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The Purple Villa at Polis
The "Purple Villa" is situated in a blue and green area called "THE LAKE" situated in the northern district of the town of Polis Chrysohous.
It is built on a large field whose land proportions extend up to seven decameters or six hundred and ninety three square metres. On the southern side, a borderline between the field and the river can be discerned. All-green thickets of reeds grow on the banks of the river.
The entrance to the magnificent "Purple Villa" is located next to the main admittance point of "the Camping Site" functioning under the auspices of the Cyprus Tourist Organization, in the well known "Eucalyptus forest".
Its name derives from the exceptionally high eucalyptus trees that cover the entire site. Eucalyptus trees are also found all around the mansion. Countless birds find refuge in those trees during hot summers, as well as rainy days. In winter the site resembles a dreamy landscape.
On one hand the endless variety of flowers of many different colours, and on the other, the singing of birds. That one can only compare them to an unprecedented musical concert that only God could ever compose and perform.
There is end-to- end fencing around the field in which the mansion is situated consisting of rhododendron and various other sorts of bushes. When one enters the site through the high, main entrance, one sees the two storey country house across the wide stone corridor. To the right of the façade of the building there is a porch adorned by pots in which
vucamvilia plants of various colours grow, and further on there is a garden full of pomme granite trees, including all sorts of tropical and Mediterranean fruit trees.
A carpet of fresh verdant grass surrounds the "Purple Villa".
At the back of the building there is a large area paved with terracotta flagstones leading to the swimming pool and on the other side it leads to a porch with a roof.
The mansion is located a short distance from the sea-it will only take you three minutes time to reach it. The Municipal Authority of the town of Polis has created a real surprise for pedestrians over there a passage paved with stone-Crete flagstones takes you through romantic thickets of reeds to the small harbour of Latsi where yachts are moored and fishing boats come up with fresh fish to satisfy people of selective taste.
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