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This winery has won several prestigious international awards for its wines. A wine bar
opened here in 2014 serving platters of cheese and cold cuts to share while enjoying
sweeping vineyard views. There is also complimentary wine tasting from 8am to 3pm
daily. The winery and wine bar is signposted just after the turn-off to Kathikas on the Pol-
is road.
Pano Akourdalia, Kato Akourdalia & Miliou
Pop 35, 30 & 60
From Kathikas you can detour onto the B7 (the direct road between Pafos and Polis) via
these three picturesque villages, where you have the option of staying overnight or just
stopping for a relaxing lunch.
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Eating & Drinking
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Pagratios
CYPRIOT
(
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7000 3757; Milou Square, Milou; meze €17;
h
noon-midnight Tue-Sun)
This quintessential Cypriot tavern has its roots in the 1930s when it was the village coffee
shop. There are just a handful of tables and reservations are essential on weekends. Popu-
lar with Cypriots, as well as visitors, most diners opt for the superb meze.
Amarakos Inn
CYPRIOT
(
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2231 3374; Kato Akourdalia; mains €10;
h
11am-10pm;
Wc
)
This restaurant is part of the
Amarakos Inn
guesthouse. Enjoy palate-pleasing fare such as
village sausages with grilled mushrooms and
afelia
(pork cooked in red wine).
Avgas Gorge
Also known as the Avakas Gorge, this narrow split in the Akamas Heights escarpment is a
popular hiking excursion. The gorge is reached by vehicle from its western end via Agios
Georgios Beach. You can drive or ride more or less up to the gorge entrance, though low-
slung conventional vehicles will have to take care. The hike up the gorge, which becomes
a defile with cliffs towering overhead, is easy and enjoyable. There is usually water in the
gorge until at least May, hence the lush streamside vegetation (keep an eye out for tree
frogs). The walk will take no longer than 30 to 40 minutes one way, although some groups
do press on upwards - with some difficulty - emerging on the escarpment ridge and then
