Leg 3 of 4Larnaca to Kykkos

Kourion → Platres

38 km · 4 postcards · designed for 7 days

Leg 3 of 4 on the Larnaca to Kykkos road. Up from the coast through the pine ridge at Souni and the wine villages to Omodos, then on to the old hill resort of Platres.

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

Along the way

km 0
Kourion
Leaving the ancient city for the hills. From here the road climbs all the way to Troodos.
Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
km 12
Souni
The pine forest village on the ridge above Limassol. The sea is behind you now.
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 30
Omodos
The cobbled square and the Timiou Stavrou monastery in the heart of the wine villages. Arkatena bread and a glass of the local red.
Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 38
Platres
Pano Platres in the pines, the old hill resort. Seferis wrote that the nightingales will not let you sleep here. End of leg three.
Photo: Leonid Mamchenkov from Limassol, Cyprus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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