Cyprus is an island (third biggest after Sicily and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea) and a country in Mediterranean Sea.
Summers are nine months long - from March till September, and other tree - spring (even during spring visitors can swim in
the sea). The tallest mountain - Olympus (1953 m). Water is very clear, big variety of fruits and vegetables, plants (growing over 1800 speeches), wonderful hotels, sandy beaches, bar, cafes (some of them are just for men), discos...
Since 1914 Cyprus was a colony of United Kingdom.
Here is possibility to reach Israel and Egypt by the ship or to rent a car or a yacht.
Every year here are taking places vine's and other festivals with masks and parades.
In Cyprus are great number monuments from different historical times - remains of Neolithic villages, antique and Hellenist
architectural examples, Byzantium's and venetian stronghold's and castle's ruins, mosques from turks times, Christean
monasteries...
Cuisine depends from in which territory (Greek or Turkish) you are. Turks love more spicy food. But every tourist must try
kleftik - lamb baked in a stove and mezed - salads with other snacks.
In Cyprus are several monasteries from the Middle Ages, one of them is Bellapais Abbey monastery, built in 1198 - 1206, today is on of the most impressive art example from Gothic style, the most astonishing is Kikos monastery within one of the three endured icons of St.Marie, painted by St.Luke.
Stronghold of Kerinia, which was built in the VIIth century to protect from arabs, today within is established museum where visitors can find ancient ship's rest. With this ship traders were swimming 300 years B.C., nowadays it is the oldest find ship ever.
Paphos curort attracts those visitors, which are interested in history, in this town are endured great number of architectural monuments - harbor's stronghold built by turks, graves of kings, catacombs of Saliamon, castle from the Byzantine times, column of apostolic Petre, mosaic within villa of Dionysius and others. All monuments in Paphos are written in UNESCO World heritage list.