Cypress are trees. Cyprus is kind of a shithole though, I'd recommend going somewhere else honestly. Depends what sort of holiday you want.
My parents go to Fuerteventura a lot, apparently that's quite nice.
I assumed it might cause issues with high water pressure, but perhaps not? I guess if it's working well there's not really much cause to replace it. That said; I was a little concerned it might leech tar or pine sap (Or whatever they use to glue them) into the water... Not sure if that even matters however.