Picnic Sites in Cyprus - Profitis Ilias Picnic Site, Profitis Ilias Monastery, Lythrodontas, Nicosia
There is a small picnic area next to the monastery of Prophet Ilias in Lythrodonta. It provides its visitors with the most necessary things for a comfortable stay of a few hours, for rest and for food preparation.
A rotisserie gives the excursionists the opportunity to prepare their food ...
Pathways in Cyprus - Kionia - Profitis Ilias path, Nicosia
At the picnic area of “Kionia” a very interesting path of observation of Cypriot nature is found. It is called the path of “Kionia - Profitis Ilias”, it has a length of about seven kilometres and it ends up at Profitis Ilias in Lythrodonta. It is a very difficult journey and this is why the Depar...
Pathways in Cyprus - Kakokefalos - Mantra tou Kampiou path, Kionia, Nicosia
At a distance of a kilometre from the picnic area of “Kionia”, and 100 before the peak of “Kakokefalos”, at an altitude of 1235 metres, you will find the beginning of the path of observation of nature “Kakokefalos - Mantra tou Kampiou”.
The path has a length of 5,5 kilometres and it has a...
Picnic Sites in Cyprus - Kionia, Nicosia
On the highest mountain peak of the forest of Machairas, at Kionia, you will find the picninc area “Kionia”. It has a capacity to host 550 people and it occupies the slopes on the east and west sides of the road.
It is an organised place with cooking equipment for food preparation. The ta...
Rivers in Cyprus - Pedieos, Nicosia
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...
Villages in Cyprus - Vavatsinia - Larnaca District
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...
Monastery of our Lady of Machairas
The Monastery of our Lady of Machairas, or as we all know it, the Machairas Monastery, is built a little bit under the highest peak of the Kionia mountain, perched on steep slopes belonging to the woods of Machairas, in an amazing green environment.
In order to get to the monastery coming...
