Agios Georgios Museum

Lonely Planet review

Of possible interest to buffs of recent Cypriot history is this rather bizarre and nationalistic Agios Georgios Museum located on the spot where the caïque Agios Georgios (now the museum's prime exhibit), captained by EOKA rebel Georgios Grivas, landed in November 1954 with a large supply of arms and munitions to start the uprising against British colonial rule.

Grivas and his band of rebels were finally arrested while attempting another landing two months later. The museum walls document the rebels' capture and subsequent trial, and make for some fascinating reading.

The site, known as 'Grivas Landing', is 4km north of Kato Pafos and is easily identified by the large Agios Georgios church, built to commemorate the event. The museum is on the coastal road going northwest, past the village of Lemba, near St George Hotel.