Agios Georgios Paphou

Agios Georgios Paphou is a small village of the homonymous province in Cyprus and it is situated 32 kilometers east of Paphos, 62 kilometers northwest of Limassol and 112 kilometers southwest of Nicosia.

Built at an altitude of 185 meters, Agios Georgios Pafou, with its approximately 100 inhabitants, borders with Mamonia, Traxupedou and Prastio of Traxupedou, and is one of the ampelochoria (wine-producing villages).

The small community, which is also known as Agios Georgios Kelokedaron, is located in a very fertile part of the Diarizou valley with vineyards and citrus trees. The valley is part of Natura 2000 as a protected area and includes areas of outstanding natural beauty with enormous historical and cultural significance. Every year several geologists, entomologists, zoologists and botanists visit it in order to observe the unique rocks, plants and animals (endemic and non) species that live in the area.

The central church of Agios Georgios Paphou is that of the homonymous saint (Saint George), who gave his name to the area and it is a modern building with a beautiful bell tower. One of the most important religious monuments in the wider region, namely 11.5 km north of the community, is Panagia of Sindi (Virgin mary of Sindi), one of the most authentic examples of monastic architecture in Cyprus, which belongs to the UNESCO Protection List. The Panagia of Sindi today is an open museum as well as an archaeological site with great historical and archaeological value.

Near the village and more specifically 5.5 km away, you will find the famous Hasaboulion Rocks or “Kourtelorotsos”, an impressive natural landscape with massive stones of recrystallized limestone of coral origin, which dominate the landscape, standing almost in the middle of the road. A living legend that survives to this day and was a source of fear to the inhabitants and the passers-by during the British occupation, Hasaboulia was a family of Turkish Cypriots who came from the Episkopi of Limassol and during the British occupation they moved to neighboring Mamonia. The Rocks of Hasamboulion, is the point where the three brothers hid and attacked the passers-by. Today it is a popular location for climbing enthusiasts and it is found on the road shortly after Kouklia and on the old road that connects Mamonia with Agios Georgios Paphou, Trachipedoula and Kidasi.