Tour To Cyprus

Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean south of Turkey, about 3 hours flight. An island where there are 330 sunny days a year. Where to November are the bougainvillea and jasmine flowers. Island has undergone many influences throughout history, from Alexander the Great, the Romans, the Genoese until the nineteenth century with the British who left the island in the last century.

The landscape certainly reflects the typical characteristics of Greece, to which Cyprus is geographically linked. Clear land, no mountain, olive trees, low hills covered with vines. Because of climate hot summer, major cities are all located on the coast. Besides tourism, viticulture is the main activity and source of income of a population that reaches 800,000 people in its entirety. Of this historical activity has also sought to preserve traditions and rituals with museums and anniversaries to celebrate the harvest and other deadlines related to viticulture. The wine museum Erimi, though small, is very interesting and with lots of historical evidence. As for the gastronomy These range from fish to chicken or pork, but also with elements typically Greek Turkish. Skewers of chicken with spices (cumin, curry, bay leaf). The roulade with vine leaves, which are found in Greece and cakes with honey and pistachios typically Turkish.


The places to visit and things to see are many and varied. The splendid beaches, you can attend from March to November, where the Aphrodite's Rock, Where legend has it that came to be born of the goddess of beauty from the surf.

And 'possible to visit sites of archaeological importance as Kurion and his theater with perfect acoustics, Paphos (UNESCO) with its mosaics of the time dedicated to Dionysus of Macedonia 300 BC

Then there are quaint villages such as Omodhos with the square and the adjacent Orthodox church, the monastery with the icons that are ritually kissed by the faithful, features craft shops where you can still see the women who embroider and crochet working sessions outside. If you ever did you manage to contact Philippos Yiapanis and to enter his estate near Erimi, you would be facing a permanent exhibition in a beautiful garden. Statues of wood, bronze and marble that recall the introspection and the study of women Dali. This character is an artist and sculptor recently become famous because his statue was chosen for the last Olympics. People very friendly, smiling, gentle. It's nice to sit in one of the typical small clubs and drinking coffee is boiled and then allowed to deposit reminiscent turkish.

Despite the problems of an island divided into two following the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the last wall still present as a sign of division among the people, the feeling that you have a place in Greek with a good quality of life, without excess, nothing fancy but nothing that is not an expression of discomfort or social problems, the city very neat, clean, quiet, low houses, traffic does not exist. Crime and delinquency are an exception. The only difficulty for a small European LHD could be the legacy of British rule. So if you want to avoid any problems use the taxi and the driver will definitely something interesting to tell you, just ask.