Leg 2 of 4Larnaca to Kykkos

Lefkara → Kourion

74 km · 10 postcards · designed for 10 days

Leg 2 of 4 on the Larnaca to Kykkos road. Down from Lefkara to the Neolithic village and the coast, along the sea to Limassol, then west through the castles to the cliff theatre at Kourion.

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

Along the way

km 0
Lefkara
Leaving the lace village down the valley road. The coast is an hour and a half's walk away.
Photo: Georgy Papantoniou, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 12
Choirokoitia
Round stone houses from the seventh millennium BC on the hill above the river. A UNESCO site, one of the oldest villages in the world.
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 19
Zygi
The fishing harbour with tavernas along the quay. Once the port that shipped the island's carobs.
Photo: Apanag10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 28
Governor's Beach
The turn for the white chalk cliffs over dark sand. The motorway runs along the top.
Photo: Tech bro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 41
Amathus
The ruins of the ancient kingdom of Amathus beside the sea, where Aphrodite was worshipped. Columns of the agora stand by the road.
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 55
Limassol Castle
Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre here in 1191, by tradition. The medieval museum is inside.
Photo: greglaskiewicz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 55
Limassol Marina
The new marina beside the old fishing port. The last of the city before the road turns west.
Photo: rene boulay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 68
Kolossi Castle
The Hospitaller keep of 1454 in the vineyards. Commandaria, the sweet wine, took its name from the Knights' Grand Commandery here.
Photo: Nnnjens, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0
km 70
Cyprus Wine Museum
In Erimi, where jars with wine residue five and a half thousand years old were found. The oldest wine in Europe.
Photo: Dmitry Panov, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 74
Kourion
The Greco-Roman theatre on the cliff above Episkopi Bay, still used for summer performances. End of leg two.
Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0