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Kyrenia Harbour & Castle
Picturesque horseshoe-shaped harbour overlooked by a Byzantine-era castle housing the world's oldest shipwreck.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Stróvolos
Nicosia, Cyprus · Europe
About Stróvolos
Stróvolos is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Káto Lakatámeia, 38km from Larnaca Salt Lake.
Stróvolos is in Nicosia, Cyprus, with about 68,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Káto Lakatámeia, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Stróvolos: Kyrenia Harbour & Castle (22 km), Fikardou (26 km), Lefkara (31 km), Larnaca Salt Lake (38 km).
Where is Stróvolos?
Stróvolos is in Nicosia, Cyprus, about 4 km from Káto Lakatámeia.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 67,904
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Cyprus
- Region
- Nicosia
- Timezone
- Asia/Nicosia
- Coordinates
- 35.1487, 33.3338
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Worth the detour from Stróvolos
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Fikardou
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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Lefkara
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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Larnaca Salt Lake
Seasonal salt lake beside Larnaca airport that hosts flamingos in winter, ringed by a road and the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque.
38 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Choirokoitia
UNESCO-listed Neolithic settlement of circular stone dwellings on a hillside beside the A1 motorway, with reconstructed houses and parking.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Kalopanagiotis
A Marathasa valley village stacked above the Setrachos river, home to the UNESCO-listed Agios Ioannis Lampadistis monastery complex with three churches of frescoes under one huge timber roof, plus sulphur springs and a venetian bridge.
49 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Troodos Mountains
Forested mountain range with nine UNESCO-listed painted Byzantine churches, charming villages, and Mount Olympus.
50 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
Caledonia Falls
Twelve-metre waterfall on the Kryos river near Platres in the Troodos mountains, reached by a marked trail from a roadside car park.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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