Sound familiar?
- Every weekend: the same beaches, the same cafés.
- The groups keep recommending the same ten places.
- You drive past ruins and have no idea what they were.
Peplos tells you what you are looking at, and turns an ordinary walk or drive into a search.
A Saturday with Peplos
Here is what it looks like.
1Tap “Set off”
The island is under fog. Tap “Set off” and walk or drive: wherever you have been, the fog clears. The phone can stay in your pocket.
2Open a circle
An expert hints at what to look for. Stuck? “I give up” shows the exact spot, and “By car to the circle” plans a drive with places on the way.
3Listen to the story
Get close and the place opens, and a voice tells its story. Want it again? Tap “Listen to the story”. The full text is just below.
4Collect coins
The find counts and your score grows. Finds and whole collections earn achievements: coins, 3D figurines and new heroes. Where you went, the fog is gone.
At home, try the demo: “Profile” → “Demo walk”, and your hero walks around Paphos on their own. What’s where on the screen: a guide
Your own route in one tap
Choose where you are going, say Troodos. Peplos shows places no more than 15 minutes off the road. Mark where you want to stop and you see right away how many kilometres and how much time the trip takes. One tap, and Google Maps guides you through your stops.
1Choose where you are going: see the distance and time
2Tick your stops: see how much the detour adds
3Tap, and Google Maps takes you through them
On foot it works the same way: Peplos builds a tour of 2–10 places nearby, as a loop or one way, with the climb and a difficulty colour. Share a trip or a tour with a link.
All places on the way from Paphos to Troodos →
Screenshots from the Peplos app. Place photos: Wikimedia Commons, authors credited in the place cards.
Who it is for
Families with kids
A treasure hunt: the kids lead the way to the circle, and everyone listens to the story together.
People new to Cyprus
Get to know the island you live on: ruins, villages, viewpoints and legends.
People who drive a lot
Heading to Troodos or Limassol? There are places on the way you have driven past for years.
Walkers
Nature trails of Troodos and Akamas with length, climb and a difficulty colour.
What is inside
- 151places in Cyprus with stories
- 6nature trails in Troodos and Akamas
- 12road trips between towns with stops on the way
And 12 more places hide under the fog in Cyprus: they are not on this site, you find them only in the app, on the spot.
Stories with sources, read aloud in English, Russian, German and Polish. Experts — historians, architects, art historians — are adding their own. A bonus: the French Riviera, 52 places and 12 trails.
Questions
What is TestFlight? Is it safe?
TestFlight is Apple’s app for early versions. Apple reviews an early version before it lets people install it. You delete Peplos like any other app.
How much does it cost?
It is free. There are no ads in the app.
Does the app track where I go?
Your path is recorded only between “Set off” and “End the journey”. Without an account, everything you found and everywhere you walked stays on your phone. Details in the privacy policy.
Do I need to sign up?
No. An account keeps your finds and fog when you change phones.
Can I try it without leaving home?
Yes: “Profile” → “Demo walk”, and your hero walks around Paphos on their own. You can also read the places in collections ahead of time.
What about Android?
We are preparing a closed test on Google Play. Leave your email at the bottom of the page and we will invite you.
Ready to start looking?
On Android?
Peplos for Android is coming to a closed test on Google Play soon. Leave the email of your Google account (Gmail) and we will invite you among the first. We only write about Peplos.