Lemontree House — Property 2673

Cyprus Pissouri 2-bed villa with free car, fantastic views and pool
The villa, 5 minutes' stroll from the village, is at 800 feet, and overlooks the Mediterranean to the front, vineyards and the Troodos Mountains to the left. It is comprised of two bedrooms on the ground floor, and there is also a large family bathroom. The upstairs consists of a fully fitted kitchen, dining area, with table and six chairs, and sitting area, with two sofas and a large armchair, large coffee table and other rattan and bamboo furniture. There is a TV with Free Sat (BBC, ITV, Sky News etc) and local channels, including BFBS, and a music centre. A telephone is available for local and incoming calls only. Patio doors lead to the very large balcony (12foot x 8 foot) that has an electric blind overhead to provide shade, and a table and six chairs with cushions. A Mitsubishi Lancer car with air-con is included free of charge. This represents a saving of £100 to £240 per week, depending on the time of year. The large communal swimming pool with shady pergola is close by.

Pissouri
Lemontree Villa is 15 minutes’ drive from Paphos Airport, in the prestigious Sunrise Development, consisting of 29 contrasting villas, owned mainly by British expatriate residents. The development is mature, and is situated on the edge of the village, a lazy 5 minutes’ walk from the centre. About 3 kilometers away, down the hill, is Pissouri Bay. This area boasts an excellent beach with sun beds and shades, watersports, a 5-star hotel and leisure complex, shops and about eight restaurants and Tavernas. Paphos and Limassol are both about 25 minutes' drive away, with many places of archaelogical interest nearby, including Curion, with excellent Roman/Greek/Christian remains, including mosaics and an amphitheatre. The Troodos Mountains are about 40 minutes' drive away, with many interesting villages on the way. Skiing is available during winter months. Mountain biking and walking are also very popular. There are several reservoirs with trout, zander, large-mouth bass, carp and others.

The championship course of Aphrodite Hills and the Secret Valley course are both about 15 minutes' drive away. Further afield, about 40 minutes' drive to the north of Paphos, is Tsada golf course. All three have practice putting greens and driving ranges. Aphrodite Hills also boasts a 4-hole academy course, comprising of three par 3s and a par 4. Whilst you must have a buggy on the main course (included in the price), on the academy course you can carry or use a trolley. It is only CY£9 per day, and you can go round as many times as you like!! (good for a low-cost day, on top quality fairways and greens). The British Army base of Episkopi boasts an 18-hole course in 'Happy Valley', about 10 -15 minutes' drive away. This course uses astro-turf greens, and mainly rough fairways, but is considerably cheaper than the other courses, at CY£15 per day. Also, and not least important, the beer is heavily subsidised!! Playing here is great fun! Up in the hills about 20 miles above Limassol, at the end of a long and winding track, you will be surprised to find the Vickla course - a nine-hole (arranged with tees and double greens to play 18) course, with mixed fairways (some grass, some with less grass) and very good greens. This course is very challenging, is cheap to play (CY£14 per day), and the owner and clubhouse is somewhat eccentric!! Food and drink is provided (pays to ring first and arrange; Robin on 99674218 or 25 622894), and in the summer there is a swimming pool for the non-players and for players after a sweaty round! There are a lot of regular members, and games can usually be arranged with them. They're a great bunch of blokes! There are five new courses in the process of being created. There is a bag with a full set of clubs and trolley available for my guests.Clubs and shoes can also be hired at the courses.

Angling
Cyprus needs to conserve its water for domestic use. This has necessitated the creating of 24 reservoirs (dams), some near to the coast, and many at varying levels up to the summit of the Troodos Mountains. These man-made lakes are often set in spectacular countryside, and make a fishing expedition very exciting! The first thing you need to do is to buy a temporary licence for CY£5, that entitles you to fish in any dam for 2 weeks (see later for info). The lower dams contain such fish as large mouth bass, carp, grey mullet, eel, tench, repfen, silver bream, mosquito fish roach, catfish, tilapia, perch and pike-perch (zander). The dams in the mountains also contain trout.You can fish for these species in most ways, including spinning for trout, and two facts stand out: 1. The fish are not shy 2. The fish are very large.

Sunbathing, bathing and relaxing
The villa is very desirable for those couples or families who want a quiet peaceful holiday. It is expected that you will respect the peace of others, be they residents or their guests. There may be children about, mainly because the residents have their own children residing there, and also their grandchildren may be holidaying with them from time to time. But because they (the residents) also value their peace, they keep said sproglets on a reasonably short leash! Please ensure that your children in turn behave reasonably when in the villa area, or the pool area. A large foldable table and six chairs are available on the balcony, together with a smaller round table, the choice being yours. As stated before, the balcony is big! A large wooden table and a further plastic table are placed in the downstairs patio area, for use when having barbeques etcetera. There are ten chairs also. So if you would like to invite the residents round for a barbie, accommodation is sufficient!