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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Vrisi tou Diakou (the tap of the deacon) is found 3 kilometres south of the picnic area of Agia, within the valley of the river of Ezousa, if you are travelling from Stavros tis Psokas towards the dam of Kannaviou.

The source of the tap is found a few metres away from the dirt road and th...

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...

The Matsima tap is very old, and it was the first stop for the travellers that were heading to Stavros tis Psokas and from there on to Poli and Pyrgos, coming from the Kykkos Monastery or the area of Kampos tis Tsakkistras.

The water up until 1967 ran freely from the rocks, thus creating ...

In a village found in the semi mountain area of Limassol, which is found 6 kilometres south of Arsos, there is a small “miracle”. East of the deserted village of Trozena, and on the only road that exists that takes you to the church of Agios Georgios, among the high and ancient Platanus trees, th...

From the very ancient years, the people that lived on the slopes of the mountain of Madari, used a path that followed the journey of the river Elias to reach the lowland villages. They always gave names to locations to be able to delimit their itinerary.

At some point, a few hundred metre...

Vrysi tou Klamenou is found just a kilometre away from the picnic area of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos and two kilometres before the Monastery itself, as you are heading from the village of Gerakies to the Monastery, in the location of “Aspro Xilo”.

The water gushed out free from the moun...

On the west side of the river Ha-Potami, on the slope of the valley that the river formed, you will find the village of Kissousa. It is composed of 8 houses and it only has 6 settlers, the only ones that are left after the obligatory departure of most of them.

The few settlers of the vill...

Cyprus is an island that often suffers from droughts. In its history there are periods of time where all of its citizens have abandoned it due to droughts that lasted for years, but not due to insufficiency of water. Cyprus has and always had a lot of water. Hundreds of natural taps exist all ove...

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...

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...

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,...