Tofinis Apartments Ayia Napa

... which is so near, has changed the whole picture. <br><br>About 200 metres at the back of the Church, there were cliffs and a beautiful little river - I used to call it (my little white river) because the rocks were really white and flat and it was so beautiful! Well nothing is here. It is just the highway below with so much noise and cars going by. <br>What a great disappointment indeed! <br><br><br><br>AN ATTACHMENT<br><br>Some ...

... nowhere else to go. Some of them used to have a room at the back of the small restaurant to shelter their families. As the years go by, the government helps these people and now this place here is one of the most beautiful in Larnaca.<br><br><br>This shanty place has become a very popular area nowadays, with very expensive beach restaurants and bars. A beautiful walking area with palm trees next to the coast, with the ...

... 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 ...

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

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 ...

... every 30 meters you can see the "visiting wells" of this unbelievable project, which channeled the water of the river Tremithos to Larnaca till the 1950&#8217;s,<br><br>Many researchers and historians believe that this tremendous public work has existed since Roman times. <br><br>It was reconstructed in 1745 on the basis of the surviving facilities. It goes back to the ...

... love getting up early in the morning and jog.<br><br>Many find friends and jog together, and you can see the speedy pace people depending on the age here! There are people who just come to walk up and down and cover some miles, others who walk much slower with one or two friends chatting while waling, but there are those ones who are so concentrated on what they are doing that you can see all their passion here.<br ...

... 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 minaret is built on the foundation of the bell tower. Opposite this mosque there is an elegant stone built public water fountain of the Venetian period reused by the Ottoman aquaduct of 1747. <br><br><br><br>It survives in a very good condition and it is decorated with an engraved &#8211;clock in Latin characters. According to historical sources the Venetian governor ...

... 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.