Takkas Hotel Apartments 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 ...

... do their work as if they are robots. They ignore us.<br><br>From the expression on the owner's face, I can understand his thoughts. It is as if he is saying "eat here foolish people, you are trapped&#8230;&#8230;no matter what you say, I am going to have your money"!<br><br>While my friends are complaining, the driver is enjoying a huge plate full of grilled Prawns and (Barbouni fish) red mullet which is quite expensive ...

... a visit next month and bring photos are:<br><br><br><br>1. Museum of Paleontology &#8211; Collection of fossil life covering 5.000<br><br>million years. &#8211; bones from pygmy elephants and hippopotamus.<br><br> <br><br>2. Ecclesiastical Museum of St. Lazarus.<br><br><br><br>3. Municipal Museum of Natural History.<br><br>Situated within the Larnaca ...

... br>At this site, one can admire the migratory birds and the interesting plant life. It is here that the goddess Artemis &#8211; Diana and Aphrodite Astarte were worshipped. At this site one can admire the migratory birds life.<br><br><br><br>The close connection of the area with these Goddesses can be felt especially during the ultra-red sunsets you can enjoy walking the trail.<br><br>

... 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!

... I have taken.<br><br>In the years of my childhood, just next to these &#8211;kamares- used to live a family who had many sheep and goats. I remember buying -Halloumi- (Cypriot cheese) from them.<br><br><br><br>The whole area has changed nowadays, and Larnaca has expanded up to this point out here. New modern houses have been built, banks, parks, cinema complexes and ...

... 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 ...

... 8220;The building of Cyprus Tourist Organization,&#8221; &#8220;The Central Police Station&#8221;, &#8220;The Governors Residence&#8221;, and &#8220;The Larnaca old Hospital&#8221; near the American Academy.<br><br><br><br>URBAN TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS<br><br>(I got from the tourist information)<br><br><br><br>This is the anonymous ...

... 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. <br>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 &#8211; 1489). <br><br><br>

... and as I try to take pictures, I walk up the marina.<br><br>This walk brings nostalgic memories. I long back to those days when young, and the times I had been up here either with friends or my parents. Walking up and down as it is the custom even these days.