Overview
Climate and Weather
Getting There
Speaking the Language
Visas, Residency, Immigration & Documentation
Currency and Cost of Living
Foreign Currency - how to secure a favourable exchange rate
Banking
Taxation
Insurance
Business Culture
Healthcare and Medical Treatment
Social Security
Employment
Renting Property in Cyprus
Buying Property in Cyprus
Education and Schools
Utilities (Electricity, Gas, Water)
Communications (Telephone, Post, Internet, TV)
Driving and Public Transport
Food and Drink
Leisure, Entertainment and Sports
Retiring and Pensions
Taking Your Pets
Expat groups in Cyprus

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Expat Experiences of Life in Cyprus (submit yours here)

Roseanne Sherman

I am a 51-year old single woman from the United States . I have travelled extensively and have a bit of an adventurous nature. I spent 3 months in Cyprus looking at properties. I worked with several estate agents. One day I was checking into the costs associated with buying a car and the salesman asked me about my home. I told him I was looking and he told me his daughter-in-law worked for ERA...

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All state schools are free but they will be Greek speaking schools, if you wish to send your child to an international English speaking school you will have to pay for this, there are no free ones!! There is an excellent international school in Paphos which takes children from nursery age right through to college so if you decided to try Paphos schooling would not be a problem. ...

Water shortages - You can expect these regularly, though it depends on where you are staying or living. If you are in a heavily populated area, then water cut off is an almost daily feature, ie Limassol, Paphos, Nicosia etc and many of the larger villages. Up in the mountains it is more hit and miss. In the Troodos area for example there has been little effect. ...

We sailed from Southampton to Limissol with Grimaldi Lines. Excellent voyage. It took just over two weeks. We had the chance to see Salerno, Volus in Greece, Izmer in Turkey, Alexandria, Ashdod in Israel. In most cases we were able to take a day trip to see some of the country. Worse part was actually importing the cars in to Cyprus. We were kept waiting at Limissol Port for 5 hours, in the heat with no offer of water etc., and finished up paying not only for the import of the cars but overtime for staff....

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