnificent sea views this well designed four bedroom tiled roof villa offers a spacious living area, made up of a large fitted kitchen which has a breakfast area. The lounge has access to the covered patio. Also on this floor is a useful guest bedroom with fitted wardrobes and its own patio. There is a cloakroom under the stairs, the staircase leads to the upper floor where you can find three double bedrooms all with fitted wardrobes. The master bedroom has an en-suite shower room and veranda. There is a walled gated garden with a private swimming pool and sun terrace to enjoy the Cyprus sun.
The Tombs of the Kings is a large necropolis lying a little over a mile (two kilometres) north-west of Paphos harbour in Cyprus.The underground tombs, many of which date back to the 4th century BC, are carved out of the solid rock, and are thought to have been the burial sites of Paphitic aristocrats and high officials up to 3 CE (the name comes from the magnificence of the tombs; no kings were in fact buried here). Some of the tombs feature Doric columns and frescoed walls. Archaeological excavations are still being carried out at the site. The tombs are cut into the native rock, and at times imitated the houses of the living. Although the tombs have been known and casually explored for centuries, they were first subjected to systematic excavation in the later 1970s and the 1980s under the direction of Dr Sophocles Hadjisavvas, now Director of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus. Dr Hadjisavvas has turned over to research students of the University of Sydney the preparations of the finds for publication. Part of the importance of the tombs lies in the Paphian habit of including Rhodian amphorae among the offerings in a burial. Through the manufacturing stamps placed on the handles of these amphorae, it is possible to give them a date and, through them, the other material from the same burial.
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