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... 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 ...

... s beauty became a curse for her. Gods began to fear that her beauty would give rise to jealousy among them, which would end up in war among themselves and interrupt the peace. Therefore, Zeus decided to marry her off to Hephaestus - the god of fire, who was not considered to be a threat among the gods. Many accounts refer to Aphrodite as Adonis's lover as well as surrogate mother. One such account states that she spent most of the time going hunting with Adonis, and when Adonis was ...

... 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.



4. Municipal Art Gallery, found on Europe Square and houses the

Larnaca collection or modern art and other important exhibitions.

... for work early each morning, to come to the salt lake to collect the salt, and late in the afternoon making the same route back again to their homes to rest and get ready for the following morning. Huge sacks were hanging on both sides of their donkeys, and the animals walking slowly one behind the other.

Salt was piled like small mountains in the round area, and was ...

... 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 ...

... The sunrise and the sunset on this beach are magical. Acess to this pedestrian trail can be made at any point along the Larnaca –Pyla tourist area.



Most of the photos with the beautiful mansions are from the eastern beaches of Larnaca towards Oroklini and Pyla, up to the borders of Dekelia - British basis. This road is full of Hotels and restaurants with souvenir shops.

... centres. It is considered an expensive area to buy a house.



I don’t regret seeing this improvement, because it is really a lovly spot, making the city of Larnaca more beautiful.

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.

... of Larnaca developed in the Ottoman times and was designed to serve the trading needs as well as the residential needs of the wealthy merchants of Larnaca. The owner had his storehouse and office on the ground floor and his family on the first, with the characteristic kiosk over the street for good ventilation and view.


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... 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).