Filenews 29 December 2020 - by Dora Christodoulou
The two coastal pedestrian streets of Kato Paphos are recently transformed into... replacements of coffee shops in Paphos. The popularity that the two projects have been enjoying for some years has skyrocketed during this period of quarantine and bans on the operation of leisure centres, essentially acting as "substitutes" for the exodus of most of society to cafes or other leisure centres.
In this context, hundreds of people of all sexes, ages and professional classes flood the pedestrian street of Faros or the pedestrian street to Geroskipou, since the need for an exit from the house and for a little exercise before the internment of the night or as an "antidote" to the inability of social contacts in cafes, pushes many on a daily basis to visit them.
The two pedestrian streets give their users the opportunity to enjoy their walk and walk in an amazing natural environment overlooking the Castle and the small port of Kato Paphos. Speaking to "F", the Deputy Mayor of Paphos, Christos Makarios, stressed that the two-kilometre eastern coastal pedestrian street that starts from the chapel of Agios Nikolaos, on the beach of Geroskipou and ends at the hotel Almyra, has also been transformed into a place of daily assembly, as was already the case with the pedestrian street of Faros whose construction had preceded it.
"The pedestrian street has also now been enriched with services and has been improved in a way that is a "cracker" for recreation, exercise and walking," he stressed. "The pedestrian street, in addition to its local art to be a place of exercise, rest and walking, also now includes lighting and installation of urban equipment".
As Deputy Mayor Paphos said, the project was a budget of 200 thousand euros and is considered to be particularly important since it is located along the tourist coastal area where many people, locals and visitors move daily.
"In recent years, many have been using this area for jogging and walking during the morning and afternoon hours," Mr Makariou said. " The issue of the absence of lighting, in particular, was a deterrent for those who wanted to enjoy the amazing natural landscape of the area and the beach in front of the luxury hotels and evenings.
Now, with the new realities we experience in our daily lives due to a pandemic, these two projects have become an outlet for thousands of our fellow citizens, replacing places of social meetings that are currently forbidden."
