Pissouri covers a large area stretching from the hills rolling away into dramatic countryside to the north, to the sea in the south, and from the edge of the Western Sovereign Base area in the east to Aphrodite’s Rock in the west.   The village is perched on the hillside overlooking the sea, about 4 kilometres inland from the beautiful, naturally sandy beach at Pissouri Bay.   It is some 3 km from Cape Aspro and is roughly half way between Limassol and Paphos, at about 30 km in each direction.

The Village Square is the hub of Village life with the coffee shop at its heart.  The local tavernas serve up good food and on summer evenings you will find the weekly “Cyprus night” somewhere in Pissouri, a lively and popular treat of traditional dancing, music and food.

It is thought that Pissouri may have derived its name from the ancient city "Boosoura", mentioned by the ancient historian / geographer Strabo and placed at the borders of the area of Pissouri. Another version connects the name of the village to events that occurred during nights that were pitch-dark.  (In the Cypriot dialect "Pissouri" is considered as "very dark"). According to one tradition it is reported that the 300 "Alamanoi" saints that came to Cyprus from Palestine, in order to live an ascetic's life in various parts of the island, arrived in the Pissouri bay on such a pitch-dark night.

Another tradition cites the escape of the Holy Fathers who, while being persecuted during the first post-Christian years, met in this area on a dark night.  Ultimately, it is believed that the interpretation of the name of the village is simpler.  Gum ("pissa" = gum, tar, pitch) was being produced in the area once and thus the village got its name. The pine gum must have been produced in the area during the Byzantine era and during the Frank era.