Middle East
Cyprus
Limassol district

Petra tou Romiou

Petra tou Romiou, also known as Aphrodite's Rock, is a sea stack in , Cyprus. It is located off the shore along the main road from to .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: sea stack in Pafos, Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Aphrodite’s Rock” and “Rock of the Greek”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aphrodite Hills.

Resort
Resort is a coastal resort in the district of . The resort is named after the goddess Aphrodite and is 1 mile away from Aphrodite's Rock. is situated 2½ km northwest of Petra tou Romiou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pissouri and Kouklia.

Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a in the , , located approximately thirty kilometres west of ’s centre, between Limassol and . is situated 7 km east of Petra tou Romiou.

Village
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is a village in the , about 16 kilometres east from the city of on the Mediterranean island of . The village is built in the area of "Palaepaphos", mythical birthplace of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and beauty, which became the centre for her worship in the ancient world. is situated 7 km northwest of Petra tou Romiou.

Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Gökağaç, is a village in the of . It was established in the first millennium by residents of nearby villages and gradually Turkified and Islamicised during the rule of the Ottomans. is situated 7 km northeast of Petra tou Romiou.

Petra tou Romiou

Latitude
34.66409° or 34° 39′ 51″ north
Longitude
32.62707° or 32° 37′ 38″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8G6JMJ7G+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 46576389
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6697129
Wiki­data ID
Q2061165
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Petra tou Romiou” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Petra-tu-Romiu”
  • Basque: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Catalan: “Petra tu Romiú”
  • Cebuano: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Chinese: “爱神岩”
  • Dutch: “Rots van Aphrodite”
  • Finnish: “Pétra tou Romioú”
  • French: “Pétra tou Romioú”
  • French: “Rocher d’Aphrodite”
  • French: “Rocher du Grec”
  • Georgian: “ბერძნის ქვა”
  • German: “Aphrodite’s Rock - Petra Tou Romiou”
  • German: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Greek: “Πέτρα του Ρωμιού”
  • Hausa: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Hungarian: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Ladin: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Lithuanian: “Afroditės uolos - akmuo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fiels vun der Aphrodite”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pétra tou Romioú”
  • Polish: “Skała Afrodyty”
  • Polish: “Skała Rzymianina, Petra tu Romiu”
  • Russian: “Петра-ту-Ромиу”
  • Serbian: “Afroditina stena”
  • Spanish: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Swedish: “Petra tou Romiou”
  • Swedish: “Pétra tou Romioú”
  • Turkish: “Gavur Taşı”
  • Ukrainian: “Петра-ту-Роміу”
  • Ukrainian: “Скеля Афродіти”
  • Urdu: “افرودیتی کی چٹان”
  • Western Frisian: “Rots fan Afrodite”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aphrodite’s Rock and Πέτρα του Ρωμιού.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Petra tou Romiou”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.