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Asphodelous aestivus family liliaceae.Wide spread, pefennial plant that blooms from January until July on follow land and sandy places.

This guidebook has been designed to provide visitors with an extensive insight into the delightful world of rural Cyprus. This is a world apart from the beaches and tourist hotspots. Here, timeless villages, tiny remote painted churches, stunning…

Agia Moni Monastery is linked to the very origins of monasticism in Cyprus. According to tradition, the monastery was founded around 300 AD by Agios Nicolas and Agios Eutychios, as a place of prayer and contemplation. A sacred relic which had been…

Fishing harbor of Ayia Napa

Within the walled city of Lefkosia many houses that are typical examples of traditional Cypriot urban architecture have been restored. Some of them are used today as shops , restaurants and craft centers.

Barlia Robertiana, Troodos, Cyprus

Cyprus is renowned as the island of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. The “Petra tou Romiou” area is one of the most beautiful coastlines in Cyprus, where, according to mythology, Aphrodite rose from the waves. The Greek name, “Petra…

Built in 890 by Byzantine Emperor Leo VI, the Wise, on the resting place of St. Lazarus (Agios Lazaros) the resurrected friend of Christ. St. Lazarus arrived in ancient Kition on 33 AD becoming its first Bishop and Patron Saint. His tomb lies under…

The estuary of Potamos is a picturesque fishing
shelter. The remains of a Venetian period watchtower
are nearby. Arthur Rimbaud, the French poet
whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-
1891) worked in this area in the early 1880s.

Here in this wine region, legend meets reality, as you travel ages old terrain, to encounter the young oenologists making today’s stylish Cyprus wines in 21st century wineries.