Panas Village Ayia Napa

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 ...

... as they will reach their homes after midnight.<br><br>What they are brought is just plain junkfood, and the owner and staff are very arrogant.<br><br>We are talking to them and they pretend they are listening to us, but without talking at all or reacting to what we tell them.<br><br><br>Most of my friends complain about the junkfood being brought to them, but instead, both the staff and the owner seem to walk around ...

... per Era, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman periods. It covers 9000 years of Cypriot art. <br><br>The rarest collections at the museum are the Neolithic times are pottery, the collection of Roman and Hellenistic glass and the Byzantine collection of ceramic utensils, which are decorated with the ...

... 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 ...

THE HALA SULTAN TEKKE<br><br>Founded in 649 A.D.<br><br><br><br>This historic mosque is just 3 km west of Larnaca very near the airport terminal on the central salt lake.<br><br>Um Haram who was the Aunt of Prophet Mohamed died here as a result of an accident. <br><br>This mosque is now considered to be the fourth most important religious ...

... from the 1st arches (about 2-3 kms) you arrive at the 2nd arches, and after a walk of almost the same distance, (but having to pass the airport-by pass highway-) you arrive at the 3rd and lower arches. At this point you have to look for the old mill, which pumped the aqueduct's water.<br><br>Then for 9 kilometers up to the river, the water &#8211;channel goes underground ...

THE SEAFRONT STAGE &#8211;KIMON SQUARE<br><br><br><br>Kimon Square is situated in the middle of Athens Avenue as it is called.<br>It got its name back in the 1920's to honor the Athenian General Kimon. <br><br>The Athenian General led 200 triremes in 450 BC to free Cyprus from the Persians. He died and was buried here by his army in Larnaca before the final victory.<br><br><br><br>Just next to the bust, the municipality ...

... 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 ...

THE CASTLE OF LARNACA<br><br>(The Medieval Museum of Larnaca found on the 2nd floor of the castle).<br><br><br><br>The earliest reference to the construction of the Larnaca Fort is 1380 A.D. During the Ottoman occupation a new renovation was made dating 1625 A.D. It was used as a prison, as it was during early British rule. It is now used as a local Medieval Museum, and ...

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 ...