Beau Rivage Beach Hotel Larnaca

... where some gifts are waiting for everyone on each seat. <br><br>Our first destination is a visit to Lefkara. <br>It is the 28th of October, and every single village in both Cyprus and Greece is celebrating. It is a National holiday, and is the big -Ohi- or "No Day",( the refusal of Greece in 1940 to allow Italian fascist troops into the country). <br>On this day, all public schools organize a parade where the best student of the school ...

... We loved walking then, just as I love walking these days, and always will, so back to those days the old main road leading to Nicosia was just a few meters from the Church.<br><br>After 1974 when I moved to Greece, I had never visited this place even once, and I was so anxious to see what has become of.<br>Well, I am here, but nothing is the same.<br><br><br><br>The area is unrecognizable:<br>The church is the same all right ...

... abstract art of the contemporary world.<br><br><br><br><br><br>City Museum and Archives<br><br><br><br>The municipal museum is housed in a 1881 building, which was the residence and office of the first colonial Port Master of Larnaca.<br><br>On the ground floor is the City museum with exhibits emphasizing the long, glorious and uninterrupted history of ...

... prehistoric times was a small gulf open to the sea. From 1700 B.C. it was a secure natural port in the service of the large prehistoric town next to the Hala Sultan Tekke. It was abandoned by its population at about 1050 B.C., around the time the fiord was closed. Following that, the natural port was destroyed and the central salt lake was formed. <br><br><br><br>Salt was valuable ...

THE HALA SULTAN TEKKE<br><br>Founded in 649 A.D.<br><br><br><br>This historic mosque is just 3 km west of Larnaca very near the airport terminal on the central salt lake.<br><br>Um Haram who was the Aunt of Prophet Mohamed died here as a result of an accident. <br><br>This mosque is now considered to be the fourth most important religious ...

KAMARES, THE OLD AQUEDUCT OF LARNACA<br><br><br><br>A little history:<br><br><br><br>(Kamares) &#8211;as they are called in Greek.<br><br>They are found at the exit from Larnaca towards the Limassol highway. 18th century aqueduct of Larnaca, 16 kilometers long. For the adventurer the old aqueduct of Larnaca offers a tremendous challenge.<br><br><br><br>Walking in a straight ...

STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE -LARNACA<br><br><br><br><br><br>I am so excited that I am walking in the Traditional neighbourhoods of my hometown. With the camera in my hand I get pictures of older buildings that remind me of those years.<br><br><br><br><br><br>BRITISH COLONIAL STYLE<br><br><br>Many of the buildings in Larnaca are very old. <br>The ...

... their armies in Larnaca in 1570 without any Venetian resistance. Having Larnaca as their supply and naval base, the Turks conquered the whole of the island in 1571. <br>Before it became a mosque, Beyuk Tzami was a Catholic Church devoted to Santa Katerina and it was probably built at the time of Catherine Cornaro, last Queen of the Lusignians (1468 &#8211; 1489). <br><br><br>

... to get advantage of this 8 day trip, travel a lot, take many photos, and write everything down in detail.<br><br>From the moment we reach the coasts of Cyprus, it is just 10 minutes before landing.<br><br>The plane flies over Limassol first, and then to Larnaca.<br><br>Ok&#8230;.I have to stop here. It is 7.20 am and the temperature outside 20 degrees.<br><br>First moments in Larnaca.<br><br><br><br>I am ...

With the shiver-inducing prospect of the return trip to Turkey aboard the filthy 'Fergun' ferry, we decided to head to the South of Cyprus in the hope of hitching a lift on a boat going to either Lebanon or Syria. We got picked up and taken to Larnaka by a trendy modern artist called Savvinos, who took us back to his gallery, bought us drinks and helped us ask around the marina for potential lifts to Lebanon, before driving us to the main ...