Villa Sophia

Villa Sophia is very popular with families with babies and toddlers as the owners have young children themselves. Three bedrooms upstairs; the master bedroom is en-suite and the other 2 twin bedrooms share a family bathroom. The single beds can be pushed together to be made up as double beds if required.Show more...

There is space for cots in any of the bedrooms. The master bedroom has a small Juliet balcony and one of the twin rooms has a balcony overlooking the pool with a small table and chairs. The corner bedroom is decorated as a children's bedroom and has no balcony. All balcony doors and windows upstairs have child safe locks on which allow them only to be opened a few cm unless an adult opens them.

Downstairs is open plan with kitchen, dining area and a comfy lounge. There are two sets of patio doors that open out to the pool area or you can get to the garden through the side or rear doors as well.

Outside

A larger than usual private garden with bordering plants which backs onto a melon field, so plenty of space for outside dining, sunbathing and for the kids to wear themselves out before bedtime!Show more...

There is a large Cypriot style stone built BBQ with sink and preparation area which makes cooking outside very easy. A bolted gate ensures you control access to the garden and the poolside shower is very useful for post-beach showering and for topping up the baby paddling pool with cold or warm water! If you need it, we provide fencing across one section of the garden to create a fenced play area with play house and toys in front of the pool so one of the patio doors has access to it. This means you can leave that door open so toddlers can play inside or outside in the fenced area away from the pool. The pool is 8 x 4 meters. There's outside dining for 6 people with a large sun umbrella, sun loungers, plus pool and garden lighting if you like sitting outside late in the evening.

Although plenty of street parking is available, there is a driveway if you would like to park the car in the villa grounds.

The villa is located in Kapparis, a beach resort on the East coast of Cyprus just north of Protaras and Pernera. It is an up-and-coming town which has all the amenities of a bigger resort without the downsides. It’s only 3 minutes walk in one direction to the safe sandy beaches and the same distance in the other to all the restaurants and shops in Kapparis.

Beaches
There are 3 local beaches to choose from, Malama bay being the nearest (3 min walk) and the furthest Fireman’s bay (about 8 minutes’ walk). You can drive and park at the beaches too if you've got too much to carry.Show more...

All the beaches are sandy and very sheltered (so perfect for paddling) and along the edges of the coves there are rocky pools & caves to explore! The snorkelling is amazing. The two main beaches (Malama and Fireman’s) are very well maintained and have sunbeds & umbrellas for hire (€2.50 a day) and Malama Bay has a nice tavern where you can enjoy a cold beer and watch the sun go down. Our favourite (we call Bear cove!) is between the two and is nearly always deserted. It does have quite steep steps down to it, but for us definitely worth it.

Restaurants and Shops
Kapparis is a very family friendly town with around 10 great places to eat including Italian, Cypriot & Greek European. There is a very nice modern Italian place (called Just Italian) and 3 local Cypriot restaurants that we really like.Show more...

Our favourite is Faliros where the food is fantastic, cocktails are 3 Euros and they have great entertainment on Thursdays! There are about 6 bars, ranging from Mello which is very relaxed with comfy soft sofas inside & out to relax on, to the sports bars that focus more on the latest sports and have pool tables etc. There are plenty of other shops and a fabulous bakery called Marangos which has every type of dessert you could imagine; cakes, breads, sweets and they do takeaway food like lasagne and roast chicken if you don't fancy cooking.

There are 3 supermarkets in Kapparis that cover all the basics; food, fresh fruit and veg, frozen foods, children's essentials (nappies, baby food etc), fun things for pool and beach, and a well stocked off-licence that sells beer and wine called Bottom's Up! Just up the road is a fabulous butchers and further shops with more choice for fresh fruit and veg.

There are two nearby airports:

Larnaca Airport is a 60 km (36 mile) 45 min drive
Paphos Airport is a 170km (100 mile) 2 hr drive.

Travel from airport to villa

Car hire – plenty to choose from. Some will meet you in the arrivals hall, a few have desks there and some are located just outside the airport. We can recommend a good hire car company that meets you as you come out of the arrivals hall.

Transfers – again plenty to choose from. We have worked with a fantastic transfer company for many years that beat the others on both price and service. They cost €50 each way for 4 people plus luggage and provide child seats for no extra cost. Just let us know your children’s ages and they select the appropriate seat. Its €70 for up to 6 and €80 for up to 8 people. They know all our villas well and make sure you are settled into the villa before they leave you.

Taxi – there is normally a queue of taxis waiting outside the arrivals hall, so a nice and easy although expensive option.

UK flights to Larnaca - there are lots of different options but these are some of the popular routes from UK airports:

London Heathrow	Flight time 4 hours 30 mins
London Gatwick	Flight time 4 hours 45 mins
London Luton	Flight time 4 hours 30 mins
London Stansted	Flight time 4 hours 30 mins
Belfast	Flight time 5 hours 10 mins
Birmingham	Flight time 4 hours 45 mins
Bristol	Flight time 4 hours 40 mins
Cardiff	Flight time 4 hours 45 mins
Doncaster Sheffield	Flight time 4 hours 40 mins
Edinburgh	Flight time 5 hours 5 mins
Exeter	Flight time 4 hours 40 mins
Glasgow	Flight time 4 hours 50 mins
Leeds	Flight time 4 hours 50 mins
Liverpool	Flight time 4 hours 50 mins
Manchester	Flight time 4 hours 50 mins
Newcastle	Flight time 4 hours 40 mins
Nottingham (East Midlands)	Flight time 4 hours 45 mins