Paphos Ethnographic Museum, Paphos

It’s like Solomon’s Cave was located in Paphos, Cyprus. This place is FULL of treasures. It’s a period house jammed packed with archaeological relics, historical pieces, rare items and a million stories to tell. The keeper is a wonderful woman who has devoted herself to keeping this museum open to the public. It’s beautiful. Spent over an hour mulling over the items on display and learning more and more about Cypriot history via this quirky version of an Ethnographic Museum - one that is much better than any publicly funded one we’ve ever seen! There’s even a Roman tomb in the yard!! Support this local site that’s doing wonders to perverse the areas history.

One of the stand-out experiences of our time in Paphos! My husband and I visited here at the start of June. We had wandered by and spotted the sign and thought we'd pop in and see what was inside. We payed 5 each for entry (didn't purchase the brochure) and first explored the downstairs. There were rooms staged in the traditional style, a wine press, farming equipment, a tomb and much more! Upstairs we looked around the property and spoke to the woman running it who explained that the place was full of items that her father had accumulated in his many years as an archaeologist. She was very warm and welcomign and happily chatted to us about everything that was there. My husband is an archaeologist and he loved the visit: we both left feeling that it was money well spent.