Bucket List 196: Cyprus!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Cyprus · Photos
Country 79/196: Cyprus. Primarily known for beaches and booze, this small Mediterranean island nation has far more to it than just freshers. For those who like a demilitarized zone—and who doesn’t?—the often-shirked capital offers a safe window into Cyprus’ troublesome past although relations with the North today are warmer than ever. The Troodos Mountains dominate the nation’s interior with their highest point, Mount Olympus, home to several ski resorts and when you’re all mountained and monasteried out, head to the coast for what the country is most well known. Following a sunset snap at Aphrodite’s Rock, take the edge off at Flintstones, Paphos, where every drink is served with a Yabba Dabba Doo.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Cyprus
Play Miley Cyprus – Party in the Takeaway
May 22nd, 2024 From exploring traditional Cypriot mountain villages and discovering seven-hundred-year-old UNESCO-listed monasteries to Bar Street Paphos; the cultural chasm was wider than the potholes on Mumbles Road. Or was it? We had a week to find out whether the infamous Inbetweener beach resort had anything more to offer than two-for-one cocktails and chlamydia. We were booked…
Halloumi to Introduce Myself
May 15th, 2024 A one-hour hop over the glistening Mediterranean from Cairo landed us in Larnaka. Following a rather intense week in the Nile Delta, we planned for a far more reposeful week in Cyprus, although driving a hire car into a demilitarised zone may not have been the most stress-free start. However, without Vishnu and the freedom…
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Cyprus
Country: 79/196 Visited: Spring ’24
