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Looking at the North of the Country at Nicosia

[ Mar.2015 ] The destination of this tour was Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. Nicosia is divided into two like Berlin in the past. The north part belongs to the Turkish Republic of Northern…

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Pendant of the Byzantine Era

[ Mar.2015 ] This is the pendant I bought in Lefkara village in Cyprus. This village is famous for its lace making, but their silverwork has got a long history, too. Once upon a time,…

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Lefkara, The Village Famous For Lace-Making

[ Mar.2015 ] On the next day, we joined another tour to Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. Before Nicosia, we stopped at a village called Lefkara, which is famous for its lace making and silver…

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Room With The View

[ Mar.2015 ] Because the hotel we had booked in Paphos in Cyprus was horrible, we had to look for another place. I would have thought that we should go to the tourist office and…

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Omodos Village

[ Mar.2015 ] The last destination of our tour in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus was Omodos village. This village is famous for its wine, bread, nuts and sweets. After they took us to a…

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Simple and Tasty Lunch

[ Mar.2015 ] This photo is my lunch from the tour in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. It is Souvlaki in pita bread with salad. Very simple and very tasty. My husband chose Stifado, which…

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Kykkos Monastery

[ Mar.2015 ]  In our tour to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, after visiting the grave of Makarios, we went to the Kykkos Monastery, where he lived as a monk. In this monastery, there is…

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The Grave of Makarios in Cyprus

The second place we visited on the tour to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus was the grave of their Founding Father, Makarios III. It is located 1,200 metres above sea level and we had to…

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The tour starts

[ Mar.2015 ] We joined the tour from Paphos to the Troodos Mountains, inland in Cyprus. Usually when we join a local tour, we have one tour guide who speaks English and some other languages…