Nicosia·Monday, September 21, 2026
Cyprus Lifestyle
The Island, At Its Best
Photo: UnsplashThe city's seafront is becoming an address, and the numbers are following the view.
Ten years ago the Limassol seafront was a working coastline. Today it is a row of glass towers with berths at their feet, and apartments that change hands before the concrete has cured. The marina has done what no masterplan could: it has given the city a centre of gravity.
What the buyers are paying for is not square metres but a way of living, morning swims, an evening walk to dinner, a boat within sight of the bedroom. The premium is real, and for now it shows no sign of softening.
Where the value is, how prices move by district, and what a first-time buyer should know before falling for a sea view.
Shiny and turnkey, or characterful and ready today — the honest trade-offs between buying new and buying existing.
Behind a plain stone facade, a careful argument for keeping the old walls.
The week on the island, chosen and written by our editors — property, culture and the good life, in one considered email.
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