The Pafos Regional Board of Tourism welcomes the latest European Environment Agency assessment confirming that all 123 officially monitored bathing waters in Cyprus were classified as being of “excellent” quality during the 2025 bathing season and Ranked First in Europe.
Cyprus achieved a 100% excellent-quality rating, with no bathing waters classified as good, sufficient or poor. The assessment was based on 1,198 water samples and monitoring data covering the period 2022–2025 under the European Union’s Bathing Water Directive.
The result places Cyprus among Europe’s leading countries for bathing-water quality. Across the European Union, 85% of bathing waters were classified as excellent, while 96% met at least the minimum quality standards.
For the Pafos…