At the river of Elia, that has its sources high on the slopes of the Madari mountain, there are two Venetian bridges. The Medieval bridge of Agios Epiphanios that is found a little before the village of Lagoudera, and the Medieval bridge of Xyliatos. The two Venetian bridges were the only passage...

The village of Lagoudera is found on the outskirts of the mountain peak of Madari, in the area of Pitsilia, and on the west shore of the river Elia. The journey to the village that begins after the water dam of Xyliatos, will take you through the pine tree forest that covers the deep ravine creat...

The overflow of a dam in Cyprus is a very important moment. Its importance is not only extracted from the amount of water collected by the dam. The Water Development Department of Cyprus made sure that at most of the dams, if not all, that were created from 1960 until today, the overflow is combi...

The perimetrical path of observation of nature of the Xyliatou dam starts from the picnic area that is found at the foot of the dam, and after it covers a distance of 3.8 kilometres, it ends up back in the picnic area.

The path demands appropriate preparation from the walker since it is g...

One of the most full picnic areas is found in the shadow of the dam in the Xyliatos village and it is called the “Xyliatos dam picnic site”.

It integrated the programme “nature 2000” and it occupies an area of land of about 7 hectares. It is an area that is covered by Alnus orientalis, Pi...

The Xyliatou water dam is found built on the Elia river and has a volume capacity of 1.430.000 cubic metres of water. It is a rockfill dam that overflows every year, creating beautiful images with its waterfalls.

The dam’s area is one of the best biotopes due to its snake called Natrix Na...