Paphos Digest
July/Июль www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com
Published By Mandziak Estate Agency Ltd. Trading as Fitzgerald Marketing Solomos Crt, 74 Ap. Pavlou Ave Kato Paphos Cyprus 8046 Tel: +357 26 930345 Fax: + 357 26 930929 e: contact@fitzgeraldcyprus.com web: www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com Cover:
Featured Property
www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/properties/1550
Why Fitzgerald's? We aim to bring you the BEST VALUE properties in Paphos and now they are even better value... * A Safe Investment * No VAT charge to pay * Fully equipped * You can move in NOW Most of our properties either have the Title Deed issued, available or are in the final stages of Land Registry approval. Fitzgerald Marketing only list properties that are safe to buy and have a full record of any encumbrances on each property.
Perfectly positioned in the historic Lemba Village this charming home offers an ideal environment for the consumate entertainer. Landscaped to offer varied garden themes and distinctive entertainment zones, full of interest and colour. Reference: 1550 (See page 6)
We continue to actively promote our range of top quality Cyprus properties on Rightmove Property Portal, UK余 Prian, Russia and Juwai, China.We feature properties in popular Russian lifestyle magazine, Moi Ostrov widely read in Russia, Ukraine, Bielarus, and Russian speakers accross Europe and Asia. In this time of economic and market uncertainties we strive to give you a range of top quality properties at realistic market prices coupled with all the legal quarantees and the Title Deeds
FITZGERALD'S NEW IMAGE continued As our Newsletter/Digest stated last month, Fitzgerald’s has ambitious plans for upgrading the office facilities this year and, whilst the premises are now freshly painted, our new furniture and special displays are just waiting in the wings to make their appearance. Equally, just as we say how important it is when selling your house to present it in the way that will attract buyers, we believe implicitly that the atmosphere in our offices is paramount, not only to attract new clients and make existing ones comfortable, but also to ensure all our staff feel empowered by their work environment. With Cyprus experiencing long hot summers in the last few years, Fitzgerald's will be using ecofriendly measures to cool their highprofile office on Apostolos Pavlos Avenue. Experienced technicians are about to apply hitech 3M sunfilm to our windows to block out 76% of the heat from the powerful sun. Our customers and staff are sure to be as cool as cucumbers in hot days ahead! As many clients know, as well as Daryl and Anna who head up the Fitzgerald group, there are two excellent Russianspeaking assistants. The company is rewarding their dedication and hard work with the opportunity to use a new company car – a Honda Jazz which joins the small liveried fleet of Honda HRV and Civic. The new Fitzgerald Property Catalogue is out now and proving to be very successful; you can find it on our website www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com. The company is proud of their track record which, alongside the Fitzgerald credo of quality property at realistic prices with Title Deeds, has resulted in an overwhelming response, even in this time of continued worries offshore about the financial situation. With title deeds secure, there seem to be very few people who do not share the Fitzgerald optimism about investing in Cyprus property. The ‘doom and gloom’ media hacks are still talking down the market and we all hope that present troubles will steer the country on the right path without the loopholes that some developers are so adept in exploiting, exposing buyers to risk. The Central Bank of Cyprus announced that all foreign currency restrictions will cease on 1st September 2013 but even with restrictions in place, Mandziak Fitzgerald, with the help of an expert panel of lawyers, have concluded property transactions and money transfers without any hassle at all. Our best wishes to everyone for the summer season and we look forward to seeing you soon!
PISC regatta – a resounding success The Paphos International Sailing Club (PISC) held an immensely popular summer regatta for local dinghy sailors for the second year running at Agios Georgios – some miles north of Paphos between Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd June 2013. Ftizgerald’s was proud to be one of the three major sponsors, all of whom were commended by PISC Commodore Chas Kimber: ‘At a time when the Cyprus financial situation might be seen to be “flukey” – a sailing term for variable, uncertain winds – it is heartening to have local businesses giving us their support.’ Daryl Fitzgerald revealed in the same interview with The Cyprus Weekly national newspaper: ‘We are new to sports sponsorship, but we expect that this will be a successful venture. Fitzgerald’s license is held by a company bearing my wife, Anna’s, name A. Mandziak Estate Agency Ltd (number 637) – so we have committed to sponsoring the Ladies Race, which is appropriate.’ As with any outdoor watersport, even on the Mediterranean sea, weather plays a great part. Saturday racing was delayed and one race cancelled due to … FOG! Yes, the small offshore island which had been chosen as one of the markers for the first race was entirely blanked out by a thick bank of seafog, which cleared slowly over the morning. Day 2 dawned rather finer for the Fitzgerald’s Ladies Race which saw Sharon Kimber and Claire Lambert battling it out in small singlehanded boats with negligible wind for the title. As well as the beautifully crafted glass and pebble trophies provided by PISC, winner Sharon and Claire in second place, were delighted to receive a surprise cheque from Daryl. He commented after the presentation ceremony: 'It was marvellous to so many happy faces at the PISC regatta presentation at St George's! Congratulations to the
winners, all competitors, the Commodore, all his helpers on a great day for the club.' For information: the Paphos International Sailing Cub (PISC) was founded over 13 years ago. It has its own clubhouse in Geroskipou – sadly not actually on the water and a membership of over 150 sailing enthusiasts from oceangoing craft located in various exotic ports around the world through to the everpopular Kestrel and Wayfarer dinghies. There is even one beautifullyrestored formerOlympic class Flying Dutchman in the dinghy fleet. As well as members with their own boats, the club owns some small sailing dinghies and holds weekly onthe water events for members and sailing students at Agios Georgios on the west coast.
For more information visit www.PISC.org.cy
Featured Property
Lempa Garden Villa
Perfectly positioned in the historic Lemba Village (wedged between Chloraka and Kissonerga) this charming home offers an ideal environment for the consummate entertainer. You have the luxury of having 970sqm elevated plot landscaped to offer varied garden themes and distinctive entertainment zones, full of interest and colour. The stand alone villa features its own private charming surroundings of a double plot. Central to Mediterranean lifestyle is the joy of outdoor living and where better to host a grand summer party set against the background of a sparkling swimming pool, impressive flowering shrubs and evergreen trees… it’s a setting to remember. A brilliant fusion of classic architectural concepts, chic designer interiors and a flexible family layout spanning 200sqm has created twolevels of contemporary living space, that makes the most of its elevated location. You’ll love the free flowing elegant living room with décor accentuating the many gracious features and points of interest. Discretely separate formal dining room adjoins the state of the art fully equipped kitchen with rows of
Featured Property storage cabinets, loads of workspace including a kitchen island with equipment and accessories to satisfy even the most demanding of chefs. The first floor is no less exciting… three great bedrooms, modern bathrooms, high pitched ceilings, balconies, panoramic scenery to the gardens and the coast…everything takes perfect advantage of the idyllic southerly, ease west orientation. A fourth bedroom is currently used as a study/office. It’s a gem. Don’t miss it.
Price: €345,000
http://www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/properties/1550
Featured Property
Peyia Primier Home
It’s a bungalow, but not as we know it! From its ‘uber’ cool black granite worktops with black and silver mosaic splash back, to its rooftop hot tub with mountain backdrop, this 3 bedroom bungalow oozes ‘villa’ style. On a quiet street and hidden by hedging this superb home surprises and delights. From walking through the front entrance with black slate tiles and storage cupboards either side, into the living room with walnut laminate wood floor, you’ll be amazed by the stylish touches in this lovely property. The living room has a gas fire set into a feature fireplace and looks great whether lit or not. Another feature to make you go ‘wow’ is the backlit suspended ceiling with its huge stainless steel fan and light. Leave just the back lighting to the ceiling for those intimate nights by the fire or, when having friends round, light up the room and keep it cool with the light and fan. Flowing from the living room towards the kitchen is the dining room with its feature wall and suspended ceiling illuminated by stylish spotlights. Here friends can sit, talk and sip
Featured Property a glass of wine whilst you prepare dinner in your bright gourmet kitchen. The kitchen has black slate floor tiles, beautiful cherry wood units with soft close doors and drawers and granite worktops with trendy black sink and flexible spout mixer tap to please even the most fastidious hostess. The dining and the living room open to an expansive raised patio overlooking the pool. The pool area is a real sun trap but don’t worry, there’s the shady gazebo to escape the midday sun. The thatched gazebo is an ideal alfresco dining spot and here you have the luxury of stone builtin BBQ, clay oven and enough custom designed bench space making outdoor entertaining easy and fun. Enjoy cooling
drinks and savour the delicious home made souvla or other delicacies cooked in the Cypriot clay oven whilst listening to the water feature running into the pool. Three good sized bedrooms with cream tiled floors, builtin wardrobes and tasteful decoration are bright and sunny. The master bedroom opens to a private patio and features private ensuite shower. Very generous family bathroom completes your home interior. Don’t worry about the garden either, with an abundance of shrubs and grey stone chippings it’s low maintenance, which means you won’t be spending precious ‘chill’ time gardening. When you tire of the pool, why not nip up the outside staircase to the rooftop hot tub and enjoy the view through the trees to the sea or marvel at the night sky over the mountains behind your new home. To complete this property, there’s a single garage and driveway with covered parking for a further 3 cars, shed discretely tucked away to hide all those necessary items that you don’t want on show and a utility room. If you’re looking for a stylish and easily maintained home, this could be the one for you.
Price: €255,000
www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/properties/1547
Fitzgerald's Select Properties Chloraka Estate Villa
Coral Bay Prestige Villa
€795,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 4 Set on a huge 3,934sqm plot within 800m of the sea. 3 levels of contemporary grandeur. Full of light interior, stunning staircase, natural stone walls, marble detailing
€825,000 Beds: 5 Baths: 4 3 levels of custom designed living space with 5 bedrooms. Gated community of fine homes within easy stroll to Coral Bay and the beach Ref: 1546
Ref: 1541 http://www.fitzgeraldprestige.com/properties/1541chlorakas/
Pissouri Elegance €550,000 Beds: 3 Baths: 4 Located imposingly in select pocket of superior real estate close to village centre, 10 mins to golf courses. Stunning design interior spread over 3 levels of living space Ref:1195
http://www.fitzgeraldprestige.com/properties/11952/
Peyia Garden Bungalow €249,000 Beds 3 Baths 2 Inspiring surroundings, brilliant country setting, views to hills. Huge garden, fully landscaped. Open plan living area with separate kitchen and conservatory...
http://www.fitzgeraldprestige.com/properties/11422/
Coral Bay Sea View Villa €425,000 Beds 3 Baths 2 Situated in a quiet private culdesac within a few minutes walk of the famous Coral Bay Beach. Private pool, mature garden. Large openplan living area, separate kitchen Ref: 1252 http://www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/properties/1252
Arcadia Sea Side €320,000 Beds 2 Baths 2 Mediterranean Style and Elegance of Design at its Best. Panoramic roof terrace. Spacious open plan living area perfect for entertainment Ref: 1501
Ref 1551 http://www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/properties/1551
http://www.fitzgeraldcyprus/properties/1501
Royal Ascot Paphos Style
Out & About A Flavour of Paphos in Pictures
Ascot Race Day, Paphos style at Elea Golf Club was the big happening for June. The club was again transformed for a day at the races and ladies dressed to thrill, most with superb hats, in true Ascot Style.
Out & About A Flavour of Paphos in
St Georges FC
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Great to see so many people at the St. George’s Football Club Go Gecko Fun Day. It was amazing to see the pitch transformed into something akin to an English Country Fair.
Out & About A Flavour of Paphos in
Tala Amphitheatre
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Tala Amphitheatre is the host to a great series of musical events this summer, the most recent event being a Rod Stewart Tribute concert. The amphitheatre was packed for a night of great entertainment and it wasn’t long before people were up dancing to the music.
Photo's by Eamon Brooks
Elena off to Kazan After a busy year at Fitzgerald’s Elena and children Konstantina and Georgios left for a well earned holiday in native Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The republic is located in the center of the East European Plain, approximately 800 kilometers (500 mi) east of Moscow and lies between the Volga River and the Kama River (a tributary of the Volga), and extends east to the Ural mountains. In the 2010 Census the population of Tatarstan was 3,786,488. Total land area is 68,000km2. Tatarstan is one of the most economically developed regions of the Russian Federation. The region's main source of wealth is oil. County’s prosperity permeates the social and commercial activities against the background of vibrant cultural diversity. Kazan is cradled between two major rivers with the city resembling more a modern Garden of Eden rather than modern built metropolis. Elena and children are busy visiting relatives and friends, introducing children to the new city and catching up with the latest on the social calendar. Mandatory social outing are national opera, classical and modern ballet, drama and comedy and children’s theatre to name a few.
27th World University Summer Games in Kazan (July 2013) The 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan will be the first Universiade, and more importantly, the first highprofile multisport event in the history of modern Russia (post Gladsnost) . The Universiade is an International multisport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sport Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words "University" and "Olympiad”. The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games.
History of university sports officially started in 1905 when the first international university games were held in the USA. In 1919 Jean Petitjean initiated the Confederation of Students, under the aegis of which the first World Student Games took place in Paris in May 1923. The following year saw the birth of the International Confederation of Students (ICS). Until 1939 eight more sporting events were organised by the students and the ICS. All the sporting events were mostly held in Europe.
Kazan Kazan is third largest capital city of Russia, it’s one of the largest economic, scientific and cultural centres in the country. The city celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in 2005. About 1,2 mln people – representatives of over 100 nationalities – live in Kazan in the atmosphere of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity. The Kazan ‘Kremlin’, a unique complex of archeological, historical and architectural monuments enrolled into the UNESCO World Heritage list, is the main tourist attraction of Kazan. It is open for visits and tours on a daily basis. Tourists visiting the territory of the architectural conservation area will see such places of interest as the ‘falling’ Syuyumbike Tower, Savior Tower, Annunciation
Cathedral and KulSharif, one of the largest mosques in the world. There are all the reasons to call the thousandyearold Kazan a ‘young’ city, as it’s the largest student city of Russia. There are nearly 200,000 students from 67 countries studying in Kazan. Russia’s top higher education institutions are all concentrated here, among them Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University and Kazan
"The Office" Being a family business we have one office centrally situated in Paphos close to and in walking distance of both the Paphos Harbour and the Tomb of the kings Road. From the harbour walk up towards the Begonia Garden centre at the traffic lights and we are on the left just before the “Wishing Tree”. Coming from the Tomb of the kings turn right at the traffic lights (or cut through by the Roman Hotel) and we are a short way down on the right just after the “Wishing Tree”. Office hours are 9am to 5.30pm 6 days a week with no break for lunch. So if you are working and only have your lunch break to come and see us, you are welcome!
What's On with Jezabel Ratpack, blues, comedy, quizzes, Merseybeat…..here’s a small selection of what’s on entertainmentwise this month there’s far more to be found at www.groovejetmedia.com LISTINGS page which is still updated almost daily, despite my being currently in Corfu checking out the music scene and performing as one quarter of Abba. Keep Pafos busy for me, and I’ll be back in August. Rock FM switches to a more music, less chat tone in Summer (good timing methinks) so stay tuned and relax with 98.5 (Pafos) 106.7 (Polis) or on the web as I shall be www.rockfmcyprus.com . Monday 1st Quiz at Turtle Beach Bar Argaka €5 inc. dinner and 1st drink 999364384 Tuesday 2nd Steve Richards at Frog & Toad, Coral Bay 26343876 Wednesday 3rd Quiz night at Get In Café, Mandria Square 7.30pm €2 entry includes kleftiko (veges call for alternative) prizes to win 99831136 Thursday 4th Steve Cox’s ‘It’s only easy if you know the answer’ quiz at Ithaki, Coral Bay Strip 7pm 97678223 Friday 5th Evening with Cannon and Ball at Elea Golf Club €65 99387311 Saturday 6th July UK comedy duo Cannon and Ball Kamares Club 99387311 Sunday 7th Buble, Rock n Roll & Blues Brothers shows alternating Annabelle / Almyra Hotels, Pafos harbour road Monday 8th Stevie Dean 7.30pm at Tommy Tucker’s, opposite old Velvet Hall, Xlorakas (near
the ‘dip’ at edge of Pafos town) 97606777 Tuesday 9th Quiz night with music at Cliff Bar, Tala 7.30pm €2 entry prizes to win 99831136 Wednesday 10th The People’s Quiz at Ollie’s Bar, Trimithousa 7.30pm Thursday 11th July Open Mic Night 7.30pm at DT’s, TOK Road Kato Pafos off coast side 99798366 Friday 12th July The Vox Beatles 8pm at Pafos harbour €12.50 in advance 99171060 or €15 on door Saturday 13th July The Vox Beatles 8pm at Pissouri Amphitheatre €10 96818066 Sunday 14th July The Vox Beatles 8pm at Tala Amphitheatre €10 26653132 Monday 15thJuly Open Mic night 7.30 11pm at G & T’s Bar, Polis Road, Tsada 99798366 Tuesday 16th Jam Night 7.30pm at Tommy Tucker’s, opposite old Velvet Hall, Xlorakas (near the ‘dip’ at edge of Pafos town) 97606777 Wednesday 17th Vox Beatles at Palio Monastiro doors 6pm €15 inc. BBQ 96818066 Thursday 18th Quiz night at Tommy Tuckers Xlorakas (opposite old Velvet Hall) 7.30pm entry €2 97606777 Friday 19th July Martin Rhodes 8 11pm at Sea Jays, TOK Rd Xlorakas off coast side Saturday 20th July Take 2 at the Kamares Club, Tala €26 inc. Caribbean Buffet Salad Bar and BBQ & carafe of wine between two doors 6.30pm derekincyprus@gmail.com
Sunday 21st Martin Rhodes as Frank Sinatra 811pm at The Stonehouse, Peyia Hill Monday 22nd Juke Box Rockers at Haris, Peiga Hill Tuesday 23rd TOTT song & dance show 9pm at Athena Beach Hotel Wednesday 24th Quiz at Get In Café, Mandria Square 7.30pm €2 entry includes kleftiko 99831136 Thursday 25th July Rock & Blues Festival at Pafos harbour with Freeriders, Minus One and The Motives 96768186 Friday 26th July Rock & Blues Festival at Pafos harbour with Symbiosis, The Zilla Project and Rachelle Plas Band 96768186 Saturday 27th July ‘Volare’ Dean Martin tribute 8pm at Tala Amphitheatre €7.50 96818066 Rock & Blues Festival at Pafos harbour with The Real Thing, Rachelle Plas Blues Band and The Motives 96768186 Sunday 28th July Black Cabb rock band 7pm at Orfeas Bar, Xlorakas Monday 29th July Open Mic night 7.30 11pm at G & T’s Bar, Polis Road, Tsada 99798366 Tuesday 30th Martin Rhodes as Frank Sinatra 7 10pm at Asimina Suites Hotel, Athena Restaurant by Pool, Hotel Row towards Geroskipou Wednesday 31st Stammy 8.30pm at Gabriel’s Café, Kouklia