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The
villa is less than 20 minutes drive from Paphos airport. Larnaca
airport is almost 2 hours away (longer if you get stuck in Limassol
rush hour motorway traffic) but in the peak season it's often easier to
get cheap flights to Larnaca. The motorway now extends all the way from
Larnaca to Paphos so it's an easy drive. Don't go mad along the
motorway: there are speed traps especially just near the 800m tunnel in
the middle of the journey, even at 2am, unless that is, you like giving
policemen money!
Notes:
Airport transfers from PaphosAirport can be arranged
if required, subject to charge.
From the London area,
most charter flights to Cyprus
depart on Sundays and Wednesdays. Cyprus Airlines
also offer Tuesday flights. BA flies daily to Larnaca
and twice a week to Paphos.
Off season it's possible to book a last minute (24
hours-2 weeks in advance) flight from the UK
to Cyprus
for under £100. A ticket booked well in advance can
cost over £250 in high season (April-October).
Flight Searching
Try these numbers before net hunting also ask about
car hire and insurance.
Cyplon Holidays: 0208 348 8866 Also try their "seat
sale department" on 0208 341 6689, if you want
a cheap flight and don't mind a plane change somewhere.
First Choice (linked to Air 2000) 0870 750 0491
Cyprus Airlines 0208 359 1333
V irgin Holidays 01293 432199
British Airways 0345 664455
Eurocypria (Cyprus Airlines charter flights) 0208
275 0944
Cosmos 0800 0938071
Olympic 0208 343 9090
Britannia 0800 000747
Olympic Holidays 0870 4294161
Thompsons 0870 6071642
Thompsons agent 0870 9099190
Most of the time these sites turn up similar deals but not always. I
once found that a call to Cyprus Airlines turned up seats when the
bucket shops said there were none available.
Online Travel Agents. The first 3 are my favourites by a long way. If
you book at your local high street travel agent you'll almost certainly
pay more.
www.travelsupermarket.com
- links to most companies
www.ebookers.com -
links to most companies
www.xl.com - Added in March 2006 - recommended
- try!
www.flightline.co.uk
Nice search engine. Tel. 0800 0360757 or 01702
470757
www.cheapflights.co.uk
Very simple to use well worth checking.
www.holidaysbyphone.com
Great for finding unusual flights especially
if you want 4, 5,10 or 28 days in Paphos. Tel 0870
44 45 450.
www.sterlingtours.co.uk/
They specialise in Cyprus
. Their car-hire and flight pages have some very reasonable
prices. I've tried them a couple of times and they
were very helpful. Tel 0208 881 4242
www.teletext.co.uk
Good for finding last minute offers, sometimes
they have good combined ticket/car-hire deals. You
can also use the TV to dial up the ITV teletex Holiday
Page, page 200 or the Flights Only page, page 230.
www.lastcallflights.com
0870 44 46 451 Good for tickets just
48hours before departure.
www.airflights.co.uk
0800 083 7007. They also have a useful search
engine
www.flycheapuk.com
Another easy to use search engine.
www.skydeals.co.uk
www.thomascook.co.uk
www.flightbookers.com
www.travelocity.co.uk
Nice search facilities when looking for scheduled
flights, not so good for charter flights to Cyprus
www.expedia.co.uk
www.lastminute.com
They have finally got their finger out and
started to offer Larnaca (but not Paphos) on their
destinations list.
www.flydeals.co.uk - new one for
me in summer 2006 - try it.
www.skyscanner.net It's a
very simple engine. I can't quite work it out. Its here just for
curiosity!
Airline
Sites
www.air2000.com
Air 2000 fly to Paphos.
www.jmc.com
Thomas Cook's own airline web site
www.cyprusair.com.cy
Cyprus Airlines. Forget the site, its rubbish.
Just ring them.
www.britishairways.com
www.budgettravel.com
www.mytravel.com 08702412567
www.firstchoice.co.uk 08708503999
www.flymonarch.com
www.thompsonfly.com
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