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Best beaches Top museums & ancient sites Best walking trails & beauty spots Most fun places for children Liveliest bars & clubs Traditional restaurants & cafés Best hotels for every budget Most picturesque villages Fascinating monasteries & churches Insider tips for every visitor

YOUR GUIDE TO THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING

Cyprus Area by Area

Northern Cyprus

Nissi Beach, Agia Napa

Geroskipou

Stroumbi

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Southwest Cyprus

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Pafos

Lempa

Pegeia

Kathikas

Troodos

Dora

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Adelfoi Forest

Akrotiri Peninsula

Pera Chorio

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Chirokitia

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Macheras Forest Lefkara

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Kalopanagiotis

Deryneia

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Cape Greco

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Café Museum

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Southeast Cyprus

Cape Pyla

Agia Napa

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Lefkara, Southeast Cyprus

Amphitheatre, Kourion Café Museum

Karpas Forest

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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL top 10

Cyprus

Jack Hughes

Contents

Left Makronissos Beach Right Kourion

Contents Cyprus’s Top 10 Produced by Sargasso Media Ltd, London Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound in Italy by Graphicom First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Dorling Kindersley Limited 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL A Penguin Company Copyright 2004, 2006 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London Reprinted with revisions 2006

Cyprus’s Highlights

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Nicosia Walled City

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Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 10 Agia Napa

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Pierides Foundation Museum, Larnaka

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Ancient Amathous

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Historic Limassol

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Kourion

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Troodos Painted Churches

22

Kato Pafos Archaeological Park

24

Akamas Peninsula

26

Moments in History

28

Aspects of a Multicultural Heritage

30

The information in this DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL. Cover: All photographs specially commissioned except: Front – Alamy Images: Jon Arnold/Doug Pearson main image; Mervyn Rees clb; DK Images: Krzysztof Kur bl. Spine – DK Images Krzysztof Kur. Back – DK Images: Robin Gouldie tl; Krzysztof Kur tc; Jon Spaull tr.

Key to abbreviations: Adm admission charge payable Free no admission charge Dis. access disabled access

Galleries and Museums

32

Wineries and Distilleries 56

Folklore Museums

34

Cultural and Traditional Festivals

Monasteries and

58

Convents

36

Around Cyprus

Scenic Villages

38

Central Cyprus

62

Beaches

40

Southeast Cyprus

68

Watersports

42

Southwest Cyprus

80

The Troodos Mountains

96

Diving and Snorkelling Sites

44

Activities on Land

46

Walking Trails

48

Streetsmart

Natural Beauty Spots

50

Practical Information

114

Children’s Attractions

52

Places to Stay

124

Cypriot Dishes

54

General Index

132

Left Kakopetria Right Cypriot vineyards

Following pages: Kourion

Northern Cyprus

104

Contents

Left Beachside café Right Agia Napa

CYPRUS’S TOP 10 Cyprus’s Highlights 6–7

Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 10–11 Agia Napa 12–13 Pierides Foundation Museum, Larnaka 14–15 Ancient Amathous 16–17 Historic Limassol 18–19 Kourion 20–21 Troodos Painted Churches 22–23 Kato Pafos Archaeological Park 24–25 Akamas Peninsula 26–27 Top Ten of Everything 28–59

CYPRUS’S TOP 10

Nicosia Walled City 8–9

Cyprus’s Top 10

Cyprus’s Highlights Cyprus packs a remarkable array of sights and attractions into such a small space: museums and archaeological sites that span more than five millennia of history, throbbing beach resorts, medieval fortresses, age-old temples standing on empty hillsides, cool mountain forests and pretty valleys chequered with vineyards, grain fields and olive groves all complete the landscape. On an island where one can swim and ski all in the same day, this is truly a holiday paradise with something for everyone. Walled City ! Nicosia The divided city,

within medieval ramparts, is full of interest. With a clutch of museums, historic buildings, a lively morning market and authentic cafés and restaurants, it merits a leisurely visit (see pp8–9).

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tation as the liveliest spot in Cyprus, with great beaches, water sports and a huge number of bars, cafés and restaurants catering to every taste (see pp12–13).

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