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Article: Protaras boasts world's biggest beach towel.
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- Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2008
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Byline: Leo Leonidou
THE WORLD'S largest beach towel was unveiled in Protaras on Sunday, securing a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Covering a total distance of 1,990 square metres, the towel measures 64.2 metres in length and is 31 metres wide.
It took the efforts of 40 people to lay down the 1,055kg beast onto the white sands of Fig Tree Bay, under the watchful eye of a Guinness representative.
The event was organised by Aeolos Travel and bookcyprus.com, in co-operation with Paralimni Municipality.
"Being a tourist destination, we wanted to promote the island and do something connected with sun, sea and sand," ...