Cyprus - Aphrodite's Island Of Love

Cyprus is often referred to as the Island of Love.  It's the place the myths around Aphrodite were born.

The story goes Aphrodite emerged from the waves at Petra tou Romiou.  Local legend has it that if you swim around the rock at midnight during the full moon Aphrodite will make you ten years younger. Great idea, give it a try!

The Baths of Aphrodite near Polis is another one of the tourist attractions in Cyprus that always seems to get a mention.

The story goes that Aphrodite, Goddess of love, beauty, and sexual rapture soaped herself down to make herself look beautiful here.

Reputedly this is where the Goddess took a bath before her marriage to the Greek God Hephaestus.  He forged weapons for the Gods, and Zeus thought it would be a good idea to give Aphrodite to him to prevent the other Gods fighting over who should marry her.

Good idea, the only problem being that she was she was a bit of a handful.  Amongst the many notches on her bedpost was another of the Greek Gods, Adonis. The story that unfolds is a predictable tragedy of lust and men fighting over a woman’s affections.

The myths go on and on.  But think on this.  What better place to get married than Aphrodite's Island of Love?