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The village of Meneou creates views taken from a fairytale
The village of Meneou creates views taken from a fairytale

Villages in Cyprus - Meneou, Larnaca

If we want to talk about the community of Meneou, we should first read the fairytale of Cinderella very carefully. This is how the transformation of the small village to the one a visitor sees today looks like.

Meneou is built 11 kilometres west of the city of Larnaca and until a few year...

District: Larnaca
The beautiful (Aliki) Salt Lake in Larnaca
The beautiful (Aliki) Salt Lake in Larnaca

Lakes in Cyprus - Aliki (Salt Lake), Larnaca

The salt lake of Larnaca is a complex of 4 lakes amongst which three are connected. They are salt lakes, since seawater passes through a porous rock causing them to be salty.

Of course there is another version being told by the People. Back when Agios Lazaros lived in Larnaca, he asked a ...

District: Larnaca
Hala Sultan Tekke, the most important pilgrimage for the Muslims in Cyprus
Hala Sultan Tekke, the most important pilgrimage for the Muslims in Cyprus

Halal Sultan Tekke - Dromolaxia - Aliki - Larnaca

The muslim Mosque of Hala Sultan, is found on the right side of the road from Larnaca towards the airport, on the shores of the salt lake called Alyki, It is believed that this is where the Umm Haram is buried, the wife of Ouvadas Ibn-as Sami, the general of Muawiyah, the first Arab who led the r...

District: Larnaca