SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE...
Nigel Thompson basks in the golden glory of sun-drenched Cyprus
Three hundred days of sunshine a year sounds like a pretty good reason in itself to go to Cyprus.
But add superb beaches, fascinating cultural sights, fabulous food and a warm welcome and the Mediterranean’s third-largest island is ticking all the boxes for a perfect holiday.
It attracted more than
1.3 million UK visitors in 2019 - a third of the total tourists and with international travel poised to restart, it’s sure to be in high demand this summer and beyond whenever it gets the green light.
Here’s our pick of the cream of Cyprus...
THE WEATHER
As we’ve said, the island is blessed with those 300-plus sunny days and even in winter it can be a mild climate alternative to jetting way for a long-haul break.
But it comes into its own from late spring to early autumn with pretty much wall-to-wall warm sunshine and dazzling blue skies.
The peak holiday season months of July and August are of course the hottest at up to a