Larnaca, having been unappreciated by a lot of governors, has been greatly developed lately, with its 67 villages thriving from Tourism and industrial benefits.
A few hundreds of metres before the Agios Minas Monastery, on the road coming from Vavla toward Kato Drys, you will find the Agios Stylianos church.
No one could give us information about this church. If anyone knows anything about it, let them communicate with us and report everything th... More
Agios Minas female Monastery, is found on our way from Vavla to Kato Drys or even the opposite.
The Monastery has its roots from the Venetian domination, when it has been founded. During the Ottoman period a radical renovation took place in 1754. Consequently it degraded and was abandoned... More
Vavla, the village found on the highlands of Larnaka, is built at a height of 450 metres from the sea level and its houses are placed on a steep slope of the mountain, something that makes you see this village from far and think that the houses are built on each other.
All the houses are ... More
Two years ago it was accomplished and delivered to the fishermen (amateurs and professionals), an ultramodern hideout, known as the “Zigi fishing harbor”. The project had been fully sponsored by the government through the Fishery department.
It is a very ambitious project for the area and... More
Agglisides (the name is not spelt correctly, but everyone everywhere, even on the internet, write Agglisides instead of Angleisides, therefore I will also follow their mistake) is a village belonging to the district of Larnaca, which is divided into “pano Agglisides” and “kato Agglisides”. Today ... More
Vavatsinia is found in the mountainous Larnaca, nested in thick pine woods. You can go to the village by following two geographically opposite directions. One of them is by taking the new road to Limassol. At the Skarinou exit, leave the motorway and take the uphill to Lefkara. It is a very beaut... More
Pyrgos tis Rigainas is found in Pervolia, in Larnaka. I do not know why it is called like that, since there is another one with the same name in the Pafos district and a few other ones in different places in Cyprus.
It is dated during the Venetian occupation of the island. The marks of th... More
In Kiti village, found southwest of Larnaca, you can find the Holy Church of our Lady of Aggeloktisti. The Church has been built on the ruins of a paleochristian triple aisle Basilica, in the 11th century. The previous aisle is dated in the 5th century. Ever since the 11th century up until today,... More
