Rivers in Cyprus - Agios Minas, Vavla, Larnaca
The river of Agios Minas has its sources on the south slopes of the mountain peaks of Kionia where you will also find the village of Vavatsinia. It passes on the west side of the chapel of Panagia tis Agapis, as well as on the northeast side of the monastery of Agios Minas from which it got its n...
Chapels in Cyprus - Panagia tis Agapis, Vavla, Larnaca
A small chapel on the north of the village of Vavla is dedicated to Panagia tis Agapis (Our Lady of Love). It is the only church in Cyprus as well as in the entire world that exists with this name.
It is built 3 kilometres away from the village and on the east side of the river of Agios M...
Monasteries in Cyprus - Agios Minas - Vavla - Mountainous Larnaca
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...
Villages in Cyprus - Vavla - Mountainous Larnaca
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 ...
