Baths of Aphrodite
Aphrodite the goddess of love chose to make her habitat at these very nice waterfalls and spent her time treating her beauty. At a nearby location a cave leads far away to the “Sea-Caves” where she used to meet with Adonis her secret lover.
Troodos
Characterised by its various little villages where the peoples' main occupations are the production of cherries, apple and wine, fascinate every guest, as houses in Troodos Villages all have a chimney and slope pan tile roofs for snow.
Paphos Villages
Lemba Village: the reconstructed Prehistoric Village of 2500-3500 BC will give you the first insight of the island's Chalcolithic life.
Kolossi Castle
An Impressive castle with Cypress trees and gardens. The Knights Hospitaler was granted land at Kolossi by King Hugh I in 1210 and they built a castle. When Acre fell in 1291 the headquarters moved to Kolossi and the Grand Commandery of Kolossi became renowned as the richest possession of the Knights.
Temple of Apollo
Three kilometres west of Kourion, the Sanctuary of Apollo covers an area of some 15,000 square metres and is one of the largest historic religious sites in Cyprus - the earliest ruins date back to the 8th century B.C., the site was dedicated to Apollo in the 5th century B.C. Apollo was a god of beauty, music, woodlands, prophecy and archery, and he was a protector of forests
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