Cyprus; Nicosia, a divided European capital

We visited the Cyprus Museum and the Byzantine Museum in the southern part of the city, the old town with its gothik... mosque in the north.


Nicosia; panoramic view over the city


Cyprus Museum; prehistoric idol: Model of a sanctuary


Nicosia; divided capital


Cyprus Museum; archaic limestone sculpture: Head of ayoung man


Byzantine Museum; Profitis Ilias


Nicosia; Aghios Savvas Church


Nicosia North; gothic... mosque


Nicosia North; prayers in the gothic mosque (Selimiye Mosque, former St. Sophia Cathedral)


Nicosia North; Market Street

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Cyprus; touring and walking in Larnaca area and Cape Greco

Walking tours in Stavrovouni and Machaeras Mts and in the Cape Greco area; visit of Larnaca, Aghia Napa, Chirokitia and Pano Lefkara.


Cape Greco; “Kamara tou Koraka“ Natural Bridge


We walked from Stavrovouni Monastery on the top of the mountain towards Pyrga.


Larnaca; Zenon of Kition with disciples


Larnaca; Hala Sultan Teke


Sunrise in Larnaca Bay


The neolithic settlement of Khirokitia is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was occupied from the 7th until the 4th millennia BC; the buildings consist of round structures huddled close together and the dead were buried just under the floors of the houses.


Jakob and Machaeras Mt

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