Country Info
- Nicosia
- Capital
- Cyprus Pound (CYP)
- Currency
- 762,887
- Population
- CY
- Country Code
Cyprus Slideshow
Top Hotels in Cyprus
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Ausonia Hotel Apartments Protaras
7 reviews -
Lantiana Gardens Hotel Aparthotel Protaras
49 reviews -
Platomare Hotel Apartments Protaras
103 reviews
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Ketsios Apartments Protaras
8 reviews
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Lapida Hotel Lapta
43 reviews
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Moniatis Hotel Yermasoyia
49 reviews
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Salamis Bay Conti Hotel Famagusta
129 reviews
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Dome Hotel and Casino Kyrenia
82 reviews -
Aldiana Cyprus Larnaca
74 reviews
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Axiothea Hotel Paphos
10 reviews -
Rrp Secret Valley Paphos
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Semiramis Hotel Platres
34 reviews
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Philippiana Hotel Ayia Napa
2 reviews
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Vassos Nissi Plage Ayia Napa
12 reviews
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Marsellis Hotel Apartments Perivolia
1 review
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Brilliant Hotel Apartments Protaras
183 reviews
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Livas Hotel Apartments Protaras
51 reviews
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Farkonia Apts (Protaras)
1 review
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Modus Vivendi Holidays Psematismenos
3 reviews
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Altinkaya Holiday Village Karakoumi
66 reviews
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Venus Beach Residence & Hotel Famagusta
11 reviews
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Hotel Club Z Kyrenia
27 reviews
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Socoriky Village Larnaca
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Demero Apartments Limassol
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Marianna Hotel Apartments Limassol
101 reviews -
Dalia Villa Paphos
1 review
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Akamas Hotel Polis
1 review
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Hotel Paloma Ayia Napa
12 reviews
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Pierre Anne Ayia Napa
23 reviews
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Vias Hotel Apts. Ayia Napa
18 reviews
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Louis Althea Beach Hotel Protaras
12 reviews
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Sandra Hotel Apartments Protaras
114 reviews
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Malpas Hotel & Casino Catalkoy
252 reviews
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High Life Karakoumi
68 reviews
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Kaya Artemis Resort and Casino Famagusta
50 reviews
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Hotel Pia Bella Kyrenia
551 reviews
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Avenue Hotel Apartments Larnaca
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Mariandy Hotel Larnaca
8 reviews
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Aquamarina Hotel Limassol
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Drakos Apartments Limassol
1 review
Cyprus
Travel Blogs from Cyprus
AMERICAN ACADEMY LARNACA 1974-2009 (Now and Then)
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN LARNACA (1974 graduation) The school was founded in 1908 by the Foreign Mission Board of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America but was given in the late 1970's to the alumni of the school who govern it through an ...
KALAVASOS Village
I was urged by some friends to spend some days at the village of Kalavasos, so here I am today out in the streets walking and getting acquainted with the place. It is about 40 km south-west of Larnaca, built upon the west bank of the Vasilikos river. ...
Larnaca District is so beautiful!
... century. 11) Agios Antonios Church is found in the village of Kellia, one of the most important Byzantine churches of Cyprus, possibly of the 9th century. 12) Kostas Argyrou Museum is found in Mazotos. See the work of the local sculptor. ...
Four Seasons Hotel - Welcoming Cocktail Gathering
... , was arranged weeks ago while I was in Greece. Two days back a friend of mine told me about the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra performing live tonight very close to where I am. I preferred to watch the Orchestra rather than going to ...
Flying Over Larnaca and the Salt Lake in January
Booking a ticket to Cyprus and the Trick being done to Pay more! – Watch out!!!! My flight is for 6:00 am so I have to be at the airport a couple of hours earlier. I had every chance to leave much later with the same cost and this because I ...
LARNACA MUSEUMS
... large collections of local reptiles, insects, birds, fossils, rock formations, species from the marine life and plants of Cyprus and neighbouring countries. 4. Municipal Art Gallery, found on Europe Square and houses the Larnaca ...
Stage 8 - Besparmak to Sourp Magur
... being lovers of walking on tarmac we thought we would try to find another route which we did from the book 'Walks in Northern Cyprus'. In fact we followed parts of three walks out of the book. Incidentally this is a good book for anyone who enjoys ...
"Kataklysmos" The Flood Festival in Larnaca 2011
... of the body and soul. This does not involve only children but adults as well and it is great fun. I remember when young in Cyprus we used to wet each other throughout the day. It was like a game not only for us children but for much older people. I ...
THE SEASONS IN CYPRUS
... else and make a beeline for the Troodos in February, when the snowfall offers exciting skiing opportunities. Delightful Spring In Cyprus, the orchids wait for January so they can begin to bloom and by mid-February the entire countryside is verdant and ...
Agricultural Museum -ground floor, Kato Drys
We enter the ground floor and I am in a very big room which in Greek is called "dichoro" which means two areas. The division of room by the arch in the main room serves both as a living room, a sitting room and a room actually for anything The arch ...
Folkloric Museum in Lofou
I visited the Folkloric Museum in Lofou. It is the private collection of Mr. Petros, a very authentic Cypriot who loves his country, culture and tradition. He has been collecting all these items since he was very young he told me with much ...
TIPS ON TAXIS, BUSES, AND CLOTHING IN CYPRUS
... so good if you arrive at the check in just after the coaches unload and spend an hour queuing. Another useful item of Cyprus travel information concerns the whole business of hire cars and some of the common mistakes holiday makers tend to make. ...
Feeling hot, hot hot.
Made it. A fairly painless flight apart from the expected scrums at check-in and the uber-serious security; my bag went through so many x-ray machines this morning that its still glowing slightly. Discovered an interesting Russian currency trick at ...
SPENDING THE WEEKEND IN CYPRUS
The excuse was my birthday, and all of a sudden I decided to celebrate it down in Cyprus. So, off I fly to Larnaca for the weekend. Enjoyed every moment of it, visited relatives and friends, got some gifts and brought back with me ...
Cyprus
... with just a splint on his arm to get a tiny bit of sympathy from passers by! A little inforamtion about Cyprus, then! Known as the island of Aphrodite, Cyprus lies at the crossroads of three continents, where east meets west. ...
Meeting Mr. Theophanis Pilavakis in Phoini
... wants me to meet Mr. Theophanis Pilavakis, the owner of the Private Museum of Folkloric Art and a person well known in Cyprus. Phoini not only prouds for its unique and extensive tradition in pottery with the history going back into the centuries, but ...
Trooditissa Monastery in the Troodos Mountains
VISITING TROODITISSA MONASTERY TODAY! After a rich breakfast with the company of my friends Agni and Dino we set off for the Monastery. I was a young girl back then when I visited this Monastery with my parents…. The last time that I can ...
Stage 6- St. Hilarian Castle to Tashkent (Almost)
Sometimes things just go wrong and this was the case with our first attempt at this part of our walk. Since we couldn't start from outside the castle, army orders, we crossed the main Girne/Lefkosa road at the castle turn off and started at the way mark ...
Stage 7 - Tashkent to Besparmak
Thursday,23rd. October2008. Resumption of 'Last of the Cyprus Wine' Kyrenia Mountain Range Walk, Besparmak to Catalkoy section, distance approximately ten miles, time taken just over five hours. Good Morning to you all. It's a beautiful ...
FIKARDOU TRADITIONAL VILLAGE IN CYPRUS
THE PICTURESQUE VILLAGE OF FIKARDOU This picturesque village is situated 32 km south east of Nicosia, surrounded by peaks of over 1000 m high. The buildings date back from the 19th century ...
Our trip to Macheras Monastery in Troodos
... to Virgin Mary. Very near the monastery there is the hideout of Grigoris Afxentiou who fought against the British rule of Cyprus. http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Grigoris_Afxentiou On the way back we stopped for lunch at a very popular restaurant ...
My first and last Spring Break trip
Watching almost everyone struggle their way up the steps this morning just might suggest that people had a good time outside of the Hiram-imite Kingdom of Jordan. I never realized I needed to escape, but stepping foot onto Cyprian soil made us all ...
Ioannis Lampadistis (John Lampadistis Monastery)
Nine painted Byzantine churches, all in the Troodos Mountains, are on UNESO's World Heritage List. Their steep-pitched tile roofs have sheltered frescoes at once ascetic from unwanted intrusions for centuries. The Church and Monastery of Agios Ioannis ...
TRADITIONAL DANCING IN CYPRUS-videos
TRADITIONAL DANCERS This will give you an idea of what happens at a traditional Cypriot dinner party. After the festival, we have a dinner party, all the choirs together. Cypriot traditional dancers open the programme, and finally we are all dancing and ...
Theoskepasti Chapel in Kalopanagiotis
PANAGIA THEOSKEPASTI - Kalopanagiotis The word 'Panagia' in Greek refers to Virgin the Mother of Jesus, and ‘Theoskepasti’ means Protected or Covered by God. Also Holy Virgin. We are returning from the country-house of my friends, and we ...
Walking through history
Today we ventured out again in our rental car, following closely behind Philip, Alison, Sadie and Summer, to the historic, walled city of Famagusta. Founded in 300 BC as a fishing village, it contains many impressive ruins in a lovely seaside ...
Stage 1 - Sadrazamkoy to Korucam
From the point at Sadrazamkoy the five of us dipped our toes in the sea ( still kept our walking boots on as the water was still cold). Smiler took the obligatory picture of this event but managed to miss all the feet off. We set off walking with the sun ...
'AMBELIKOS Traditional House"
I spent 4 days at Ambelikos Traditional House in Potamitissa once again on this recent trip I had in Cyprus. This time I told Aki the manager about the one and only bad comments I read concerning Ambelikos from one reader commenting on the scrambled eggs ...
A WEEK IN LARNACA CYPRUS
LARNACA It is July, and we have come to the Island I love again. We are spending 3 nights in a nice hotel in Larnaca, enjoying the sunshine, having some quick visits to relatives, but mostly we are on the beach. The reason I am at this hotel this time ...
NATURE TRAILS AND WALKS -Tourism info
... historic houses. You can join the Larnaca walks offered free of charge by the Municipality of Larnaca in collaboration with Cyprus Tourist Organization and the Cyprus Tourist Guides Association. It is a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the ...