Colour us astonished. Larnaca airport, the Cyprus Mail is pleased to announce, has been ranked in the top 20 airports in the world by British business website BusinessFinancing, whoever they may be. The ranking purports to be based on scores given by business travellers, who ranked Larnaca airport in 13th place globally and in fourth place in Europe. We have been through Larnaca airport many times over the past several years. It’s not horrible, but award winner? It doesn’t have free drinking water, which many greener airports now do. Has made no attempt to provide adequate charging points for phones and tablets, and if one were to arrive as far before the flight as they request - which admittedly no Cypriot would dream of doing - recharging might well be necessary. And you can’t put toilet paper down the flush. This is, unfortunately, standard in Cyprus and Greece and is down to small bore pipes employed, but considering that the present terminal building is only fifteen years old and is outside the city proper they should have been able to do a little better.
Happily, no rain in the afternoon, so we walk down to the Blue Song for a drink and a chat with a few of the foreign residents. An interesting, friendly, and amusing group.