Protaras and Pernara are a couple of lovely locations, with some very good beaches at both. The major problem is the local population make no secret of the fact they don\'t like tourists, especially the British, hardly suprising when you learn some local recent history. Another problem is the island is entirely dependant on tourism. I have mostly found the Greeks to be very friendly and polite, though the locals here are very quick to point out they are not Greek. I broke my camera while on holiday so went into Protaras intent on spending a fair bit of money on a replacement. I found a shop which sold cameras and went in expecting to buy one, however the lady ...
in the shop was so rude, she either didn\'t not want or couldn\'t be bothered to talk to me, so I left empty handed, her loss not mine!
There are some great bars in Protaras, and we saw some good shows and performances and had some great fun. A typical situation was this, a hundred or so people in a bar playing loud music, the people mainly appearing to be in their 30,s 40\'s and 50\'s not youngsters, the bar staff and waiters and waitresses were all fairly young and the music being played was to the staff taste and not the customers, club music, so most people were having a swift drink and moving on, if they played some 60\'s 70\'s and 80\'s music, more suited to the audience, these places could do a lot better. Where singers were performing live and asking the audience for requests and coming up with a wide variety of genre\'s, these places were packed. The area was clean and tidy and despite my seemingly negative comments, and I most likely wouldn\'t return in favour of a Greek Island we did have a brilliant holiday!
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