In the small village of Delikipos in the Larnaca district, there is a Church dedicated to Metamorfosi tou Sotiros (the Transformation of the Saviour). It is found on the peak of the small barrow dominating the small field, where the few houses of the village are built.

It is a single aisl...

From the early years of cosmogony, the water was the most basic resource on which the existence of any living organism is based. The gods made sure that Earth was covered at its most with water. They decided that mountains should store large quantities of water in their bowels, which then, return...

Bridging a river with a stone bridge, requires great craftsmanship as well as a certain degree of luck. Until the first half of the 20th century in Cyprus such bridges were built, which we encounter on the roads that connect towns and villages. We pass most of them without even noticing them.

The main church of the village of Odou in the mountain area of Larnaca is dedicated to the favourite Saint of the Cypriot people, Agia Marina. It is a construction dated in the 18th century. It is built in the form of a single aisled Basilica that has a wooden, gabled and pointed vaulted roof.

Upon travelling from Choirokoitia and when ascending towards Ora going to the village of Odou, I had the image of a neglected and abandoned mountain village in mind and this is what I was expecting to see. Thus, I concentrated on the beautiful journey that begins from the outskirts of Ora and con...

The small chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios is a reminder of human presence in the complete abandonment of the settlement of Drapia, that every visitor will feel, found in the periphery of Ora, belonging to the mountain area of Larnaca.

It is a small, stone built construction with a sing...

In the abandoned settlement of Parsata found in the periphery of the village of Ora in the mountain area of Larnaca, there is a small Church dedicated to Panagia Odigitria (Our Lady the Guide).

It is a single aisled Basilica with a gabled, vaulted roof. It is built out of concrete. The tw...

The small, abandoned settlement of the Venetian Empire on the island of Cyprus, carrying the name of an administrative region of southern Italy, Drapia, is another “monument” of residue.

It is built on a hill slope, northwest of the village of Kalavasos, halfway on the road taking you to ...

Parsata is another abandoned “village” of Cyprus. It is only 3 kilometres east of the village of Lagia and 5 kilometres northwest of the also abandoned “village” of Drapia. Even though both “villages” are found very close to Kalavasos, in terms of administration they belong to the village of Ora....

The decision of the authorities to determine some beaches as “beaches for dogs” is the proof of the animal welfare feelings of the Cypriots. On the coastal "front" of Meneou community, is where one of these beaches is found. It is a very small part of the beach that was once known as «Spyros Beac...

In the village of Oroklini, in the district of Larnaca is where the Church dedicated to Archangel Michael is found. It is a construction dated in the 17th century. The small Church was the main church of the settlers of the community, until another, bigger one was built.

It is stone built...

The new Church dedicated to Archangel Michael is found at a small distance from the old Church which is also dedicated to the Archangel. It is a Church of Byzantine school, it is cruciform and has a dome.

It is an impressive Church and was constructed towards the end of the 20th century t...

The small Church dedicated to Archangel Michael is found in the centre of the transformed and paved square of the village of Kiti in Larnaca. It is a single aisled, vaulted Basilica of Byzantine style, that has a tiled roof.

The single aisled Church is fully built out of irregular stones....

On the peak of the “Arodafni” hill, and a hundred metres northeast of the picnic area of Oroklini, is where the chapel of Profitis Ilias is found built from the beginning of the 16th century.

The church was built at two phases, at very different moments. In the beginning a small single ai...

The hill dominating over the village of Oroklini in the district of Larnaca, apart from “hosting” the beautiful chapel of the 16th century dedicated to Prophet Ilias on its peak, and that it can offer its visitor an area where they can spend amazing hours of rest, it also offers a very interestin...

In the village of Oroklini, found in the district of Larnaca, on the peak of the “Arfodafni” hill that dominates over the village as well as the shores of Larnaca, there is a picnic area.

It is a small picnic area with a grill, a double faucet, a few picnic tables out of which the majorit...

Northwest of the old centre of Oroklini and 200 metres west of the old Holy Church dedicated to Archangel Michael, a small chapel dedicated to Agia Ekaterini is found build in a rock. The reason that the believers built into the vertical rock and created the small shrine is the source that “offer...

Voroklini or Oroklini is a village of Larnaca and is found 8500 metres north of the town. It is a rapidly developing community since in just a few years from a small village of a few hundreds of settlers, it has transformed into a community of 7000. It is one of the best tourist areas of Cyprus, ...

In a central square of the Choirokitia village in the Limassol district, there is a Holy Church in the name of Agios Iakovos o Persis. It is a very interesting construction since it is built in a single aisled Basilica style, that has intense gothic influences.

It is a construction dated ...

Between the valley created by the river Saint Minas and the historical plain where in the 7th century AD, King Janus of Cyprus, faced the army of Mamluk invaders and the on hill top, in the mountainous area of Larnaca, the village of Choirokoitia is built. It is 33 kilometres away from the city o...

Another picnic area, a creation of the Department of Forests of Cyprus, is found in the village of Larnaca, Kornos. It is a well designed place and provides the visitor with everything he needs for a calm, safe and pleasant stay.

The picnic tables spread extensively into the young pine fo...

In the village of “Pervolia” in the district of Larnaca, there is a Church dedicated to Agia Eirini Megalomartira. It is found in the centre of the village, at the “entrance” of the renovated, paved old centre.

It is a basilica, it is arched and has tiles. On the southern wall, there are ...

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...

Southwest of the village of Kornos, in the pine forest, there is a small chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios Ssopotamos. It is built on the sommet of a small hill, on the north shore of a small torrent.

It is a single aisled Basilica with a gabled roof with tiles. The wooden belfry is foun...

One of the Othoman Turkish governors of Cyprus, during the years of the Othoman Empire, was Bekir Pasha. He is characterised as a meek person who loved the people of the same religion as himself, that is the Turkish Cypriots.

During the decade of 1740, the town of Skala (Larnaca) was hit ...

In the olden days, there was a ship carrying the Queen of Egypt to Cyprus, looking for a doctor that would cure her from continuous bleeding that tortured her and it embarked on the shores of Larnaca.

The Queen along with her men, moved forward to the city and they reached the location wh...

Avdellero is a village belonging to the district of Larnaca and is found between the municipalities of Aradippou (5 kilometres) and Athienou (7 kilometres). Currently it has 250 permanent residents. This number increases continuously since families with economic difficulties sell their lands at v...

North of the old city centre of Kiti that belongs to the Larnaca district, a hundred metres west of the Church “Panagia Angeloktisti”, you will find the remains of the Venetian stone built bridge.

We searched to find information about the monument. Unfortunately no one knew anything about...

The Orthodox church honours the memory of 3 different pairs of Saints, having the same names, Kosmas and Damianos. All of them were doctors and none of them ever accepted payment for their services. Their only difference, were their origins. Their memory is honoured at different dates.

In...

Northwest of the village of Ora, in the mountain area of Larnaca, there is a small dam. Its basin is padded with a membrane, so as to not have any rates of absorption. Its height is 18 metres and it has a capacity of 62 thousand cubic metres of water.

In the mountain area of Larnaca, ther...

On a confluent of Vasiliko, very close to the village of Odou, that belongs to the mountain area of Larnaca, there is a small picnic area. Its capacity is limited to 30 people. It does not have sanitaries nor places for food preparation. The only thing it offers is 3-4 picnic tables.

This...

The semi-mountainous village of Larnaca, Agioi Vavatsinias is found built on the northwest of the village Ora, at an altitude of about 700 metres. It is a small village and it has 130 residents.

In the location of the village, a certain tree thrives, and it has the name “Vavatsinia” (bram...

In the “Pharos” area in the village of Pervolia, you will find one of the best beaches of Larnaca. It is called Pharos beach and it is a holder of the blue flag.

It is a sandy beach and it has quite a large space before the water begins  It has a court for sports on sand, and 3 refre...

The small chapel “Panagia ton Ampelion” (Our Lady of the Vines) or “Panagia Aimatousa” (Our bleeding Lady) is found northwest of the village of Aradippou. It is an old construction, whose history reaches the years of the Saracens and the crusades they made in the area.

It was built on the...

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...

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...

Melini is a small village of the mountain area of Larnaca. It is found between Ora and Eptagonia. 60 people permanently live in the community.

Despite the difficult conditions that the residents are facing for their survival, they take care of and conserve their village that is in perfect...

The dam of the Maroni river, had to become a dam of diversion, since studies showed that a big dam for the collection of water for irrigation or enrichment purposes could not be built.

At the riverflow, a dam of 5 metres was put in place, and the water that is collected, is guided through...

The chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios Tropeoforos is found in Choirokoitia. It is a very old construction and it is built on the west shore of a small torrent, 4 kilometres west of the village.

On the east side of the small Church, there is a grove that includes a great number of perenni...

A part of the history of Cyprus was lost along with the Tower of Choirokoitia, that was the fortified castle of the area during the period of the Frank domination.

The Tower was demolished by the Ottoman Mamluks during the year 1426, when they invaded the island. These were the winners of...

The church dedicated to Our Lady is built from the 7th century in the field found west of the village of Choirokoitia, in the “shadow” of the “hill of the Franks”. In that very same field, the deadly battle between the invading army of the Mameluks and the army of the king of Cyprus, Ianos, resul...

An old folk saying says “ the place makes a person and the person makes a place”. This is proven to be right when you visit and walk along the village of Maroni in Larnaca. 

It is a village with more than 500 residents, Cypriots and foreigners. A big majority of them deal mainly with...

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...

Upon travelling from Kalo Chorio of Larnaca to Mosfiloti, the first village you will meet is the one of Agia anna. Before you enter the village, on your left you will see a beautiful view. A phenomenon that is rarely produced and it is worth being seen by any lover of rivers, waters and nature in...

One of the two big tributaries of Tremithos, has its sources in the east areas of the Mathiatis village. The other one has its sources in the areas that are included in the village of Sia.

The two tributaries join at the Lympia dam. When they overflow, they create the Tremithos river, tha...

Two rivers connect at the Dipotamos area, east of the village of Skarinou and form the river Pentaschoinos. At the point of junction of the two rivers, the dam was built in order to collect the water and to irrigate the valley of Pentaschoinos with the 2800 plots of agricultural land, as well as ...

On the dyke and at the end of the overflow of the Dipotamos dam, nature placed a tap with sweet water.

A tap whose water “jumps out” from the “bowels” of the mountain. The constructors of the dam, made sure to guide the water towards is basin, thus transforming the dyke appropriately at t...

Lagia or Lageia, is a village of the mountainous part of Larnaca, and it is found a few kilometres after Lefkara. The journey to Lagia goes uphill through a thick, greek pine forest. At many points you have the chance to stop and admire the panoramic view that the landscape offers. The view begin...

In the village belonging to the Mountainous part of Larnaca, Lageia or Lagia, you will find a very old tap with potable water. The residents were supplied with the necessary amount of water for their homes from 1709, from a wild landscape, and the confluence of two streams. A source on the south,...

The village called Tersefanou is found 14 kilometres west of the town of Larnaca and about 3 kilometres north of the Kiti village.

It is a village with rich history that begins before the Middle Ages when it was one of the many feudals that existed in the seaside plain of Larnaca.

It is a very beautiful Holy Church, following Byzantine style, dedicated to Panagia Eleousa, and is found northwest of the village of Tersefanou.

It is built on a beautiful, typically Cypriot landscape, and in a location where you can get a view without obstacles covering many kilometres ...

The community of Dromolaxia is found 12 kilometres west of the town of Larnaca and very close to the salt lakes of Alyki.

Its population does not exceed 5000 habitants and geographically it is joined to the neighbouring community of Meneou, as they form the Municipality of Dromolaxia - Me...

In the village called Lefkara, found on the mountainous part of Larnaca, there is a series of small and big Churches. The biggest one is dedicated to Timios Stavros (the Holy Cross) and is found in the centre of the village.

In the Church, in a hidden crypt, there is a big silver cross an...

When you want to describe a place such as Lefkara, it is difficult to decide where to start from and it is even more difficult to pick the right words.

Lefkara is “perched” on the east side of the mountain that hosts the “Kionia” peaks, built on the southwest edge of the deep valley forme...

South of the Mazotos village of Larnaca, on a small hill next to the shore, where in the ancient times was the famous Temple dedicated to the Goddess of beauty, the Cypriot Aphrodite, there is a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady. It was called “Panagia Petounta” because, as the settlers say, Our...

In a small distance from the centre of the village of Mazotos, on the northeast side, there are two Churches that are dedicated to Agios Xenofontas, or how the residents call him, “Agios Ksorinos”.

The small Church was built in this location, in the place of another, older one after a rum...

The church dedicated to Agios Georgios from 1963, is found in a central point in the big square of Mazotos, on the opposite side of the community council offices. It is a cruciform Church with a dome.

It was built in the same location in the place of another older Church, that was demolis...

The village of Mazotos belonging to the District of Larnaca, is found 20 kilometres west of the town of Larnaca at a half distance between Kition and Zygi. It is on the frontiers of the village of Alaminos from the northwest side and with the Anafotia village from the north. As a settlement it do...

You will find the old church on the left hand side of the road, 100 metres before the bridge that joins the shores of the Tremithos river, as well as if you travel from Kalo Chorio to Psevdas. It is a 1878 construction and it is the third church that is being built in the same place. It is a very...

In the village of Agia Anna, found in Larnaca, a chapel dedicated to Panagia Eleousa is found built. You will find it a little bit outside of the village, on the road towards the Psevdas village, on the right side of it, on the peak of a small hill, before the community football field.

Th...

You can reach the village called Agia Anna that belongs to the district of Larnaca coming from two opposite directions. One of them is by coming from west, from the Mosfiloti village’s entrance, whose biggest part is in a pinewood, and the other one is coming from the east, from the Kalo Chorio r...

On the road from Klavdia to Pyrga, 500 metres before the Monastery of Panagia I Stazousa, on the right hand of the road, on the peak of a small hill, the Agion Theopatoron Ioakeim and Anna chapel is found.

The chapel was built on ruins of an older church that existed in the 11th century. ...

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 ...

In the refugee community of Klavdia, its residents built a Church. They did not build it out of stone so that it can last in time. They did not build it so that it can permanently be in the refugee community. They built it forty years ago, so that it can serve their religious needs for some time....

On the way from Pyrga to Kavdia there is a wonderful Glebe. It is a Church dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi (Life-giving Spring), that is, Our Lady. After the miracle performed during the Latin occupation, when a woman that suffered from hemorrhage, after having asked help from Our Lady, was cured aft...

The Holy Church of Agia Aikaterini in Klavdia has a history that is well buried in time. This church is built in a byzantine style in the 14th century and is a single aisled arched church.

During the Ottoman period, when the Christian settlers of the village moved to others for more safet...

A kilometre away from the roundabout of the old road from Nicosia to Limassol, you will find the chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios on your left.

It is a small church and it is stone built and arched. It is decorated with a very beautiful belfry that has two bells and that has probably be...

On a small hill, next to the Bishopric of Trimithounta in Mosfiloti, at a hundred metres before the Monastery of Agia Thekli, the chapel of Agia Paraskevi is found. The chapel is dedicated to Panagia Eleftherotria (Our Lady the Liberator) as well. It a small, cruciform and clearly of Byzantine st...

The Holy Church of Agia Marina in Tersefanou, is one of the ten churches that exist in the community and it is built in the central square, next to the Church of Agios Nektarios.

It is built in the 16th century, it has received two extensions towards west, as the Tersefanou community gain...

The Holy Church of Agios Nektarios in Tersefanou is found in the same place with the old church of the village that is dedicated to Agia Marina. The two churches are built in the central square, where the offices of the community council and the Popular organisations of Tersefanou are found.

North of the Tersefanou village a little bit out of it, the chapel of the Saints Andronikos and Athanasia is built on the peak of a small hill. 

You can easily find it since it is found on the road that is straight from Kiti to Tersefanou. You cross the village and you exit it from t...

In the year 2000 the chapel of Agios Dimitrianos, bishop of Kithiria, of Cyprus was built out of stone, next to the ruins of the old church. It is a very small but beautiful construction, that is cruciform with a dome.

It is found in Tersefanou 200 metres after the Agia Marina church and ...

The chapel of Agios Georgios Arperas is found in the administrative periphery of the Tersefanou village, in Larnaca. It was built in 1745 and it is arched.

In the same village, there was a glebe of the Stavrovouni monastery in the surrounding area and there are different witnesses about i...

“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...

On the northeast side of the church of the Saints Constantinos and Eleni in Tochni, at a distance of about 30 metres, there are ruins of another church. The church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross).

It is a very old, Gothic style church. There was an older, Byzantine one in its place, that w...

In Larnaca’s village called Tochni, there is a small chapel built in the name of Sotiros Christou (Christ the Saviour).

It is found on our left from the old road coming from Nicosia going to Limassol with Tochni being the direction.  It is at a few metres before the elementary school...

You will find the small chapel dedicated to Agia Varvara in Tochni as you take the first turn on the left after the Elementary school, while coming from the old road of Limassol towards Tochni.

It is built in a quiet neighbourhood and is permanently open for pilgrims. 

The church dedicated to the Saints Constantinos and Eleni in Tochni is built above the “Arkatzin” river. This river divides the village into two and the church is the meeting point of the two sides. 

It ended up being in today’s state after 3 extensions that have took place, as well ...

The village called Tochni is found a few kilometres after the ancient settlement of Choirokitia, if you are travelling towards Limassol following the old road. It is a small village built on the two shores created by the river called “Arkatzin”, or as the settlers call it “potamos tis kamaras” (t...

The new church of Agia Marina in Pyrga, is found in the “shadow” of two very old churches, in the central square of the village.

On the north side you will find the medieval church of Agia Aikaterini, or as it also known the Church of the Agio Pathos (Holy Passion), and on the south you w...