Nicosia, Cyprus · Europe
Alámpra works well as a base: 10 minutes from Dáli, 22km from Larnaca Salt Lake.
Alámpra is in Nicosia, Cyprus, with about 1,200 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Dáli, about 4 km away.
Alampra or Alambra (Greek: Αλάμπρα; Turkish: Alampra) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus.
Excavations took place here between 1974 and 1985, where the remains of a Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1900-1650 BC) settlement were found. Several residential buildings, rectangular houses with several rooms wereRead more
found. They are considered among the earliest rectangular buildings in Cyprus. Cattle, deer, pig and goat bones and ceramics were also found which were important to clarify the development of Bronze Age pottery in Cyprus. Ceramic figurines and copper objects were also found, but no signs of copper processing.
The name of the village was first recorded in the 5th century BC Idalion Tablet, where the doctor Onasilos was given a plot of land in that area in exchange for his medical services during an invasion against the city of Idalion by the joint forces of Kition and the Persians.
Following local government reform in 2024, Alamprawas merged into the new municipality of South Nicosia-Idalion.
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Within an hour or so of Alámpra: Lefkara (16 km), Fikardou (21 km), Larnaca Salt Lake (22 km), Choirokoitia (22 km).
Alámpra is in Nicosia, Cyprus, about 4 km from Dáli.
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landmark
A stone village on Troodos's southern slopes famed for lefkaritika lace: embroidery Leonardo da Vinci reputedly bought for Milan Cathedral in 1481, and filigree silverwork, still made in doorway workshops along its cobbled lanes.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A protected medieval village in the Troodos foothills, its 18th-century timber-and-mudbrick houses preserved intact after near-total abandonment: a handful of residents, a rural-life museum and a taverna remain.
21 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Seasonal salt lake beside Larnaca airport that hosts flamingos in winter, ringed by a road and the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque.
22 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
UNESCO-listed Neolithic settlement of circular stone dwellings on a hillside beside the A1 motorway, with reconstructed houses and parking.
22 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Picturesque horseshoe-shaped harbour overlooked by a Byzantine-era castle housing the world's oldest shipwreck.
40 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Medieval castle in Limassol's old town housing the Cyprus Medieval Museum, traditionally linked to Richard the Lionheart's wedding.
48 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Forested mountain range with nine UNESCO-listed painted Byzantine churches, charming villages, and Mount Olympus.
49 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
Twelve-metre waterfall on the Kryos river near Platres in the Troodos mountains, reached by a marked trail from a roadside car park.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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