Business / Shopping Hours

Public Service Hours
Winter Period (September 1 - June 30)
Monday - Friday: 07:30 - 14:30
Thursday: 07:30 - 14:30, 15:00 - 18:00
Summer Period (July 1 - August 31)
Monday - Friday: 07:30 - 14:30

SHOPPING HOURS
Winter Period (November 1 - March 31)
Mon, Tue, Thu : up to 19:00 hrs
Wednesday : up to 14:00 hrs
Friday : up to 20:00 hrs
Saturday : up to 15:00 hrs
Summer Period (April 1 - October 31)
Mon, Tue, Thu : up to 20:30 hrs
Wednesday : up to 14:00 hrs
Friday : up to 21:30 hrs
Saturday : up to 17:00 hrs
Summer afternoon recess Mon, Tue, Thu and Friday (June 15-August 31) from 14:00-17:00 hrs

OFFICES HOURS
September 15 - May 31
Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 18:00
June 1 - September 14
Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 13:00, 16:00 - 19:00

Banking hours for the public:
Monday - Friday: 08:15 - 13:00
Monday: 15:15 - 16:45.
(May, June, July, August: Monday - Friday: 08:15 - 13:00)

Centrally located Banks provide "afternoon tourist services".

Banks at the Larnaka and Pafos International Airports provide services in the daytime, as well as a night service for most flights.

Banking facilities are also available at the Lemesos (Limassol) Harbour.

A number of Automatic Exchange Machines operate on a 24hrs basis in central places of all towns and the main tourist resorts Agia Napa and Paralimni. Most currencies and denominations are acceptable.

Hotels, large shops, restaurants, e.t.c. usually accept traveller’s cheques and major credit cards. Rates of exchange are published daily in the local press, and are also broadcast at the 10:00 o’clock News Bulletins by the CBC (except Sundays) on Second Radio Channel on 91.1FM.

Bank holidays are the same as Public Holidays plus Easter Tuesday. Christmas Eve is a working day for banks.

Shopping
Locally produced items, which are popular to visitors, include leather goods, woven goods, (curtains and tablecloths), ceramics, copperware, silverware (especially filigree), baskets and the famous traditional hand-made Lefkaritika lace. These can be purchased from the many souvenir shops found throughout the island and the Cyprus Handicraft Centres.

Cyprus wines and spirits, which have been famous for centuries, are also high on visitors’ shopping lists and can be purchased from supermarkets or grocery shops.
Shoes, shirts, imported textiles and spectacles are good value for money.
In most of the tourist areas, both souvenir shops and supermarkets remain open until late in the evenings, and all day on Sunday.

In towns, shops close at 19.00hrs during the Winter period (November-March) and at 20:30 hrs during the Summer period (April-October). As from 15th of June till 31st of August shops in towns close between 14:00 and 17:00 hrs for the summer afternoon break.

On Sundays, shops in towns are closed. On Wednesday and Saturday shops close at 14:00 hrs.
Just before Christmas and Easter, shops usually remain open until late in the evening.
Supermarkets close one hour later on Friday evening.

CHEMISTS PHARMACIES / DRUG STORES
They stay open during shopping hours. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of chemists which stay open until late at night, on Public Holidays and on Sundays are listed in the daily papers. They can also be traced through the following automatic telephones: Lefkosia: 90 90 14 12, Lemesos: 90 90 14 15, Larnaka 90 90 14 14, Pafos: 90 90 14 16 , Ammochostos: 90 90 14 13.

This information has been provided the Cyprus Tourist Organisation.