Cyprus is the new jewel in the crown for golfers. It has only recently begun to make its way in the golf holiday market, but it is fast becoming a favourite with many travellers. This is due to an improvement in facilities and, of course, it's superb all year round climate.

Cyprus offers golfers challenging world class championship courses, top quality hotels, safety and warm hospitality.

The island now boasts three championship courses following the opening last year of Aphrodite Hills, without doubt the jewel in the Cyprus golfing crown.

All three courses are situated in the south west of the island, close to the popular resort of Paphos.

Paphos is a fascinating resort with a pretty harbour, a wealth of nearby historic sites and good selection of reasonably priced bars and tavernas. Visitors from Britain feel at home here, as most of the population speak English, and driving is on the left hand side of the road.

From golden sandy beaches and rich flora to archaeological treasures and Byzantine monasteries, this is an island for golf for all seasons. Cyprus combines spectacular scenery with a fascinating history and basks in year round Eastern Mediterranean sunshine.

A customer review of a golfing holiday in Cyprus

" In Cyprus, we played Aphrodite Hill and Secret Valley each three times. Both courses are excellent, tight in parts and in very good condition.

Secret Valley is more of a parkland course winding its way through the valley with plenty of trees in evidence. Greens are fast but manageable and honest. Drive straight and you can score well.

Aphrodite Hills is a totally different experience. The scenery is magnificent and some of the holes are awesome. Whilst allowing more space for the driver on most holes, careful placement is required to allow a straightforward second shot. Huge bunkers and impenetrable bushes add to the natural hazards. The greens are electric with indistinguishable borrows and if you can average 2 putts per hole you are doing very well. The Marshalls at Aphrodite Hills work on a clock system which seems to be utterly unrealistic (we are not slow) and are forever badgering and putting on pressure to speed up even when not busy. This makes the experience less than relaxing. This course requires you to take a buggy as there are long distances between green and tee (1Km in one case) but the buggies have to stay on the buggy path and this slows the process down as you pull out a selection of clubs and walk to the other side of the course for most of the shots." ..... Alan Church