Blue lagoon itself amazing. We recommend to take diving glasses or snorkels to watch the many fish you can spot in this wonderfull piece of nature. Overall this is a trip worth to visit when you are in Cyprus. Blue Lagoon is very nice to see and the boattrip is very pleasant.
Kykkos Monastery, which lies 20 km west of Pedoulas, is one of the wealthiest and best-known monasteries in Cyprus. The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos was founded around the end of the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
The Birthplace of Aphrodite is one of the most beautiful beaches near the city of Pafos, where locals can enjoy swimming with their families. In the water, one can see the enormous rock where legend says Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, was born from the ocean.
Tzelefos Bridge is the largest and biggest medieval stone bridge ever built in Cyprus and it was built over the river of Diarizos. In ancient times, the bridge was called “Vokaria” – Greek “Βόκαρος”. The current name of the bridge “Tzelefos” – Greek: κέλεφος, means weak or sick and comes from the word “shell” – Greek “κέλυφος” which is connected to a person or an incident during the construction of the bridge.
Nicosia is the last divided capital in the world. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the summer of 1974, this zone was extended to cross the entire island, becoming about 180 kilometres long. Between 5 and 20 August 1974, Turkish troops carried out the second part of their operation and occupied the northern part of the island.
Today the old part of the city is a maze of cafes, tourist shops and gardens with palm trees. Only the high walls surrounded by barbed wire that rudely cut through the quiet streets remind us that those few square kilometres are one of the most militarised borders areas in the world.
Bellapais Abbey is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus a breakaway state which is recognised only by Turkey in an area legally belonging to the Republic of Cyprus, about five kilometres from the town of Kyrenia. The ruin is at an altitude of 220 m above sea level and commands a long view down to Kyrenia and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Church of Saint Lazarus is named for New Testament figure Lazarus of Bethany, the subject of a miracle recounted in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus raises him from the dead. According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of Jesus, Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and came to Cyprus. There he was appointed by Paul the Apostle and Barnabas as the first Bishop of Kition (now Larnaca). He is said to have lived for thirty more years and on his death was buried there for the second and last time. The Church of Agios Lazaros was built over the reputed second tomb of Lazarus.
Once a thriving resort and seaside town, the ghost town of Varosha has sat abandoned since the 1970s. While you’re not allowed to enter the fenced-off areas, you can still have a stroll or bike ride around the area to explore the deserted buildings and rubble—a time capsule of what was once the most glamorous spot in Cyprus. A part of Varosha beach has recently been reopened, for a peculiar beach day against the backdrop of the abandoned resort. For a more typical beach holiday, you can head to the neighboring Palm Beach first before starting your tour of the Ghost Town.
Kourion was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. In the twelfth century BCE, after the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces, Greek settlers from Argos arrived on this site.
Pano Lefkara is a village on the island of Cyprus famous for its lace, known as lefkaritika in and silver handicrafts. The village takes its name from the white of its silica and limestone: Lefkara is derived from a combination of the Greek words “lefka” and “ori”.
