The Capital city of Cyprus, Nicosia is surrounded by two hundred and sixteen villages and settlements.
Ieros Naos Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros (The Holy Church of Metamorphosis of The Holy Saviour) in Akaki, architecturally belongs to the aisle Basilica. It is an order that has been developed in the end of the Ottoman period.
It is situated on the right hand side of the road uniting Akaki wit... More
The Athalassa lake is situated at the Agios Georgios park, which is part of the National park of Athalassa, which has a total area of 900 hectares.
The lake is found south of the park of Agios Georgios and its waters have a length of 275 metres and a maximum width of 66 metres. The park’s... More
The Soleas valley’s two villages, can only be divided topographically. They are situated 50 kilometres from the Capital and their houses are scattered in the valley. This valley is watered by the Karkotis river.
The National offerings from these two villages are significant. Flasou is a m... More
Korakou, is built on the two banks of Karkotis river, a river that flows in the summer too, and is dressed in green. It is surrounded by high mountain peaks and this is how it protects itself from the strong winds. This allows the village to have a good variety of crops.
A few streams des... More
Kapedes is a village built on old bronze mines. Its residents mainly deal with agriculture and livestock, and this comes into contradiction with the immense land area which remains heath.
Kapedes was for many years the place where Nicosia residents invested in gites, which resulted into r... More
Gerakies, is perched at one thousand metres from the sea, and is found on the way to the Kykkos Monastery and a few kilometres away from Kalopanagiotis.
The route from Nicosia is 65 kilometres. Arriving to Orkonta, you cross the valley of Marathasa, and a very steep with tight turns road ... More
It is an amazing journey through the pinewoods of the mountain peaks of Papoutsa and Madari, that you will never wish to end.
The road being one of the best in Cyprus, carved on the banks of a green gorge, rewards you for its relatively small uphill. Whoever takes the journey Agrokipia - ... More
Tempria is believed to have gotten its name from the king Tempros, who lived in this area, and more precisely in a Tempria cave.
Geographical names: Drakos: It is an old source.
Gerovrisi: It used to be a well known fountain of love. Petra: that was a high place that had a huge ro... More
