Sandy Beach Larnaca

... village coffee house, also waiting to hear the drums and music, a sign that the parade is coming. <br>Soon it is a fact. We hear the drums and all drop what we are doing and get to the side of the narrow streets to watch the parade coming. <br><br>You can see that pople are moved to tears. As the drums and parade approach, the beat gets louder, and the moment the parade passes from each one of us, it is so special. I see my friends getting ...

... abstract art of the contemporary world.<br><br><br><br><br><br>City Museum and Archives<br><br><br><br>The municipal museum is housed in a 1881 building, which was the residence and office of the first colonial Port Master of Larnaca.<br><br>On the ground floor is the City museum with exhibits emphasizing the long, glorious and uninterrupted history of ...

<br><br>THE SALT LAKE OF LARNACA<br><br><br><br>The first site of interest a tourist sees upon arriving is the Salt Lake.<br>Depending on the weather conditions, the view is all the time changing. For instance when the salt lake has water, you can see the mosque reflected in the waters. The view is quite different if it is summer or autumn again. <br><br><br><br>The central salt lake ...

... and Roman times.<br><br><br><br><br><br>TODAY:<br ><br><br><br>I had the chance for the first time in my life, thanks to Lefteris, to get to the top of these &#8211;kamares- and see the gutter pipe where water was flowing providing water to the people those days.<br><br>Now I see that the government has spent a lot of money making this area around here very beautiful ...

... a shorter walk, the favorite of the locals is recommended. <br><br><br><br>It starts at the Castle and finishes on the pier inside the Larnaca Marina. You can go back and forth as many times as there is available time. This walk will never bore you especially after sunset, because there are always lots of people doing the same walk, which is an old and deeply rooted social activity of all Larnacians.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

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 ...

... at the village of Lemithou, at an altitude of 1200 metres above sea level.<br><br>Check out the site here: <br>themis.lem@cytanet.com.cy<br><br><b r>How to find it: It's Nicosia, Kakopetria, Prodromos and you come to Lemithou.<br>5 Platonos Street,<br>P.O.Box 22343, 2940 Strovolos,Nicosia, Cyprus.<br>Tel:+357 22422938. LemithouTel:+357 25462525<br>-----------<br><br><br><br> <br><br>

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 ...

... unlike here where it's all out in the open.<br><br>But back to my point...Billa provides a shopping experience I have never before seen in a supermarket. Just when I think I have seen it all, I find one of those travel experiences in some Bulgarian grocery store underground next to the subway station. All right there grouped together next to the registers (manned by dour matrons) where we would keep the tic tacs and magazines were mints ...

David managed to catch a cold & cough while in Cyprus. So we want to say a big thank you to all the family who gave lotions and potions and steam bowls for him. He got worse as the trip went on.... However, before we left Cyprus, we managed to try a delicacy....snails!!! They tasted fine....slight seafood taste but only faint. They actually looked very pretty...not like the brown garden variety back home! These were little and white with a pretty swirl of brown. Glad ...