Leg 1 of 4Larnaca to Kykkos

Larnaca Airport → Lefkara

67 km · 12 postcards · designed for 10 days

Leg 1 of 4 on the Larnaca to Kykkos road. Round the salt lake, out along the bay to the food truck, back down the seafront to Finikoudes, then inland over Stavrovouni to the lace village.

The road as your marker sees it. Dots below mark the postcards.

Along the way

km 0
Larnaca Airport
Arrivals, with the salt lake beyond the runway. The start of the island road.
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km 2
Hala Sultan Tekke
The mosque and tomb of Umm Haram under the palms across the water. One of the holiest places in Cyprus.
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 3
Larnaca Salt Lake
Flamingos wade here in winter; in summer it is a white crust of salt. Salt was harvested from it until 1986.
Photo: Aantoniou at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 15
The Doctor of Hunger
O Giatros tis Peinas, the converted van on Dhekelia Road in Oroklini. Thirty years of sandwiches and burgers, worth the walk out.
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km 20
Larnaca Marina
Back down the coast road to the yachts at the north end of the promenade. The palms start here.
Photo: Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 21
Finikoudes
The palm-lined seafront, planted in 1922. Larnaca's living room.
Photo: Amanda Slater from Coventry, West Midlands, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
km 22
Larnaca Castle
The Ottoman fort of 1625 at the south end of the beach, on older Lusignan foundations. Now a small museum.
Photo: Panek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 22
Church of Saint Lazarus
The ninth-century stone church built over the tomb of Lazarus, who came to Cyprus after his resurrection. Larnaca's patron.
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 25
Kamares Aqueduct
Seventy-five arches built in 1747 by the Ottoman governor Bekir Pasha, carrying water into town until 1939. The road west leaves the city here.
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 46
Stavrovouni Monastery
Up the loop road to the monastery on its 688-metre peak, founded by Saint Helena in 327 according to tradition. It keeps a fragment of the True Cross.
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km 52
Kornos
The pottery village, where terracotta jars are still thrown by hand. Down the hill and west along the ridge.
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km 67
Lefkara
Pano Lefkara, the village of lace and silver on its hillside. End of leg one.
Photo: Leonid Mamchenkov, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0