Eleonora Larnaca

... 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! <br><br>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 ...

PANAGIA TON AMBELION<br><br><br><br><br><br>It is the 27th October, and I am having a car tour with a family friend, Lefteris, who is kind enough to drive me to the different places I want to visit, so that I take pictures and have them posted for my blog. I have already done much walking yesterday, and these places I want to see today- especially this spot of Panagia ton Abelion (meaning the Virgin Mary protecting the vines) reminds ...

... Gardens of Afxendiou Ave. with large collections of local reptiles, insects, birds, fossils, rock formations, species from the marine life and plants of Cyprus and neighbouring countries.<br><br><br><br>4. Municipal Art Gallery, found on Europe Square and houses the <br><br>Larnaca collection or modern art and other important exhibitions.<br><br><br><br>

... 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 ...

... in the world for the Muslims and the first most important religious place for the Turkish Cypriots.<br><br>It is actually the only surviving Arab monument in Cyprus, built in 1816 over the tomb of Umm Haram, and was renovated taking its present appearance.<br><br>In Ottoman times, it was a Tekke. In the year 2002 a new renovation and ...

... centres. It is considered an expensive area to buy a house.<br><br><br><br>I don&#8217;t regret seeing this improvement, because it is really a lovly spot, making the city of Larnaca more beautiful.<br><br>A visit here is a must, and during the night the area is even more beautiful because the whole place around the arches is illuminated with floodlights.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... colonial type of architecture was introduced by the English in the years of their rule and was based on the vision of their central designing services and refers strictly to the public buildings of this period. <br><br><br><br>The best examples of this architecture are, "The District Governors building", The Old Customs Stores ...

... 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>

... Terravision or even the one for discount phone sexlines.<br><br>I had to pay only a few more Euros to upgrade my experience and with it came free bag checks (which I don't do anyway so it won't get lost), free food and drink (I can eat something beforehand that tastes good), free everything actually (well, you do pay for it in the ticket afterall). An assigned seat awaited me (I can wait in line at Ryanair and get my exit row every time), though I didn't ...

... first bus we could find as far away from Aga Napia as it went, we found ourselves in a sleepy town with the light fading only slightly faster than our spirits. Our dwindling energies and mood had begun to spill onto the pavement when once again we were saved, this time by George, a beautifully coiffured Cypriot, who took pity on us and despite being late for a boys night watching 'The Incredible Hulk', offered to take us to the next town ...