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just after the village of Kefalovrysi and continue on to Smigies picnic ground if you have
arranged a pick-up beforehand.
Water is usually available at Queen's Tower and, on the Adonis Trail, at Kefalovrysi,
but don't count on it in high summer. In any case, these trails are best attempted in spring
or autumn; if you must do it in Cyprus' extremely hot summer, stride out at sunrise.
The CTO produces a step-by-step and plant-by-plant description of these two trails in a
booklet entitled
European Long Distance Path E4 and other Cyprus Nature Trails,
avail-
able from the main CTO offices. Two other trails to consider (also outlined in the booklet)
commence from Smigies picnic ground: the circular 2.5km or 5km
Smigies Trail
and the
circular 3km, 1½-hour
Pissouromouttis Trail
. Both afford splendid views of Chrysohou
Bay to the northeast and the Akamas coastline to the west.
Polis
Pop 1890
Polis is mainly visited by Cypriots on their August holidays, although the number of
coach tours from the coast has been increasing. It remains an appealing small town,
however, with a beach, a good camp site, and some decent hotels and restaurants, as well
as an overall welcome lack of overdevelopment - aside from a holiday village that was
built several years ago near the centre of town. Notwithstanding, Polis makes an ideal
base for hiking or mountain biking in the Akamas and touring the Akamas Heights wine-
making villages.
Polis lies on wide Chrysohou Bay, on the northwestern sweep of Cyprus from Cape
Arnaoutis at the tip of the Akamas Peninsula to Pomos Point at the start of the Tyllirian
wilderness.
