Larnaca, having been unappreciated by a lot of governors, has been greatly developed lately, with its 67 villages thriving from Tourism and industrial benefits.
On exiting Alaminos, going towards the sea, we find Koulas. It is a well conserved medieval observatory. It is a stone built observatory that dominates the area and supervises the sea.
It is unknown how entrance to it was achieved, since the only entry is found quite high from ... More
On the shores of Alaminos, far away from the glance of people, there is a secret paradise. An organised, modern beach for swimming.
This area, until a few years ago was an unaccessible, rugged beach. With the creation of the fishing shelter, in 2 years after that, the small paradise was c... More
Alaminos is built 28 kilometres away from the city of Larnaca, and it is one of the villages that whose environment was respected and none of the village houses were placed in the valley formed by the river in millions of years, instead the village was placed on higher areas.
Greeks of Cy... More
It was in 1974 when the settlers of Lysi, Ammochostos, got the road of refuge, leaving their village, their land, their churches behind. Amongst them, is the church of Agios Efimianos.
It has been years after that, and the people from Lysi did not go back to their village. This is how the... More
Under the shadow of the big church of Skarinou, the one of Panagia Odigitria, in the centre of the village, a very small and old chapel is built, dedicated to Agios Georgios. The date of its grounding goes very far back in time and reaches even before 1785.
In difficult for the community ... More
The Skarinou Station is found on the height of the Pentaschoinos riverbed and it can be met while travelling from Nicosia, Larnaca and Ammochostos towards Limassol.
In order to understand the value of the Station and the necessity of its creation, we should travel back to the beginning of... More
The church that is dedicated to Panagia Odigitria in Skarinou was grounded in 1950 and after 3 years of hard work by the settlers of the village, it was inaugurated for the first time. It is a big Church and about 500 believers can go to worship simultaneously.
In the progressive communit... More
On your way from the Skarinou station to Skarinou itself, and a few metres before the overpass of the motorway from Nicosia to Limassol, you will find a small construction dedicated to the Apostle Loukas on your left. A dirt road begins from there and in a smaller distance of 50 kilometres you wi... More
