Beaches in Cyprus - Aldiana Zypern beach, Alaminos, Larnaca
The village Alaminos that is found on the west side of the town of Limassol does not have a big extent of coasts. The total length of them does not exceed two kilometres, beginning west of the beach of Mazotos with the popular “Paralia Petounta” (Petounta Beach) and it ends up a few hundred metre...
Rivers in Cyprus - Kseropotamos, Larnaca
“Kseropotamos” (dried up river) is replenished from the area west of the Stavrovouni Monastery and exudes in the sea a few metres away from the “yacht shelter” in Alaminos.
It is found on the route passing through the Anafotida and Kofinou villages. It continues by dividing the Alamino vi...
Harbor in Cyprus - Yacht shelter, Alaminos, Larnaca
The small port, or the known “yacht shelter” in the beach zone of the Alaminos village of Cyprus, is found next to an unbelievably beautiful beach, just like the Secret Paradise beach. A few hundreds of metres west you will find the tourist resort called Aldiana Zypern.
The port, even tho...
Chapels in Cyprus - Agia Marina, Alaminos, Larnaca
No one refers to the chapel of Agia Marina in Alaminos. At the entrance of the village, there is a mosaique in her name, but everything begins and ends there.
The chapel is built on the eastern side of the village, that is, the side where Turkish Cypriots lived. Nothing makes you think th...
Muslim Mosque - Mosque in Alaminos, Alaminos, Larnaca
The Muslim Mosque in Alaminos is a very old building that was initially a Turkish school and was consecutively transformed into a mosque. It is found in the Turkish Cypriot part of the village on the east shore of the kseropotamos river. It is a Mosque that has no minaret.
From 1974,...
Church of Cyprus - Agios Mamas Holy Church, Alaminos, Larnaca
The church of Agios Mamas in Alaminos is a 1992 construction and is found on the left side of the road, after the bridge of the kseropotamos river, at the entrance of the village. It has a volume capacity of 500 people, in contrast to the older church of Agios Mamas that still exists in the villa...
Castles in Cyprus - Medieval Observatory Koulas, Alaminos, Larnaca
On exiting Alaminos, going towards the sea, we find Koulas. It is a well conserved medieval observatory. It is a stone built observatory that dominates the area and supervises the sea.
It is unknown how entrance to it was achieved, since the only entry is found quite high from ...
Beaches in Cyprus - Secret Paradise, Alaminos, Larnaca
On the shores of Alaminos, far away from the glance of people, there is a secret paradise. An organised, modern beach for swimming.
This area, until a few years ago was an unaccessible, rugged beach. With the creation of the fishing shelter, in 2 years after that, the small paradise was c...
Villages in Cyprus - Alaminos, Larnaca
Alaminos is built 28 kilometres away from the city of Larnaca, and it is one of the villages that whose environment was respected and none of the village houses were placed in the valley formed by the river in millions of years, instead the village was placed on higher areas.
Greeks of Cy...
