Holidays in Limassol
Limassol - this is the second largest city in Cyprus. The main port, the commercial center, the offices of offshore companies, the famous "touristic zone" along the seashore from the Amatus to the old port is the features of a fairly modern city with a bright and loud life.
There's a lot of entertainment in Limasol that will help not miss either day or night. Here, you will find a lot of restaurants and taverns of any kind, from great to cheap. Big choice of quality Cypriot wine. In Limasol, a large number of great discotheques, nightclubs and bars will help you spend fun and unforgettable evenings.
The ancient Courium is one of the main archaeological sites in Cyprus. In the middle of the nineteenth century, a large number of historical values were removed from the island by foreigners. "Curium's treasure," a collection found by an American consul next to an ancient amphitheatre in 1876, you can see today at Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The amphitheater itself was opened by archaeologists in 1949 and re-established. Theatrical performances and concerts are being organized.
Every year, there are great celebrations: in February, carnival celebrations with costume poles, parades and balls, in September, a wine festival where the wine is pouring the river into the joy of the walking public. By the way, thanks to its location, Limasol is the main source of the vineyard, which has long been known to the island.
At the end of the shore, the castle of Limasola, where in 1191, King Richard Livine Heart and Berengaria Navarrasky, then Queen of England, was married. On the road from Limasola to the village of Bishopsi, the fortress of Kolossi, which was erected in the fourteenth century by the Knights of St. John ' s Order, will rise. The Joanniths set up their command headquarters for the management of vineyards. Their famous dessert wine is the name of the Commandary and is currently being produced in Cyprus.
Limasol has earned himself the glory of the popular international sea resort and the country ' s largest business centre, which is developing very rapidly.