Fyti Village - Cyprus

Fyti, Cyprus The picturesque community of Phyti, also known as Fyti, is located 25 kilometres north-east of Paphos and 20 kilometres south-east of Polis Chrysochous. It is connected via road to the village Anadiou (3 kilometres to the north-east), the village Lasa (2 kilometres to the south-west), and the village Kritou Marottou (1,5 kilometres eastward).

 

It stands on the top of a plateau, at an average altitude of 680 metres. It is to this altitude that it owes its good climate, a dry and cool summer and a non-freezing winter. Phyti is the primary centre of the weaving craft in the district of Pafos and is one of the most important ones in Cyprus. The houses are made of local stone and for this reason Phyti was ranked, along with two other villages in the Pahos district, in the class A tourism villages.

 
Visitors can admire the unique "Fythkiotika" textiles in the Museum of Weaving and Folkloric Art and also see how this -unique in its kind- textile is made today. Next to the Museum stands the bust of the community's benefactor, Constantinos Foitides, who -at his own expense -supplied the community with water. One can also study the architecture of the village's houses, visit the two old, stone-made fountains, and enjoy his/her lunch in the two taverns situated at the community's centre.
 
 
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