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Limassol

Limassol is the largest municipality in Cyprus and has experienced great development after the Turkish invasion in 1974. Since then it has become the biggest port in the Mediterranean for tourist and trade transit in the area.

Limassol is renowned for its long cultural tradition and boasts a wide spectrum of activities, museums and archaeological sites. A unique combination of ancient, Frankish, Byzantine and other modern influences are here to be enjoyed.

Limassol is commonly recognised as the wine-making town of Cyprus.Every house in the wine village of Limassol was also a small winery where the owner vine grower had all the apparatus for the making, storing, aging and transporting of the wine. The small vine-grower felt joy and pride when he could invite guests to his dining table and offer his own vintage which had been aging for more than a year.

The nearby Troodos Mountains are a tourists' delight and Cypriots describe them as the “Fruit basket of Europe”. Apples, apricots, grapes, strawberries, cherries, bananas, oranges, melons, pistachio and almonds are among the fruits that grow in the rich, fertile soil of the Troodos Mountains.

The beaches of Limassol are a mixture of sand and pebbles with the favourite ones being Curium, Lady's Mile, Governors Beach and Dasoudi. In the old town of Limassol shopping opportunities are excellent.

All water sports are widely available, including scuba diving, water skiing, water sailing, windsurfing, para-sailing and boating.

There are numerous restaurants and tavernas to suit everyones taste including Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, typical Cypriot taversas, pizzerias, kebab bars, but seafood lovers should head for the fish tavernas dotted all along the coast.