Flora's Guidebook to our part of Cyprus
Food scene
A couple of minutes walk from the house for excellent Cypriot home cooking, sitting on a terrace in a lovely, friendly atmosphere with good lighting and good local “village” wine. Reasonably priced.
Lenia's Traditional Tavern
A couple of minutes walk from the house for excellent Cypriot home cooking, sitting on a terrace in a lovely, friendly atmosphere with good lighting and good local “village” wine. Reasonably priced.
Swimming
Good seafood, plenty of facilities, good for families. Popular with tourists so several languages spoken.
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Agios Georgios Alamanou Beach
Good seafood, plenty of facilities, good for families. Popular with tourists so several languages spoken.
A hidden gem and our favourite nearby beach. Very simple, basic, unfussy, and popular with the locals. English and Greek spoken. Recycle your beer cans here (there’s a charity collection deposit). Hire a lounger for a couple of hours and treat yourself to a simple lunch.
Secret Paradise in Maroni
Beach roadA hidden gem and our favourite nearby beach. Very simple, basic, unfussy, and popular with the locals. English and Greek spoken. Recycle your beer cans here (there’s a charity collection deposit). Hire a lounger for a couple of hours and treat yourself to a simple lunch.
Neighbourhoods
Choirokoitia
Stunning Neolithic village.
An atmospheric marina, with several very good restaurants. Makes a relaxed stroll for a summers evening after dinner.
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Zygi
An atmospheric marina, with several very good restaurants. Makes a relaxed stroll for a summers evening after dinner.
Shopping
For treats and essentials
Most of the lovely cups in the house and some of the bowls were bought from this studio in Larnaca old town.
Studio Ceramics Cyprus
Most of the lovely cups in the house and some of the bowls were bought from this studio in Larnaca old town.
Convenient for the main food and household items. We usually do a couple of trips and then go to zygi- kalvasos roundabout for Greek yoghurt and the bakery…
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Alphamega
12 PlakotaConvenient for the main food and household items. We usually do a couple of trips and then go to zygi- kalvasos roundabout for Greek yoghurt and the bakery…