Το νησί της Μεσογείου, την Κύπρο, το καλοκαίρι πολύ δύσκολα το αποχωρίζεται. Για αυτό στις πανέμορφες παραλίες του θα δείτε καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια του έτους, ανθρώπους από διάφορες χώρες του πλανήτη να απολαμβάνουν τα καθαρά και κρυστάλλινα νερά τους. Η Κύπρος διαθέτει δεκάδες αμμώδεις παραλίες οι ...

Στην δυτική πλαγιά της κοιλάδας  του ποταμού Κούρη και σε απόσταση 23 χιλιομέτρων από την πόλη της Λεμεσού συναντάμε το χωριό Άγιος Γεώργιος Αγκαθιώτης ή όπως είναι πιο γνωστό Άγιος Γεώργιος Συλίκου. Ονομάζεται «Άγιος Γεώργιος Συλίκου» από το γεγονός ότι συνορεύει με το χωριό «Συλίκου» που ε...

Από πολλές χιλιετίες πριν γεννηθεί στην γη ο Χριστός, στην Κύπρο ανθούσε η παραγωγή ελιών και ελαιολάδου. Αυτό οφείλεται κυρίως στο γεγονός ότι το ελαιόδεντρο φύεται από μόνο του σε άγρια μορφή στο νησί από τις παράκτιες περιοχές μέχρι και πέραν των 1000 μέτρων ύψος. Καρποφορεί δε μέχρι τα 900 μέτρα...

Το μικρό αλλά πολύ όμορφο χωριό Πραστειό Κελλακίου που ανήκει στην επαρχία της Λεμεσού, μέχρι και πριν μερικές δεκάδες χρόνια ήταν μία από τις πολλές περιοχές της Κύπρου που κύρια ασχολία των κατοίκων ήταν η αμπελοκαλλιέργεια και η παραγωγή Κουμανταρίας. Σήμερα όλα αυτά αποτελούν παρελθόν και αυτ...

Ταξιδεύοντας από την πόλη της Λεμεσού προς το ορεινό χωριό Κελλάκι ανεβαίνοντας στις επικλινείς πλαγιές του Ληστόβουνου, συναντήσαμε στα αριστερά μας και μέσα στην κοιλάδα απορροής του ποταμού Άμαθου, το μικρό χωριό Πραστείο Κελλακίου. Το ανάγλυφο της περιοχής άγριο με πάρα πολλές βουνοκορφές να ...

In the village of Agios Constantinos located in Limassol, there is church dedicated to the Saints Constantinos and Eleni. It is a new Church of Byzantine type and is cruciform bearing a dome.

On the roof it bears pointed arches covered with Byzantine styled tiles. It is built with local s...

In Foinikaria village, located in the Limassol district, east of Germasogeia dam, you will find the Church dedicated to the Panagia Chryseleousa. It is triple-aisled basilica bearing pointed vaults and covered with tiles.

It is built with local stone in 1835. The bell tower is incorporate...

In the year 1300 B.C. the ships of the unwanted in their homelands, Achaeans, anchored on the coast of Cyprus. They were heroes and besiegers of Troy but unwelcome in their homeland after 10 years of absence.

Among them was the son of ...

Among the ruins of the old village in Agios Constantinos in the Limassol district, there is a small chapel dedicated to the Panagia Eleousa. It is a single-aisled basilica bearing a pitched tiled and pointed roof. It is covered with a type of flat tiles, which were constructed in a contemporary p...

In the village of Agios Constantinos located in the Limassol district, there is an old church dedicated to Saints Constantinos and Eleni. It is a single aisled basilica bearing a wooden, pointed and tiled roof. The tiles are flat type.

There are no reports for the year creation. An inscri...

The cultivation of olive trees in Cyprus, is lost in the depths of millennia. The Cypriot olive variety, combined with the most suitable for the growth and fruiting of the tree, weather conditions on the island, as well as the content of soil with the most necessary for this purpose minerals, giv...

1974… the beginning of the implementation of the satanic plan for trisection of the island of Cyprus took place the morning of Saturday July 20th. That sad day began like this. "Special military communiqué. It is announced that this morning, Turkish aircraft without notice, sneakily and cowardly…...

The village of Agios Konstantinos in the province of Limassol, is built on a hillside slope of the Papoutsa mountain which is included within the valley of the Amathos river.

Although the story goes far back in time, the village consists of houses built only in the second half of the 20th...

In the small village of Sanida, in Limassol, there is a church dedicated to Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros (Transformation of the Savior). It is three-aisled basilica. The roof is covered with tiles and forms six vaults.

We were informed that the shape of the Basilica bearing vaults, is a very...

The Cypriot Goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, when coming out from the sea of ​​Paphos which gave birth to her, she made sure to grace her favorite island with unique beauties and charms. She created beautiful forests that are crossed by inexhaustible rivers and she appointed nymphs to look ...

The church of the village of Klonari in the district of Limassol, is dedicated to Agios Nikolaos. It is found at the entrance of the village, if you are entering it from the village of Kellaki, on the peak of a small hill.

It is a single aisled Basilica that has a wooden, pointed and vaul...

Klonari in Limassol, is located 3 kilometres east of the Kellaki village and 2 kilometres west of Vikla. It is a small village since its residents, including those of the sports «Vikla Golf» center do not exceed 63.

The few houses that develop on both sides of cobbled streets, are built o...

Even though the village of Vikla was abandoned by its settlers and it is now ruined, but the manor it used to be, that extends to the south, thanks to the efforts of the people who wanted to develop the area, remains “alive” even if its usage has changed.

It no longer produces olives and ...

In the ruined and abandoned village in the Limassol district, Vikla, the only building that still remains intact today is the church of Agios Ioannis Eleimon (Merciful). It is built on the peak of a low hill, dominating the vast fields of Vikla and valley of the river of Vasiliko.

It is b...

On the plain that "stretched" between the villages of Eptagonia and Akapnou, an ancient faucet still gives water. It is the fountain of "Panagia tou Kampou” (Our Lady of Campos). Unfit for human consumption anymore, the water continues to flow and connects to that of the Vasiliko river, which sti...

The chapel of Profitis Ilias is found in the most privileged location of the small settlement “Profitis Ilias” that belongs to the village of Sykopetra in the District of Limassol.

The chapel was constructed by a resident of the village Sykopetra after he found an icon of the Prophet on t...

Location “Doksa soi o Theos” is the beginning of a journey of 3.75 kilometres ending a few dozens of metres away from the “adelphoi” (brothers) peak where the fire lookout station of Madari is found. The access until the location “Doksa soi o Theos” is made through very good, asphalt roads such i...

There are some stone bridges in Cyprus that are amazing monuments in terms of engineering. Some are with an arch, and some with two or more arches. The ones with two arches are called “diplogefira” (double bridges).

A double bridge of this kind, built of stone, is found at the river of Va...

East of Kellaki in the Limassol district, there are remains of an abandoned and ruined village which bears the name "Vikla". It was built on the slope of a small and smooth hill dominating the great plains from the south, and the valley created by the tributary of Vasiliko from the north. West, t...

Among the villages of Akapnou and Eptagonia there is a site called "Agiochoma". It is a religious site and has cult character. It is situated 100 meters west of the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Kampos, in the direction of Eptagonia on the south shore of the tributary of Vasiliko. Once, there w...

The settlers of Sykopetra chose to dedicate the main church of the village to Agios Dimitrios. It is built on the edge of a deep ravine and geographically it is in the center of the village that "spreads" into a straight line on the slope of the mountain peak of  Papoutsa.

It was bui...

In the beautiful little village "Profitis Ilias” (Prophet Elijah) of Sykopetra, Limassol and in the "shadow" of the mountain peak of Papoutsa, there is a National Monument, dedicated to the Hero of the Republic of Cyprus and who was killed in the domain of Honour.

It is built in the court...

On our small island, there are some monuments - museums whose history is inextricably linked with the history of our People. Unfortunately, the indifference of the leaders and most of the current rulers, which leaves them at the mercy of time, weather and other conditions, resulting them to be de...

The settlement of Profitis Ilias is located in the administrative district of the village of Sykopetra and it is about three kilometers away from it. This settlement, has a long history since it was founded only a few decades ago.

"It is said" that a shepherd, a resident of Sykopetra, fou...

In the southeastern Mediterranean waters, there is a small island called Cyprus. A poet described it as "golden green leaf tossed into the sea” and was absolutely right. Cyprus, no matter how small it is, its beauties are so many that they are out of proportion compared to its size. It is charact...

“Santa Barbara” beach is found close to the archaeological site of Amathus, a hundred metres east of the small church dedicated to Agia Varvara and it belongs to the administrative periphery of Agios Tychonas, Limassol.

It is a natural beach since it does not have breakwaters and it is no...

West of the village of Eptagonia that belongs to the Limassol district, and on the peak of a small hill, among cypress and pine trees, is where the small chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios is found for the past half century.

The small Church was fully built with the help of donations and ...

In the Sacred Grove of Cypriot Goddess of Beauty and Love that was in the area in which later the village of Arsos was built, the running water watered trees, animals, birds and humans. Aphrodite took care and endowed the Sacred Grove of lavishly and placed many natural water sources.

The...

Arsos, Limassol, is the village that was built in the place of the Holy Alsos (grove) of Aphrodite which has “inherited” the natural charms of the Goddess. In a ravine, there is still a small part of the grove in which there are six natural sources of water. For thousands of years the water gushe...

In the Municipality of Episkopi in Limassol, there is a Church dedicated to Agia Paraskevi. It is built in a central square, following a Basilica style, which has a gabled vaulted roof.

On the south wall, five external arches are formed, likewise on the north wall. It is built out of whit...

Berengaria, was once a gem, not only in Cyprus but also globally. It is the hotel that once hosted kings and princes. This place was used for rest and fun by every person of "royalty." Berengaria is the hotel "cursed" by the Gods before it was even built. Berengaria is the haunted hotel that domi...

In the area of the gulf of Episkopi in the Limassol district, there is a "secret" but unreachable paradise. It is a beach, sandy, with an area of about 800 meters. It is called Trypiti beach or as is usually called "Zapalo Beach".

Years ago there was a gravel quarry at the bay of Tripiti,...

For anyone who likes to walk along nature trails, the free areas of Cyprus are real paradise. Thousands of kilometers have been built mostly by the Department of Forests as well as by the communities themselves or municipal authorities.

A very beautiful path, located in the village of Ars...

Until a few years ago, the landscape seemed lunar. Dug slopes, stripped off trees, pushing the holidaymakers to travel to the top of Troodos. The upper Amiantos from many years ago, was turned into a mine, devouring the flesh of both the mountain and the people.

An unknown number of peopl...

The Holy Monastery of Panagia Amasgous is the name of the female Monastery dedicated to Our Lady and it is found 1 to 1,5 kilometres southwest of the village of Monagri, in the district of Limassol.

As strange as the name of the Monastery may sound to you, even though it is unique for Cyp...

During the whole duration of the Ottoman Empire, the Christian Churches are constantly raided by the Ottoman occupiers. Nevertheless there were periods of time where the catastrophical rage of these people towards anything Christian was transformed into a real persecution. The destroyed Churches,...

The church of Agios Mavrikios in Pissouri is found on the peak of a small hill dominating the valley of Linidion which is at its most planted with the sweet fruit of Soultanina.

Agios Mavrikios is known to cure callus. Anybody suffering with callus should get some soil from the church and...

In the village of Pissouri in the district of Limassol, is a very pretty and very old building, a remnant of the ancient aqueduct of the region. It is the water basin of the aqueduct, which was restored and the area was embellished thanks to the initiative and expenses of migrants of Pissouri. &n...

The island of Cyprus is famous for its clean and organized beaches located in the free from the occupation areas. One of them is the beach of Pissouri. It is located 3 kilometres south of the old centre of the village and at the end of the beautiful valley that stretches from the foot of the hill...

It was the Friday, 1st of April 1955, just a little before the sunrise above the occupied sky of Cyprus, when the island awake from the explosions. The morning sea breeze transfered a voice with it. A voice coming from the depth of the Greeks’ history saying that “Greeks, wherever you are, hear o...

On the gold green island of the Mediterranean, Cyprus, there are some locations that are so beautiful that you could easily give them the name “small paradise”. Most of them, either because they are found on far away and inaccessible areas, or just because we did not have the luck to hear about t...

The village Plataniskia or Platanisteia located 40 kilometres west of Limassol. It is built on top of a hill that dominates the region that extends to the bay Avdimou.

To reach the village, you have to pass through Avdimou and then go uphill the road, straight to the village of Agios Thom...

The Venetian bridge of Elia (olive tree) is found on the confluent of the river Diarizos that has its sources at the village of Foini which is why it is called “Foiniotis”. It is found only a few metres from the point of intersection of the river or Kaminaria with Foiniotis, which along with othe...

Anogira is a village of the Limassol district and it is at a distance of 42 kilometres from the city. It is found northwest of the town, built on a huge plateau which extends for many kilometres. It is a village built of limestone. Its 300 settlers mainly deal with agriculture and carob processin...

A few hundred metres before the entrance of the village Anogira, there are ruins of the Monastery of Timios Stavros of Anogira on the right hand of the road.

The Holiness of the village began in the paleochristian years, since there are remains from two triple aisled Basilicas of that per...

In the village of Anogira that is found in the Limassol district, there is a faucet of potable and fresh water. It was named “Apikrenis” from the fact that its water is sweet and not bitter. It is found a kilometre before the entrance of the village.

In order to understand the value and t...

The Parish Church of Akapnou is dedicated to Agios Georgios. It is built on the peak of a hill on whose slopes the houses of the village “spread”. A small, paved square surrounds the Church.

It is a very old construction, and this is why the Department of Antiquities promised its few sett...

East of the Vasiliko confluent, at “argaki tis Rigenas”, at a distance of 4 kilometres from the big village of Eptagonia, you will find Akapnou. It is a village in which there are only 20 settlers.

It is built on the slopes of a hill dominating over the big field that extends until Eptago...

In Mathikoloni, the village that in the past century was abandoned by its residents, either because they moved to their today’s location thus building a new one, or because they went downhill towards the city, a small park is found.

You will find it at the exit of Mathikoloni towards Lima...

The church of Agios Epifanios in Apsiou is found in the centre of the “lower neighborhood”. It is built out of white stone, just as most of the old houses of the village are built. 

It is covered with an arched Basilica, with external prominent stone spars. Its architecture is unique...

It was the beginning of the 12th century, when a boat coming from Syria approached the shores of Cyprus carrying the Emir of the country and his daughter who was born blind, to visit competent doctors to cure her. Upon arriving at the sea area east of the Amathounta Kingdom, the daughter had a vi...

The village of Apsiou is found 23 kilometres north of the town of Limassol and it is built on the northwest shore of the confluent of Garylis. The community is divided into two, thus we have “Pano Apsiou” and “Kato Apsiou”. In terms of administration, it is a single community. “Pano Apsiou” is bu...

In Cyprus, even though it is often struck by droughts, there is a chain of mountains that “makes sure” its residents never run out of water, and this is the chain of Troodos. The chain of mountains, does not only have rich mineral wealth in its ophiolitic stones, but also huge amounts of water, w...

“Kato Vrisi” is found on the south side of the village of Louvaras in the District of Limassol. At the beginning of a green ravin, on the base of a small hill, where the village is built, water gushes out from the ground.

The settlers, who for many years were supplied with necessary for t...

The Holy Church of Timios Prodromos in the village of Louvaras in the district of Limassol, is found on the east side of the old centre of the village, between the houses that follow traditional architecture.

It is built out of stone from the area (rocks of the river that have grey to bla...

The first settlers of Louvaras started arriving in the area in the beginning of the 15th century, came from the settlement found on the slope of the mountain peak northeast of the location where the village is found today.

Their first action was to build a Church. They built a small Churc...

Louvaras is a village in the mountain areas of Limassol. It is at about 30 kilometres away from Limassol and it is found built on the northeast mountain slope that is surrounded by other hill peaks of the same height, which gives the village a particular and beautiful image.

In the centre...

East of the small village found in the semi mountain area of Limassol with the name “Kouka”, there is a natural source of potable water. It is found on the east of the road taking you from Pera Pedi to Kouka, in a small ravine, at a distance of 50 metres from the road.

From the very old y...

At the beginning of the 4th century A.D., a ship that carried Agia Eleni from the Holy lands in Constantinople, embarked at the mouth of the river Tetios, that was found in the perimeter of the village of Kalavasos. Later on, this river was called “Vasilikos” (Royal), due to this incident.

Kouka is a village of the semi mountain area of Limassol. It is found built on the mountain peak, between the rivers of Kryos and Kourris, and a kilometre south of the village of Pera Pedi. It is a very small village, that between the stone built and fully renovated mansions, holds many “treasure...

Until 400 years ago, the area found between the capes, “Zevgari” and “Gata” were found in the depth of the sea of Limassol, resulting to the areas covered by the salt lake of Akrotiri today being covered by part of the sea.

Later on, the emerging island cut the passage of sea water, thus ...

When the ships of the Achaeans arrived at the shores of Cyprus looking for a new Fatherland, after they were considered unwanted in their town kingdoms, after they destroyed Troy, the sea guided them to the beach that is today called “Beach of Agios Ermogenis”, southwest of the village of Episkop...

On the borders of the two districts of Larnaca and Limassol, you will find the village of Vasa. There is another village having the same name in the district of Limassol, so its residents called it “Vasa Kellakiou” in order to avoid confusion. Kellaki is the main village in this area.

The...

The village of Vouni in Limassol district is a “living” time museum for those who wish to study the history of Cyprus from the Middle ages until today.

It is found built on a south slope of the mountains of Troodos, west of the river Kryos. The houses of the village are “gathered” on the ...

In the same field where thousands of years ago Goddess Aphrodite was hosted and after Rigaina, the mysterious and legendary Queen of Cyprus, there is also a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady. This chapel is called “ekklisia tis Panagias tou Kampou” (the church of Our Lady of the field).

...

In the village of Akapnou, in the district of Limassol, there is a stone built, Venetian bridge with two arches. It is found northwest of the village, on a tributary of Vasiliko.

The access to it is very easy, since it is only a hundred metres from the point where you will park your car. ...

In June 2007, when a fire broke out due to a human mistake, a few metres north of the dam of Trimiklini or Saittas, burnt the most beautiful forests of Troodos. They occupied an area of land of many kilometres, and the fire services of Cyprus, along with the forest services and the participation ...

On the southern slope of Troodos, among the green Pine tree forest, there is a Monastery of Mesa potamos dedicated to the memory of Timios Prodromos. It is a male monastery and a small group of monks lives in it.

During its 900 years of existence, the Monastery suffered difficult periods ...

In Mesa potamos, or “potamos tis Arkolachanias”, a few metres from the picnic area having its name, the water flows on huge gabbro rocks, making a lot of noise, and it is transformed into waterfalls. The biggest one has a height of seven metres.

The waterfalls are accessible from the picn...

One of the most famous and favourite Monasteries in Cyprus, is the Monastery of Panagia Trooditissa. It is found northwest of the village of Platres, in a green forest. It is a male monastery and its doors are always open for worshippers.

The Monastery was built during the 10th century, a...

The picnic area of Trooditissa is found a kilometre before the monastery with the same name, 6 kilometres after Platres on the road Platres-Prodromos. It has a capacity of 700 people and it is provided with all kinds of facilities for a pleasant stay with no worries.

It has been created a...

A small church dedicated to Agia Marina is found in Lania, in the district of Limassol. It is built on the west side of the village, among vines. It has a Basilica style with a gabled, tiled wooden roof.

North from the chapel there are ruins of an old church and about a hundred metres sou...

Lania, the beautiful, hilly village of Limassol, has a religious history that began 3500 years ago. From the day that God Dionysos “lived” in the mountain of Valana, until today, the residents of Lania built many Churches and chapels.

One of them is dedicated to Agios Georgios. It is buil...

In the location where the village of Arsos is found built today, in the district of Limassol, on the south slope of the “Laona” mountain, people chose to create a heaven on earth in a beautiful grove. They dedicated it to the Goddess of beauty, the Cypriot Aphordite.

In the same area, yea...