KISSONERGA

Paphos & Suburbs

Looking down to the Mediterranean Sea and set amongst tropical banana plantations on the picturesque coastline, away from the coast road, Kissonerga village has a main street where there are restaurants, several mini-markets, a bank, two coffee shops (one of which also operates as a sub post office), a bookshop, florist, chemist, a couple of hairdressers, and more. There is also an internet cafe, which, curiously enough, doesn’t have an internet connection or any computers.

At the far end of the main street, opposite the school, which caters for children from nursery age up to 11 years old, there is a communal area which is mainly used as a playground. 

  Across the road from the playground is the Church of the Transfiguration and not far from this church are the ruins of a tiny chapel dedicated to Saints Zinovia and Filonilli. These two saints accompanied St Paul to Paphos to help spread Christianity. They died and were buried in Kissonerga.

The village consisted of clusters of round houses (some of which have been reconstructed on the site) built of stone and mud and with no defensive walls around it. Its inhabitants lived on hunting, fishing, herding and the gathering and growing of various plants. They made tools in stone, bone and deer antler and knew pottery, stone and wood carving, weaving, and basketry. They also used a few small copper objects.

To the north of Kissonerga a new football stadium has recently been built in amongst the numerous plantations of bananas. Before the advent of EU directives, Kissonerga was awash with these thriving plantations, but now, sadly, many of them have fallen into decay as the bananas produced did not fit the exacting criteria that allowed them to be exported within the EU. However, you can still see many blocks of these plantations with their characteristic blue bags rustling in the breeze.

Among the many and varied establishments to be found in Kissonerga, you may come across a horse-riding centre and the boat yard which sells, repairs and services boats of all shapes and sizes.

 Paphos Town and the popular harbour area can be reached within 15 minutes car or bus journey, whilst Coral Bay is just 5 minutes drive.

Two sandy beaches within a couple of minutes stroll are found in either direction.

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