Polis Chrysochous is the small town on the northern coast of the Paphos region, 36 km from Paphos city, where the road ends at Chrysochous Bay and the Akamas peninsula begins. The shore is a 20-minute walk from the town centre, the fishing harbour at Latchi is 7 minutes by car, and the town keeps an unhurried, local character with a pedestrianised centre.
Two beachfront villa communities are on sale in the area — seven villas in total, €805,200 to €3,200,000, three and four bedrooms, two of them finished and ready to move into (developer price lists, May and August 2026). Buyer commission is 0% — you pay the developer's list price.
Polis Chrysochous sits where the west coast of Cyprus turns north, 36 km from Paphos over the Stroumbi hill road — about 45 minutes by car. It is the opposite of a resort strip: a compact town with a pedestrianised centre of stone buildings and tavernas, a campsite in the eucalyptus grove above the beach, and the fishing harbour of Latchi seven minutes west, known across the island for its fish restaurants. Polis is the administrative centre for 23 communities of the Chrysochous valley and had 3,690 residents at the 2011 census — it stays open in winter, which is not true of every coastal place in Cyprus.
The town stands in the middle of Chrysochous Bay. Westwards the coast road runs through Latchi (3.9 km) to the Baths of Aphrodite (9.8 km), where the tarmac ends and the Akamas peninsula begins; eastwards it continues through Argaka and Pomos towards the Tillyria coast. Paphos city centre is 36 km away, Paphos International Airport 51 km (about 55 minutes) and Limassol 99 km. Bus 645 links Polis with Paphos; bus 622 runs along the coast to Latchi and the Baths of Aphrodite.
Buyers who want protected coastline rather than a promenade. The Akamas end of the bay is a Natura 2000 site of 18,082 hectares, roughly 43% of it marine (Council of Europe file on the Akamas peninsula, 2021). It will not be built up.
Buyers of villas rather than apartments. Everything on sale in the area is a detached house on its own plot — 508 m² and upwards, in one community over 900 m².
People who use the house seasonally or work remotely. Daily needs are covered inside the town — supermarket, state hospital, schools, banks — and the distance to Paphos matters far less if you are not driving there every morning.
Anyone tied to Paphos day to day. Forty-five minutes each way, on a road with no motorway section, is a real commute.
Buyers on a mid-range Paphos budget. This is not the cheap corner of the region: current stock starts at €805,200.
Buyers who need international schools or a private clinic nearby. Polis has a state hospital and state schools; private hospitals and international schools are all in Paphos.
Chrysochous Bay is a long arc of sand and pebble: the town beach about 1.5 km from the centre, the wider strands at Latchi, and the emptier shores towards Argaka and Pomos in the east. Westwards, past the Baths of Aphrodite, the paved road stops and the Akamas begins — gorges, sea caves, the Blue Lagoon and the turtle-nesting beaches at Lara on the far side. Green and loggerhead turtles, Mediterranean monk seals, over 200 bird species and plants that grow nowhere else are on the peninsula's record (BirdLife Cyprus). Tracks inside the peninsula need a suitable vehicle; most visitors reach the Blue Lagoon by boat from Latchi.
Two beachfront communities, seven villas available between them.
Beachside Villas — 28 villas beside an open stretch of sand on the Polis–Akamas coast. Three three-bedroom houses remain at €805,200–825,000 excluding VAT (developer price list, May 2026), 168–187 m² covered on plots of 508–557 m². Off-plan, 20 months from signing. A private pool is available per villa rather than fitted as standard — confirm it unit by unit.
Akamas Bay Villas — a gated community on the shore at Latchi. Four villas at €1,390,000–3,200,000 excluding VAT (developer price list, August 2026), 276–407 m² covered on plots up to 935 m², private pools included. Two are finished and ready to move into; the other two hand over in October 2027 and November 2028.
Part of the local supply — resale houses and village plots — is not published on the site. Write to us if nothing on this page fits.
The reduced 5% VAT rate applies to a first home of up to 130 m² and €350,000 (Cyprus Tax Department). Everything currently on sale in Polis is above that line, so compare prices on the standard rate — background in our guide to VAT on property in Cyprus. For permanent residence the threshold is €300,000 on new property bought from a developer, with criteria set by the Civil Registry and Migration Department; all seven villas clear it — see buying property in Cyprus as a foreigner.
For the same coastal position with the city ten minutes away, look at Kissonerga or Chloraka. For sea views from a hillside plot on a shorter drive, Peyia. For walkable city life and tourist letting, Kato Paphos. Polis makes sense when the quiet and the protected coast are the point rather than the compromise.
Ask which price list a figure comes from and whether it is quoted with or without VAT. On off-plan units, check the building permit, the payment schedule tied to construction stages, and whether the pool, appliances and solar system are included or priced as options — the two communities here differ on exactly that. On finished villas, ask for the energy rating and the management charges. The contract of sale is registered at the Department of Lands and Surveys within 60 days of signing; ownership checks and registration are handled by an independent lawyer of your choice. Step by step: how to buy property in Cyprus.
Distances measured from the town centre (Google Maps, August 2026). Prices from developer price lists of May and August 2026, excluding VAT. Transactions are conducted through our partner Tsokkas Estate Agency, operating in Cyprus since 1988. This is not legal or investment advice.
Measured from the town centre by road (Google Maps, August 2026). The beachfront communities are on the coast itself — check the figure for the specific property. Routes into the Akamas partly run on unpaved tracks.
Two beachfront villa communities by the protected Akamas coastline — off-plan and ready to move into. Buyer commission 0%.
Available villas on the northern coast, €805,200–3,200,000. Part of the local supply is not published — write to us if nothing here fits.
Polis lies 36 km north of Paphos, at the far end of the region. Districts closer to the city are below for comparison.
What buyers ask about the northern coast most often.
36 km to Paphos city centre — about 45 minutes by car over the hill villages; Paphos International Airport is 51 km, roughly 55 minutes. There is no motorway on this side of the region, which is exactly why the coast has stayed quiet. Bus 645 runs between Polis and Paphos.
Seven villas in two beachfront communities: three three-bedroom houses at €805,200–825,000 in Beachside Villas (off-plan, 20 months from signing) and four villas at €1,390,000–3,200,000 in Akamas Bay Villas at Latchi, two of which are finished. All prices exclude VAT, from developer price lists of May and August 2026.
The western end of Chrysochous Bay adjoins the Akamas Natura 2000 site, 18,082 hectares of which about 43% is marine (Council of Europe file, 2021). Development inside the protected area is not permitted, which is what keeps the views and the beaches as they are. The existing communities stand outside it, on land zoned for building.
Long sand-and-pebble stretches along the bay: the town beach about 1.5 km from the centre with a campsite in the eucalyptus grove, wider sand at Latchi, and emptier shores east towards Argaka and Pomos. Parts of the coast within the protected area are turtle-nesting beaches and will stay undeveloped.
It suits people who want quiet and have a car. The town has a supermarket, a state hospital, schools, banks and tavernas that stay open in winter — it is the administrative centre for 23 communities, not a seasonal resort. For international schools, private clinics and the general hospital you drive to Paphos, 40–45 minutes away.
Letting on this coast is seasonal: demand concentrates from late spring to October, around beach holidays, walking in the Akamas and boat trips from Latchi. Winter letting is thin. Rather than quoting a general yield, we can ask the developer or the management company for the actual letting record of the specific community you are considering.
The threshold is €300,000 for new property bought from a developer, and all seven villas are above it. The criteria are set by the Civil Registry and Migration Department and change periodically — the current picture is in buying property in Cyprus as a foreigner.
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