When you go to an African country and want to visit one of the hundreds of National Parks you must first be provided with permission to enter it by the competent authorities. If you get into it without permission and are arrested, then, no one knows where you will end up. All this happens in Afri...

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...

Artists from all of the continents of the planet have united and worked to create a sculpture park. They chose an area that has rare beauty to place their creations, east of Agia Napa, a few metres from the sea.

Dozens of theme sculptures of big dimensions “take us” to their creators' cou...

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...

In 1995-1996, with the initiative of the Member of European Parliament, Eleni Theocharous, the “Park of Volunteer doctors of the World” in Poli Chrysochous was created. It is a park for children that has attractions following all the European standards for safe usage.

There are a few wood...

The “Park of Cypriot Nature” is found in Skarinou. It is the result of an agrarianism that took place in the area, and was created in 2011.

It is a park with a small area, with a few Cypriot plants and trees. There are few games for children as well as a kiosk and benches.

Even th...

The Cypriot Department of Forests, has made the best out of the areas of the National Forest Park of Athalassa, and has created another very useful training centre, that aims to meet the Cypriots and foreigners with the plant life as well as the wildlife of Cyprus. They thus created the “Environm...

Within the “Linear Park” that falls in the Strovolos Municipality periphery, there is a small sports centre that is available for children above the age of 15 and to adults.

The place is called “the place of good physical condition” and it is found after the parking place we see on enteri...

In the “heart” of the wider part of Nicosia, the “Theoktistos” (built by God) garden belonging to the monastery of Agios Prokopios or as it is better known “Metochi Kykkou” is found. The garden is part of the surrounding space of the Monastery that was initially a large olive grove.

In 18...

On your way from Kornos to Lefkara, in a distance of 3 kilometres, you will find the Community Park of Delikipos.  It is a small park, that is really ‘drowning’ in green.  The very high cypresses offer their shade and their perfume to you.

In the park you will find a play place,...

Victoria’s Garden is found on the triangle formed by the avenues of Nehru, the Museum and Kinira. At times, some of its areas were transformed for other uses. The Parliament’s ugly building and a cafe-restaurant were placed instead of the trees and flowers that were in the area. In another great ...

In Psematismenos village, that belongs to the Larnaca district, you can find probably the only park of natural vegetation in Cyprus. It embraces a few dozens of perennial olive trees.

It is a found on the southwest side of the village, very close to the Agia Marina Church. After the churc...

At the entrance of the Kalavasos village, parallel to the riverbed of Vasiliko, we can observe the “Maria” community park. 

It is a small park that includes: a play place, benches and a water tap. There is also a train placed on its rails, that are found on the bridge above the river...

When the department of forests received the non fertile area where the National Forest park is found today, on their effort to create a big forest, it was necessary that they join two torrents, the Vathis (deep) and kalogeros (monk), and to gather water with an earthen fence in order to irrigate ...

The National forest park of Athalassa, covers an area of 8.5 square kilometres and it is found between the Aglantizia municipality, the Strovolos municipality, the Latsia municipality and the Geri municipality. The park’s value for the whole of Nicosia cannot be calculated, since it is the only g...

The Municipal park of Agios Dimitrios is the biggest one in the district of Strovolos and is found between the Marakrios Hospital and the English School. It is planned in a smart way, resulting to give you the impression that it is a lot larger than what it is in reality. Narrow earthen streets e...

The Acropolis park is a green paradise of escape for those who live and work in the capital. It is a park, simple in its plans, but with the green being dominating in the landscape.

A narrow street encircles the park and guides you to different “corners” that the tree clusters form. Even ...

The Carolina park was created due to the obligation of the land owner on which the Ilioupoli (sun city) was built, for green spaces, just as the law imposes for land separation.

It is relatively a small park, in comparison to the dimensions of the new settlement of Ilioupoli. It is found ...

The Athalassa lake is situated at the Agios Georgios park, which is part of the National park of Athalassa, which has a total area of 900 hectares.

The lake is found south of the park of Agios Georgios and its waters have a length of 275 metres and a maximum width of 66 metres. The park’s...