Quiet Christmas in Cyprus (very quiet) (Christmas Travel Stories)

Member Name: ianphotocd

Product:	Christmas Travel Stories
Date:	28/11/00 (96 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice weather

Disadvantages: Nothing to do

A couple of years ago my wife and I wanted to get away for a short break over Christmas. No particular reason apart from thinking Christmas abroad would make a lovely change.

We booked a trip to Cyprus and stayed just outside Aiya Napa. We arrived here about three days before Christmas, got to our apartments and found a game of bingo going on in the lobby. One old lady won this particular game and stood up all excited then said to her friends " 3 pounds great. Where am I going to spend it?" My wife and I didnt think anything of this remark and went to bed.

Next morning when we got up we went exploring the local shops. We found the shops but didnt find any that were open! The further we walked the more closed shops we found. There were plenty of restaurants in the area but they were all closed too. We came back to our apartments and asked some other people where the shops were etc to be told to our horror that everything closed at the end of October and does not open again until March! Now we realised what the lady had meant when she won at bingo.

At least there was a bar and a shop in our apartment block. Guess what? These closed on Christmas day and Boxing day as well! We could not believe that our Christmas break in Cyprus was a complete break from humanity in that there was nothing to do. At least the weather was fine even though it got dark shortly after 3pm.

Cyprus did seem to be a beautiful place but if you are going for Christmas dont expect to have a wild time.

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