THE LIGHTHOUSES OF CYPRUS
🚢5 OPERATIONAL LIGHTHOUSES🚢 STAYING THE COURSE The humble lighthouse has played a crucial role for all seafaring civilisations throughout the ages, helping ships to avoid dangerous seas and to stay…
WHY DOES CYPRUS STAND OUT AS A TOP HOLIDAY DESTINATION?
THE LOVE BRIDGE NEAR AYIA NAPA APHRODITE’S ROCK NEAR PAPHOS THE LIMASSOL SKYLINE AT NIGHT NISSI BEACH AYIA NAPA A DEPICTION OF A CYPRIOT STREET MUSICIAN THE PAPHOS COASTLINE AT…
IT’S ALL IN THE NAME
☺️ A DIFFERENT NAMING CONVENTION ☺️ Surnames in Cyprus used to be applied quite differently before the island became a British Colony. A surname was traditionally not viewed as a…
CYPRUS COFFEE
A SIP OF CYPRIOT TRADITION The process of not only making, but sharing a cup of Cypriot coffee embodies hospitality, friendship, and community across the island. Each sip carries a…
A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLIS CHRYSOCHOUS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLIS CHRYSOCHOUS A LONG HISTORY The town of Polis Chrysochous is situated 37 kilometres north-east of the city of Paphos. The area surrounding the town stretches…
GOING BANANAS IN CYPRUS
BANANAS NEED WATER TOO! PAPHOS HIT THE HARDEST Cyprus as a whole is bracing itself for a year of water scarcity. This comes after one of the driest winters since…
THE TROODOS MOUNTAIN VILLAGE REGENERATION PROGRAM
A GOVERNMENT PLEDGE THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENT IS TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO HALT VILLAGE MIGRATION HALTING THE POPULATION DECLINE IN REMOTE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES Village communities, mainly in rural mountainous regions of…
THE STORY OF THE HMS HIMALAYA’S ARRIVAL IN CYPRUS
A NEW OVERSEAS TERRITORY JULY 22ND 1878 A STRATEGIC & MILITARY BASE: In 1878, Cyprus became a British overseas territory. The Ottoman Empire ceded full control, but not ownership, of…
THE EDRO III SHIPWRECK
⚓️A PAPHOS LANDMARK⚓️ On October 8th, 2011, the Edro III left the port of Limassol, heading for the Greek island of Rhodes. Bad weather conditions, resulting from a freak storm,…
THE FIRST PETROL AUTOMOBILE IN CYPRUS
THE FIRST CAR BROUGHT TO LIMASSOL IN 1907 STEAM POWER British administrators were the first to import steam-powered vehicles to colonial Cyprus in the latter part of the 19th century.…