Melissi Beach Hotel Ayia Napa

... to have our long walks, picking snails, mushrooms or asparagus!<br>Nothing is the same. What a disappointment for me, but I am still curious to see the church.<br><br><br>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.<br><br>We used to come during weekends here in this area with my parents, friends and ...

<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 ...

... 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>

... to different countries.<br><br>While in a museum yesterday I came across a couple of photos showing these locals working. I was 4 or 5 then.<br><br><br><br>Salt is no more collected , ever since the airport has been there. The most interesting thing however about this salt lake today is the migration of birds in winter.<br><br>Birds like flamingos, ducks, swans and various other ...

... 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!

... 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 buildings of 1879 are found.<br><br>Larnaca was the biggest port and urban centre of the island those days.<br><br>Buildings like the colony&#8217;s Governor&#8217;s building, the chief Port Master house and office, and the colonial port warehouses are some of these old buildings which have now been restored to accommodate the Paleontology museum, the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, the City-Museum and ...

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 ...

LARNACA MARINA AND THE COLONIAL PIER<br><br><br><br>Just opposite the colonial buildings of Europe Square is the entrance of the Marina, which was built in the early 1970's.<br><br>It used to be a port back in 1879, constructed by the British.<br><br>The walk on ...