Charming stone-built village near Lefkara featuring a 300-year-old mansion turned honey and bee museum.
Kato Drys is a picturesque hillside village renowned for its preserved neoclassical stone houses, narrow alleyways, and quiet ambiance. The village famously featured on the former one-pound Cypriot banknote.
Inside an authentic 300-year-old stone residence, the Bee & Embroidery Museum showcases traditional beekeeping methods, historic tools, and pure local thyme honey tasting.
35 km west of Larnaca via highway A5/A1, take Skarinou exit towards Lefkara and follow signs to Kato Drys.
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White-limestone hillside village famous for UNESCO-listed lace embroidery and silver filigree.
Spring and autumn are ideal for strolling the cobblestone alleys.
Imposing 14th-century church in Pano Lefkara housing a venerated silver-gilt cross containing a relic of the True Cross.
Open all year round; perfectly paired with exploring the village's lace and silver workshops.
Serene white-limestone heritage village near Lefkara paired with the 15th-century Convent of Saint Minas.
Best in spring, autumn, and cooler mornings; peaceful year-round.
One of the most important prehistoric sites in the Mediterranean (7000–4000 BC) with reconstructed round houses (UNESCO).
Ideal from October through May. Summer mornings are recommended to beat the hillside heat.
Historic hillside village built of local golden limestone, featuring a river bridge church founded by St Helena.
Pleasant year-round; exceptionally charming in spring when bougainvillea blooms across the stone arches.
Remarkable 7000 BC aceramic Neolithic village sheltered beneath an iconic white conical architectural tent.
The architectural canopy provides shade over the main excavations.
