From Cyprus Mail - article by Bejay Browne 23 May 2017
PAPHOS has been named the ninth best European destination in Lonely Planet’s top ten places for international travellers to visit this summer.
The travel media company, one of the world’s leading guidebook publishers, made the announcement on Tuesday morning.
Paphos received the accolade in Lonely Planet’s Best in Europe 2017, which highlights, ‘the most exciting European destinations to visit this year’.
“Lonely Planet’s experts have highlighted the spectacular monuments and historic sites that visitors to the city can discover in Paphos, the first capital of Cyprus in Roman times, this year given new life with hundreds of activities and events celebrating regional culture,” said a spokesman for the company.
Paphos currently holds the European capital of culture title, an honour it shares with Aarhus in Denmark.
