Summary
Cyprus has an impressive track record when it comes to beauty it was here that the goddess of love emerged from the sea. But can the Aphrodite Hills spa work its wonders on jaded city dwellers? Lydia Slater prays for a miracle
Cyprus is, according to myth, the place where Aphrodite was born, emerging from the briny foam a fully formed vision of female perfection. I was hoping that the island's waters could perform a similar miracle on me. I was certainly staying in the right place to attempt a goddess-like makeover. The Aphrodite Hills complex overlooks the beach where the deity took her first steps, and legend has it that if you strip naked and swim 20 times round the great rock that abuts it, as the sun sinks into the sea, you will look 20 years younger. Thankfully, there was a less strenuous way to take off the years, as it was a mere five-minute walk from my grand bedroom to the luxury, classically inspired hotel spa.See the full content of this document
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How to Be a Goddess
Floating about in my fluffy white dressing gown, hair piled up into a huge towel crown, I couldn't help thinking that Aphrodite would have felt thoroughly at home.
The spa has been designed in the classical style, with an inner courtyard open to the sky, a garden full of fruit trees where you can wander between treatments,...See the full content of this document
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