THE VENETIAN BRIDGES OF CYPRUS
THE ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL OF THE RENAISSANCE A TRADING EMPIRE AT ITS CORE The medieval Venetian bridges of Cyprus are historic, mainly single-arch stone structures, built during the Venetian era of…
CAMEL PARK
THE LARGEST CAMEL PARK IN EUROPE ESTABLISHED IN 1998 Established in 1998, the Camel Park near the village of Mazotos, in the Larnaca region, is a fantastic family-run attraction that…
THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS OF LARNACA
A SYMBOL OF IMPERIAL POWER DESIGNED & BUILT BY BRITISH ARCHITECTS The Larnaca police station headquarters building is located on the corner of Athens and Archbishop Makarios III Avenue in…
DISCOVERING KOURION
A STUNNING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE Located on the south-western coast of Cyprus, in the vicinity of today’s Limassol district, Kourion was once one of ten major ancient Greek city-kingdoms of Cyprus.…
AKROTIRI SALT LAKE
ONE OF THE MOST VITAL WETLANDS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Located southwest of Limassol, the seasonal lagoon lies within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is an official British Overseas…
YELLOW POST BOXES
WHY ARE CYPRUS POST BOXES PAINTED YELLOW? The standard British Royal Mail system was introduced to Cyprus after it became a British colony in the latter part of the 19th…
WHO WERE THE PHOENICIANS OF CYPRUS?
BASED ACROSS THE LEVANTINE COAST DESCENDANTS OF CANAANITES The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking thalassocratic civilisation that inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast, which spans modern-day Lebanon, coastal…
AN ANCIENT SICILIAN CONNECTION
CYPRUS & SICILY A CONTINUOUS MEDITERRANEAN LINK It has emerged that the people of both Cyprus and Sicily share deep historical, maritime, and genetic connections, spanning prehistory through to the…
A CULTURAL DESTINATION IN EUROPE
THE CITY OF NICOSIA TOPS THE LIST AGAIN! THE BEST CULTURAL DESTINATION IN EUROPE Nicosia has once again been installed as one of the ‘Best Cultural Destinations in Europe’. The…
THE HAVOUZA RESERVOIRS
AN OTTOMAN LEGACY STONE-BUILT STRUCTURES WITH VAULTED CEILINGS Deriving from the Turkish word ‘yüzme havuzu’, meaning water pool, the late 19th-century Havouza Reservoirs consist of two identical stone-built structures with…