Castle Hotel Apartments Limassol

... river Karkotis, and the modern resort with shops, cafes, banks and even a public swimming pool. The population is about 2.000.

Because of its good vegetation, Kakopetria is known for the good quality of fruit like, pears, apricots, peaches cherry trees, and especially the fine quality of its apples.

There are numerous ancient churches in the area, one of which is Agios Nicolas tis Stegis ...

... west of the monastery, and not far from his native village of Panayia.

The monastery holds religious fairs on September 8th, (Birth of the Virgin) and August 15th (Dormition of the Virgin).



How to get here:

Air: Paphos International Airport.

Road: Road to Pedoulas which leads to Kykkos (from Troodos); road north towards Platres, past Pedoulas to ...

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I do however know how to admire my friends, and have fun.

Again I want to thank the people from the ATHK choir who did their very best to make our trip to Cyprus unforgettable.
It was fun, and indeed the Greek people left with the best impressions of Cypriot hospitality.

We are up on the Troodos Mountains with my thermos(?)

I ask a friend to take a picture of me with the it, so when my friends saw us taking photos, thinking that I am promoting the product, and I get money out of it, wanted to participate in the promotion!!!
We took many photos, and had fun.

... Of course it is not like I cook it at home) but this does not bother us.

I promise the owner to have his photo put in my blog, so people from Limassol might recognize him.



We get a table outside the small kiosk, and while waiting for our pitas to come, Thodoris, one of my friends who is a High School teacher, goes to the nearby ...

... possible for the people from Greece to feel this hospitality and the personal touch - as if I am responsible for everything - but still this is how I feel because I am coming from this island and I want every single visitor coming here, to go back with the best memories ever!

The choir arrives exactly the time we expected them to be here, and Mr. Koutsoulides hands a bunch of flowers to our choir conductor. We all get in the ...

... was very friendly and helpful. The local beer was very nice. Keo. The waiter showed us some other places on our map to go visit while we walked around. Had a look at a local fruit and vege market which was quite good but much the same as ours only with a few different products like dates, little fish etc. Headed back on the shuttle at 2pm which was long enough. Had a rest and then went to Oasis to watch sail out. Clocks back 1 hour and I don't know why.

Cyprus was never on our list of places to go or see for that matter, as it is so far off coarse. But Cyprus is now where we find ourselves, as this is were boats from Israel land. After all the horns, hustle and bustle that is the Middle East it is quite refreshing to be back in a European country where we don't get asked constantly to look into someone's shop, hassled all day long and Shona can ...

Friday, July 3rd,
2009—Troodos and Limassol
On the drive to Limassol we decided to
take the detour through the Troodos mountains in hopes of seeing some
nice scenery and perhaps the painted churches of Troodos.
Unfortunately all we discovered were poorly signed roads and more
winding mountain highway. The ride was spectacular but a little
disappointed once we had reached Troodos. It ...

... km west of Pedoulas, one of the wealthiest and best-known monasteries in Cyprus.

The first President of Cyprus, Archibishop Makarios the 3rd started his ecclesiastical career here as a monk in 1926.His request to be buried there materialized after his deathin 1977. His tomb lies 3 km west of Kykkos monastery and remains a popular visitor destination.



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