The Capital city of Cyprus, Nicosia is surrounded by two hundred and sixteen villages and settlements.
The water dam of Kalopanagiotis is found a few hundreds of metres after the station of Orkontas. It is built on way of the river Setrachos and can store 363 thousand cubic metres of water. The height of the dam reaches 49 metres and it creates a deep and impressive lake.
From the dam (tha... More
A few hundreds of metres before the dam of Kalopanagiotis, the small settlement of the above village, Orkontas is found. The settlement has very few houses; they do not exceed the number of ten. The houses are built along the east coastline of the Setrachos river.
On the opposite shore, y... More
One of the most beautiful valleys of Cyprus is the valley of Marathasa, which owes its existence, its creation and its formation to the Setrachos river.
The Setrachos river has its sources in the north slopes of Troodos and does not only rely on rain since it has dozens of natural sources... More
On our way from Nicosia to Palaichori, 100 metres from the right exit towards Agrokipia and Mitsero, you will meet the dam of Akaki-Malounta. It is built on the river Akaki and has a storage capacity of 2 million cubic metres of water. The percentage is very small compared to the total capa... More
The river of Akaki along with the one of Peristerona, completes two parts of the big Serrachis river that runs through the west Nicosia and flows into the gulf of Morfou.
It has its sources in the north slopes of the Troodos mountains, from the area of the Palaichori village and the west ... More
The river Serrachis is the third biggest river in Cyprus. It has a length of 55 kilometres, from its sources, until its estuary at the sea of Morphou, and it enriches the aquifers of many villages of Nicosia and a part of Morphou.
Serrachis is a worldwide phenomenon as far as it concerns ... More
The river Pedieos is the biggest river in Cyprus. Its sources are found on the mountain range of Troodos, in the National Forest park of Machairas and on the northwest slope of the Kionia mountain peak.
After rain fills its bed, the water ends up initially in the Tamassos dam, after it pa... More
Nine kilometres from the Vyzakia village, on the direction to the village of Kannavia, on your left you will find the exit that takes you to the Kapoura picnic area. This picnic area is found on the southeast shore of a tributary of the Elia river and it is integrated in the Kapoura forest statio... More
