Cyprus / Encyclopedia

Limassol

Places, nature and stories on the chosen topic.

Agios Terapon on the hill.

Agios Therapon

Agios Terapon is located among the wine-growing hills of Limassol District. The small settlement is named after St. Ferapont, with whom a local tradition connects the source and…

Read article →
Agros in a mountain basin.

Agros

Agros is located in Pitsilia at an altitude of about 1100 meters. Its houses rise up the mountain slopes with an amphitheater, and the gardens and rural workshops…

Read article →
Akrotiri village on the territory of the British SBA.

Akrotiri

Akrotiri — village on the peninsula of the same name, on the territory of the British sovereign base. Its geographical connection with Limassol is close, but its sovereign…

Read article →
Akrotiri freshwater areas with open water and cane.

Akrotiri Marsh

Akrotiri Marsh, also known as Fasuri reed lands, occupies the western side of the peninsula. Here, fresh water, meadows and reeds create an environment different from a salt…

Read article →
Water and the wetlands of the Salt Lake Akrotiri.

Akrotiri Salt Lake

Lake Akrotiri occupies the central lowland of the peninsula. In winter, a large water mirror appears here, in summer, salt-lake spaces and low vegetation open.

Read article →
Arabis purple near Pano Platres, Limassol District.

Arabis purpurea

Arabis purpurea — a small perennial, revealing pink-lilac flowers among the mountain stones. Its greyish foliage makes flowering particularly noticeable at close range.

Read article →