Troodos (Cyprus)

Troodos in Cyprus can mean any of three related but different places. Firstly it's a tiny village high in the mountains. Secondly, as one guide book tells me, it's the area within about 5km encircling that village. And thirdly, as it's most often understood, it's an entire range of mountains reaching almost from Paphos in the West of the island to East of Limassol, which is about 50km away. The village itself is easily dealt with. It contains a few tourist shops, a few food shops, a post office which is closed more often than it's open, a tourist information centre, and an outdoor market. In ... more

Every summer I go to Troodos with my falimy and friends and we have the traditional souvla (if anyone doesn't know what souvla is, is the Cypriot barbeque). It's so lovely and every year I want to go. The only thing that I regret is, I am from Cyprus and I never had the chance to go to Troodos while it's snowing! I wish one day I could go during the winter. When I was younger every summer my parents used to send me camping in Troodos where I had a lovevly time there, I won't forget it! One night it was 1:30am and I was chatting with other girls in the room and one of the counselor listened to ... more

Regardless of where you stay in Southern Cyprus - you MUST visit the Troodos mountains. I stayed in Paphos but hired a car for 3 days. It really is a whole day trip (unless of course you stay there). It takes quite a while to negotiate the bendy and narrow roads. But the scenery is wonderful! You see a part of Cyprus you never knew existed especially if you take some of the minor roads where you go through some small quaint villages. There are many stop off cafes en route or you could try one of the local's drinking places (noticeable as they don't display much English). You have to park about ... more

Kykkos is Cyprus's most famous monastery. It is approx 1140 metres above sea level in the Troodos mountains and fairly remote. The building is modern for a monastery, the original was destroyed in a fire in the early 1800's. It has amazing mosaics on gold settings at the entrances and and wall paintings. It has the precious icon of the Virgin Mary, supposedly painted by St Luke whilst she was alive, on a piece of wood given to him by an Archangel and was donated to the monastery in 1080. Its said to work miracles. The monastery is a wealthy one, and runs hotels and a restaurant in the area ... more

as a young soldier on active duty in cyprus. back in the old days thats 1981 lol. i was stationed in cyprus for six months. and had the privalage of going to most parts of cyprus. but one place that stood out was the troodos mountains. even in the heat of midday.it was a fantastic place to go. very tranquile quiet and cool. with all the trees around it kept preety cool up there. i allways remember the small wooden building up there. dont know what it was for but think it was for the locals to have a cuppa. and the views were worth the little bit of ruged ride up there. if i were to go back to ... more