Hotel Pernera Beach Protaras

... to have our long walks, picking snails, mushrooms or asparagus!
Nothing is the same. What a disappointment for me, but I am still curious to see the church.


Every single time I visit this beautiful island seems to me that it was just yesterday that I have lived all these things here. The tragedy is that I can't find these things today.

We used to come during weekends here in this area with my parents, friends and ...

... power of love. She blessed individuals who worshiped her. Various accounts depict her as ruthless goddess, who punished individuals who despised love as well. In one such incident, she punished Narcissus, a beautiful young man, who refused to worship Aphrodite, by making him fall in love with his own image. An account states that Hippolytos, son of Theseus, was destroyed by Aphrodite for scorning her worship. When prince Paris had to choose the most beautiful women between her ...

... town.

A large collection of the city's coins minted in the local mint starting with the fist coin in the city Kingdom of Kition of the late 6th century and a fabulous collection of city photographs through the years dating from 1850, are among the most interesting exhibits.

On the 2nd floor are located the city’s archives, which are ...

... species come here and turn the salt lake into a paradise.



Hunting of course is forbidden in this area, but walking through the interesting surroundings and enjoying the famous red sunsets of the spot, watching the birds or exercising is strongly recommended.

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Nature Trail of Larnaca Salt Lake ...Length 4 km (1 hr one-way)


The lake has ...

... was undertaken.

Extraordinary archeological excavations in the same year revealed the place was inhabited since Neolithic times.

Nowadays, the monument receives thousands of pilgrims and tourists.

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THE PHOTOS IN THE ENTRY : some were taken in March, and the others the end of October. Notice the difference!

... is what we called the school canteen those days, bought what we wanted, but the girls had to hurry and get to the girls’ yard as we were forbidden to be in the boys yard for too long.

Silly ideas which I am sure don’t exist today!



I spend more than 45 minutes walking around the school premises, and then walk all the way home.

On my way, I take pictures of nice buildings, until ...

... most of them, inspired by ancient Cypriot art. The walk goes through the picturesque streets of traditional houses with kiosks of the Scala Turkish quarter, where the visitors have the chance to see the present use of this very old residential area, now inhabited by Greek refugees displaced from Famagusta.



Starting from the Castle the walk goes from Eski Carsi Street to Buyuk ...

... and Roman times.





TODAY:



I had the chance for the first time in my life, thanks to Lefteris, to get to the top of these –kamares- and see the gutter pipe where water was flowing providing water to the people those days.

Now I see that the government has spent a lot of money making this area around here very beautiful ...

... 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.



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.
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 – 1489).