Limassol, 100,000 people who become 200,000 when considering its vicinity, is the second largest city by population of the island of Cyprus, but it is one that at the moment is the most dynamic and international accomplices trade and tourism, which made what was once a sleepy fishing village, an internationally known tourist center.
Its main attraction is the historic castle, where the medieval museum. According to tradition, where today stands the fortress, once stood the Byzantine church where Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre May 12, 1191, becoming the ephemeral king of Cyprus, before selling the island to the Knights Templar and the Lusignan.
Aware of the economic importance of tourism, lately the Cypriot authorities are catching the old port and the small historic city center, which is filling the shops full of sponges of all shapes and sizes, and restaurants for tourists and bathers, with the latter's return from the beaches of the Governor, sandy, or from Lady's Mile, mixed sand and pebbles, but with the attractiveness of small restaurants overlooking the sea.
Do not miss a visit to the magnificent archaeological site of Kourion, which never fails to impress with its amphitheater and mosaics, as well as the beautiful natural landscape in which it is immersed. If we have time, near Kourion is also the Temple of Apollo, little known but well restored.
The traditional shopping streets are Ayios Andreas and via Anexartisias, antique flavor, while the "rub" Akti Olympion now on the seafront, 7 km of walkway between the municipal gardens and the old port. Many clubs and pubs where to spend the afternoon or evening, but if you want to stay on the traditional, must enter into a traditional buzukia, more or less our restaurant.
Thursday 19 March 2015
Where to go in the spring, in Limassol on Cyprus
Limassol, 100,000 people who become 200,000 when considering its vicinity, is the second largest city by population of the island of Cyprus, but it is one that at the moment is the most dynamic and international accomplices trade and tourism, which made what was once a sleepy fishing village, an internationally known tourist center.
Its main attraction is the historic castle, where the medieval museum. According to tradition, where today stands the fortress, once stood the Byzantine church where Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre May 12, 1191, becoming the ephemeral king of Cyprus, before selling the island to the Knights Templar and the Lusignan.
Aware of the economic importance of tourism, lately the Cypriot authorities are catching the old port and the small historic city center, which is filling the shops full of sponges of all shapes and sizes, and restaurants for tourists and bathers, with the latter's return from the beaches of the Governor, sandy, or from Lady's Mile, mixed sand and pebbles, but with the attractiveness of small restaurants overlooking the sea.
Do not miss a visit to the magnificent archaeological site of Kourion, which never fails to impress with its amphitheater and mosaics, as well as the beautiful natural landscape in which it is immersed. If we have time, near Kourion is also the Temple of Apollo, little known but well restored.
The traditional shopping streets are Ayios Andreas and via Anexartisias, antique flavor, while the "rub" Akti Olympion now on the seafront, 7 km of walkway between the municipal gardens and the old port. Many clubs and pubs where to spend the afternoon or evening, but if you want to stay on the traditional, must enter into a traditional buzukia, more or less our restaurant.
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