Aphrodite Hills

Aphrodite Hills is a coastal resort in Cyprus located in the Paphos district. It is named after the goddess Aphrodite and the resort is only one mile away from Aphrodite's Rock.

The resort is built on two elevated plateaus divided by a natural ravine. The resort has many features of a Mediterranean town; Greco-Roman architecture is prominent, locally quarried stone is used in buildings and the town square has a market, restaurants, souvenir shops, a chapel, fragrant gardens, splashing fountains and an art gallery. The resort also has a spa, golf course, and leisure facilities. Most of the landscaping vegetation and development in the resort has been planned in advance, and as a result, the resort is spacious and lacks the typical sprawl and density of most villages in Cyprus.

In 2020, Aphrodite Hills hosted the Cyprus Open and the Cyprus Showdown, two back-to-back one-off European Tour golf tournaments added to fill the 2020 season schedule as many regular tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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