Disabled access roman ruins
0.5
0.5
Date of visit: May 2025
I have experience of challenges around: moving around
Overall Rating
Bad
Despite claiming to be disabled access the entire site most definitely is not. The only type of disability device capable of moving around these sites as a strong large wheeled electric buggy. Forget anything smaller, or hand driven conventional wheelchairs, pushed or self driven. From the Paphos harbour entrance access is great. Once inside the site you are faced with a steep line of steps with a disabled ramp to the right, a stony rough track and very steep in its final 50% onto a rocky plateau where all smooth surfaces cease. There is no clear way to access the pedestrian pavement at the top of those stairs as you'll have to lift your device over a short wall. The Visitors Centre is a must visit but again, no real disabled access. I use a folding Luggie and that pavement is very rough, access into the Visitors Centre very bad, despite a guide inside who never came out of his desk area to set up the provided ramps, just watching us struggle, so we gave up and headed back down to the entrance as impossible to traverse further. This is NOT a disabled friendly location. Back to the entrance we saw a extended golf buggy with a proper disabled ramp, with a girl sat inside on her mobile. Obviously provided for disabled, however, the back wheel was nearly flat, and when asked she wasn't bothered about assisting anyone, so we left the site, well pi$$ed off, for a look around the harbour area, which is excellently paved throughout. The Cyprus authorities should be ashamed of themselves, claiming disabled access, as we study Roman history and specifically wanted to enjoy these amazing ruins. With minimal investment and a bit of effort this could be easily made into a properly disabled friendly experience. Only good news is, as we're both over 65 there's no entrance fee of oldies...
Disabled Access In and Around
Bad
Parking & Transport
Excellent
Accessible Toilets
Excellent
Staff
Poor
Additional Information
Used a Luggie folding scooter taken globally over past ten years, so visit a lot of claimed disabled friendly sites. Paphos roman ruins is without doubt NOT one of them.....
