Leg 4 of 4Larnaca to Kykkos

Platres → Kykkos

37 km · 7 postcards · designed for 7 days

Leg 4 of 4 on the Larnaca to Kykkos road. Up past the falls to Troodos Square and the shoulder of Mount Olympus, over to Prodromos and Lemithou, then along the Marathasa valley to the monastery.

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

Along the way

km 0
Platres
Out of the resort and up the Kryos valley. The last leg, and the highest.
Photo: AlekosCY, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 6
Caledonia Falls
The trail head for the thirteen-metre waterfall on the Kryos river. The road keeps climbing beside it.
Photo: Dmitry Panov, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 8
Troodos Square
The mountain crossroads at 1,700 metres, with its kiosks and trail heads. The top of the island is just above.
Photo: Mandic Milan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
km 11
Mount Olympus
The turn for the summit at 1,952 metres, the highest point in Cyprus, with the radar domes and the ski runs. On a clear day you can see the Turkish coast.
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
km 16
Prodromos
The highest village on the island at 1,400 metres. The old Berengaria hotel stands empty above the road.
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 20
Lemithou
Cherry orchards and stone houses at 1,100 metres in the Marathasa valley. From here the road follows the valley north and west.
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km 37
Kykkos
Kykkos Monastery, founded at the end of the eleventh century, the richest and most famous on the island. Its icon of the Virgin is said to be by Saint Luke. The finish.
Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0