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...

East of the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis (the Illuminator), in the village of Marathasa, Kalopanagiotis, the chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary is built on the slope of the bed of a tributary of Setrachos.

It is built in the 12th century simultaneously with the Monastery of Agi...

Kalopanayiotis village is found on the shores of Setrachos river on an altitude of about 700 metres. The houses that make up the settlement, “rise” onto the western side, with an intense slope on the valley of Marathasa, in the depth of which the river flows.

The village does not have a l...

The picnic area “Marathos” is found on a slope of Troodos at an altitude of 1300 metres. It was created by the Department of Forests of Cyprus and it has been equipped with all the facilities a Cypriot or foreign visitor would wish for.

On the middle of a steep slope, the Department of Fo...

The picnic area of Xerargaka has a capacity of 650 people. It spreads on a narrow strip of land, whose width does not exceed 40 metres and it is part of the bed of a small stream that is formed by the natural sources gushing out along its length.

It is an organised picnic area and the vis...

Oikos Marathasas is a very small mountain village, with about 200 residents. It is found built on the east slope of the ravine that holds the waters of the river Setrachos, going to the dam of Kalopanagiotis.

The village “climbs” on the steep slope of the mountain, and it gives the visito...

The village of Agios Dimitrios in the district of Limassol, is found built among the villages of Foini, Treis Elies, Kaminaria and Paliomylos, as well as the shores of the Kryos river, in the valley of Marathasa.

It is a small but picturesque village with a very welcome population. While ...

At the Orkontas station that is found on the shores of the river Setrachos, in the valley of Marathasa, there is a natural source of potable water. The residents of the settlement, transform it to a stone built tap.

For many years, back when the visitors still stopped at the restaurants o...

From the medieval years, there was a road that crossed the Marathassa valley, that followed the same route with the current one. The medieval bridge of Orkonta that joins the shores of the Setrachos river is a witness of the ancient road.

It is found a few metres from the Orkontas station...

The water dam of Kalopanagiotis is found a few hundreds of metres after the station of Orkontas. It is built on way of the river Setrachos and can store 363 thousand cubic metres of water. The height of the dam reaches 49 metres and it creates a deep and impressive lake.

From the dam (tha...

A few hundreds of metres before the dam of Kalopanagiotis, the small settlement of the above village, Orkontas is found. The settlement has very few houses; they do not exceed the number of ten. The houses are built along the east coastline of the Setrachos river.

On the opposite shore, y...

One of the most beautiful valleys of Cyprus is the valley of Marathasa, which owes its existence, its creation and its formation to the Setrachos river.

The Setrachos river has its sources in the north slopes of Troodos and does not only rely on rain since it has dozens of natural sources...

The small dam in the Lefka township which is occupied by the Turkish forces, is built on the ‘road’ of the Setrachos river which traverses the Marathasa valley.

The river’s waters, were from the Ottoman empire, the ‘bone of contention’ between the residents of the villages that it crossed...

Gerakies, is perched at one thousand metres from the sea, and is found on the way to the Kykkos Monastery and a few kilometres away from Kalopanagiotis.

The route from Nicosia is 65 kilometres. Arriving to Orkonta, you cross the valley of Marathasa, and a very steep with tight turns road ...