Archaeological Site of Nea Paphos

The site is huge, situated right by the harbour. And the best bit? We got in for free, being of a certain age! 🤣🤣

On a boiling hot day this was a general view of the site...

...with the lighthouse as a backdrop.

The mosaic floors were in the House of Dionysus...

...named after the god and depicted in several rooms.

There are walkways all around to protect the mosaics, created around the 2nd/4th Centuries 

Moving on to the Forty Columns Fort.

Originally constructed in the late 7th Century to protect Paphos from Arab invasions...

...there have been many versions.

For us it felt great to be able to wander around and guess what everything used to be...

...some more obvious than others!

From there we walked to the Roman Odeon

The small amphitheatre was built in the 2nd Century...

...with some fine features still to be seen.

The amphitheatre was built for musical and dramatic events, and still used for such in modern times.