Corfu Ayia Napa

... lot of vines that existed in the area and &#8220;Aimatousa&#8221; (Bloody) from the tradition that wants the Virgin Mary to cure the women with hemorrhage.<br><br><br><br>On 8th of September the country-church functions and there is a big festival. The beautiful natural environment of the area becomes an attraction for the outdoor visits of the local people, mainly on &#8220;Clean Monday&#8221; or Monday of Lent. <br><br><br><br><br>

<br><br>THE MAKENZI AREA<br><br><br>After the war with the Turks in 1974, this place here,- a short walking distance from the Larnaca airport, had become a shanty area. A favela in reality, with one restaurant next to the other, most of the owners refugees, coming from the north part of Cyprus who found this place here to create their small little business those days. The majority of them had lost their properties and ...

... 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 product of the lake, which was exploited to a high degree through the centuries till a few years ago. .<br><br><br><br><br><br>REMEMBERING THE PAST- 4 or 5 Years old then.<br><br>I have from my childhood, a misty recollection of locals from the nearby village of Aradipou, forming lines one behind the other for a mile or so. These locals were riding their donkeys and ...

... was undertaken.<br><br>Extraordinary archeological excavations in the same year revealed the place was inhabited since Neolithic times.<br><br>Nowadays, the monument receives thousands of pilgrims and tourists.<br><br>******<br><br>THE PHOTOS IN THE ENTRY : some were taken in March, and the others the end of October. Notice the difference!

... every 30 meters you can see the "visiting wells" of this unbelievable project, which channeled the water of the river Tremithos to Larnaca till the 1950&#8217;s,<br><br>Many researchers and historians believe that this tremendous public work has existed since Roman times. <br><br>It was reconstructed in 1745 on the basis of the surviving facilities. It goes back to the ...

... a shorter walk, the favorite of the locals is recommended. <br><br><br><br>It starts at the Castle and finishes on the pier inside the Larnaca Marina. You can go back and forth as many times as there is available time. This walk will never bore you especially after sunset, because there are always lots of people doing the same walk, which is an old and deeply rooted social activity of all Larnacians.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

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 ...

... of 1571. <br><br><br><br>Before that it used to be the Catholic Church of the Holy Cross. Built in the 10th or 11th century, this church was founded as an Orthodox Basilica, but, as can be observed, one of its characteristic three corridors was demolished. Its Byzantine origin is also indicated by recently discovered Byzantine wall paintings of Saint George.<br><br><br ...

... to do anything outside of a package. Cyprus is just damn confusing too - when the place names are translated from Greek they are written in one of many different ways, making it even more difficult to figure out where you are and where you're going. This place is totally inappropriate, but I guess it's good to take a break from backpacking. In Ayia/Agia Napa, all the festivities begun and all the reunions occured. Initially it was out ...