Bucket List

This is an aspirational list for travels and sightseeing before our tour ends in July 2018:

July

  • Segway Tour of Nicosia
  • Latchi Boat Hire?

August

  • Lefkara; 1923 Stone Lounge
  • Larnaca – Kition, St. Lazarus Church & Hala Sultan Teke
  • Glapsides Beach
  • Machairas Monastery
  • Hill View Restaurant in Pissouri for sunset dinner
  • Monastery of Timios Stavros

September

  • Greece:  Meteora & more, tbd
  • Kornos Village Festival; Kornos Cooperative of Potters, & Archontiko Papadopoulou restaurant
  • Oroklini beach & Voreas tavern for lunch

October

  • Casale Panayiotis for our 3rd anniversary; painted churches of the Troodos; Tziakkas Winery; Caledonia Waterfalls; Tsimpimatouthkia Cypriot Deli; Lampadistis Monastery
  • Nicosia Farmers’ Market (south)
  • Aplostra Beach Bar
  • Melandra Beach
  • CVAR

November

  • Egypt birthday trip
  • Antiphonitis Monastery
  • Cyprus Museum

December

  • Lefkosa Farmers’ Market
  • Long weekend to Budapest Christmas Market?
  • Limassol – Kourion, Sanctuary of Apollo, Kolossi Castle, Episkopi Museum

January

  • Paphos mosaics & archeological sites
  • Ancient Idalion (on an American holiday, since it’s closed weekends and public holidays)

February

  • Apokryfko Agrotourism; Avakas Gorge hike & Viklari restaurant; eat at Kamares restaurant
  • Tamasos Archeological Site (on American holiday)

March

  • Karpaz hikes & carob warehouse
  • Limassol – Amathus & Fyti
  • Akamas peninsula
  • Kato Drys Village; Bee & Embroidery Museum

April

  • Jordan – Jerash, Petra, the Dead Sea, & Wadi Rum (during Orthodox Easter)
  • Fikardou Village (make reservation at restaurant)

May

  • Troodos Geopark
  • Vouni
  • Omodos Wine Village

June

  • Crete

July

  • tbd

 

Things To Do

  • Foraging Walk
  • Halloumi Making Class
  • Weaving Class
  • CVAR Famagusta Tour

Restaurants to Try

  • Silver Star Bar
  • Pantopolio
  • Tsipouraki Mezedaki
  • Gevsikleous 62
  • Skinny Fox
  • Burger Opws Prepi
  • Katsaroulla tze Fokou (Strovolos, not all meze)
  • Platea Mezedpolio (Polis)
  • To Patrikon* (Larnaca)
  • Tria sin Ena (souvlaki in Nicosia)
  • Berlin Wall 2
  • Cellar 27 (wine bar, jazz nights on Wednesdays, Strovolos)
  • Melirryton: Pardosiako Glykopoleio (sweets and pastries, Strovolos)

Shops to Visit

  • By souvlaki grill
  • Fyti textiles
  • Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Map
  • Turkish meze set
  • Dizayn 74 (near Kyrenia)
  • The Round Tower (Kyrenia)
  • evil eye station bracelet
  • Leventis Municipal Museum
  • CVAR shop
  • Da Vinci (Laiki Geitona, jewelry)
  • Evdokimou (jewelry)