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 5 Top Cyprus

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5 Top Cyprus

When, years back, I told friends of my plans to emigrate to Cyprus, they would sometimes say, “but Cyprus is such a small island!” “How often do you go to Yorkshire or Cornwall or …

Chapel of Agios Demetrianos

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Chapel of Agios Demetrianos

Chapel of Saint Demetrianos About 5 km North of Akrotiri village, you will find the chapel of St. Demetrianos. It was built during the 12th century, from ancient Greek temple remai…

Platres Village

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Platres Village

Platres is a picturesque village on the southern slopes of Troodos mountains and also the largest Troodos resort. Platres is divided in two parts, Pano Platres and Kato Platres but…

Kalidonia waterfall

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Kalidonia waterfall

The trail is acclivity linear length of three kilometers. It starts north of "Psilodentro" and leads to the homonymous waterfall within a half hour. If you want you can start from …

Medieval stone bridge Milia

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Medieval stone bridge Milia

Located between Platres and Pera Pedi villages in Limassol. The bridge during the Middle Ages connected the way for the two villages and bridges the river "Cold" as today. It is a …

Chapel of St. Dhometios

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Chapel of St. Dhometios

The chapel of St. Dhometios is built on a rocky hill with small caves on the south side of the City and was the first church of St. Dhometios. The church is from the Franco-Byzanti…

The waterway of Ayia Phyla in winter

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The waterway of Ayia Phyla in winter

Like every winter the river of St. Phyla in Limassol passed again from our homes. Rainwater accumulates in the streets of the village and from the surrounding areas and leads to th…

Snowy Mountains of Troodos

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Snowy Mountains of Troodos

Troodos is the tallest mountain of Cyprus with altitude of 1951 meters. At the top of Troodos is Olympus where there is also the region Chionistra, you will find there the most sno…

Beautiful sandstone caves

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Beautiful sandstone caves

The village of Mammari formerly known for sandstone - "poyropetra". The village operated quarries known as "ellinospilioi" or "caves". Many of the houses of the Nicosia District, c…

Dam Trimiklinis - Saittas

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Dam Trimiklinis - Saittas

The dam of Trimiklini - Saittas is in the Limassol district and is easy to find, is to the right of the main road Limassol -Troodos. The lake with continuous occupancy of 340,000 c…

Route from Omodos - Platres

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Route from Omodos - Platres

Starting the route from Limassol passing by the villages Omodos resulting to Platres, end of January after the halcyon days suddenly we encountered snow. The higher we go the snow …

Beer Tasting Seminar Larnaka

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Beer Tasting Seminar Larnaka

It was last summer that I realised just how much variety was to found in the world of beer. I’d been to Belgium to see my friends Willy and Marie-Claire Winnen. We’d popped across …

Blossomed almond tree

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Blossomed almond tree

We have the pleasure, we us Cypriots and those living in Cyprus to see after the halcyon days almond trees to bloom in the winter and month of February although it depends on the v…