CYPRUS WILL FOR SURE CAPTIVATE YOU WITH ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AND FANTASTIC CLIMATE, BUT DIG INTO OUR PAST AND YOU WILL DISCOVER THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. ALLOW US TO CREATE THE PERFECT EXPERIENCE, A BLEND OF CULTURE BASED ON THE NUMEROUS AND SPECIAL LOCAL PRODUCTS BLENDED WITH THE UNIQUE CYPRIOT HOSPITALITY.
EXCURSION PROGRAM INCLUDES VISIT TO:
LIMASSOL A VIBRANT AND MODERN SEASIDE CITY WITH AN INTERESTING AND RICH HISTORY, WHERE WE VISIT THE ANCIENT CITY KINGDOM OF KOURION. FOUNDED IN THE 13TH CENTURY BC, THIS CITY WAS ABANDONED, AFTER SEVERAL EARTHQUAKES,IN THE 10TH CENTURY AD. HERE WE WILL ALSO VISIT KOLOSSI C<1STLE, WHICH IN THE OLD DAYS WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
LARNAKA,- A SMALL TOWN THAT KNOWN FOR ITS SEAFRONT PROMENADE;THE SALT LAKE OF LARNACA,WHICH IN THE COOLER MONTHS THE SALT LAKE IS HOME TO COLONIES OF GRACEFUL FLAMINGOS AND OTHER MIGRATORY BIRDS AND THE CHURCH OF ST. lazarus (900A.D), BUILT OVER THE TOMB OF THE SAINT.
PETRA TOU ROMIOU, THE BIRTHPLACE OF APHRODITE THE GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, ACCORDING TO THE GREEK MYTHOLOGY & THE ANCIENT TOWN OF PAPHOS,WHICH IS INCLUDED INTHE OFFICIAL UNESCO LIST OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL TREASURES OF THE WORLD HERITAGE. DURING OUR VISIT HERE WE SHALL SEE ST. PAUL'S PILLAR, WHERE, ACCORDING TO TRADITION, SAINT PAUL WAS LASHED, BEFORE CONVERTING THE ROMAN GOVERNOR SERGIUS PAULUS INTO CHRISTIANITY. A PLACE HONOURED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE POPE BENEDICT XVI,IN JUNE 2010, ON HIS VOYAGE "ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST PAUL''.
NICOSIA, - THE ONLY DIVIDED CAPITAL IN THE WORLD. VISIT THE CYPR11S ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, WHICH IS THE MAIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM ON CYPRUS TRACING THE LONG HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION IN THE ISLAND. T HOUSES THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS OF THE ISLAND'S RICH PAST. YOU WILL ALSO VISIT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL ICONOSTASIS AND WONDERFUL FRESCOES OF EARLY 18TH CENTURY.
THE TROODOS MOUNTAINS, WHERE THERE ARE CHURCHES AND SPLENDID MON<1STERIES IN AN EXTRAORDINARY LANDSCAPE AND DECLARED UNIVERSAL HERITAGE BY UNESCO. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WINERIES ON THE ISLAND, MOSTLY SMALL BOUTIQUE WINERIES,PRODUCING WORLD AWARD-WINNING WINES.
TASTING OF LOCAL PRODUCTS.
SEE THE WORLD FAMOUS "GHOST TOWN" OF FAMAGUSTA! AND VISIT THE RUINS OF SALAMIS, WHICH WAS FOUNDED AROUND 1184 BC BY TEUKROS, ONE OF THE HEROES OF TROY.
FROM €826 PP
PRICE IS BASED ON A GROUP BOOKING ON REQUEST BASIS FOR MIN 15 PAVING ADULTS TRAVELLING from APRIL 2023 on & INCLUDES.
7 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN 4' HOTEL ON HB, 6 EXCURSIONS WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE (OTHER LANGUAGE CAN BEREQUESTED}, arrival & departure transfers.
we can make made to measure programs to fit individuals and your group size & budget.
