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Mountain Attractions In Cyprus

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Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East,...
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Mountain Attractions In Cyprus

  • 1. Mount Olympus Troodos
    Olympus, or Chionistra, at 1,952 metres , is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Mount Olympus peak and the Troodos Square fall under the territory of Platres in Limassol District. A British long range radar currently operates at Mount Olympus' peak. The Mount Olympus Ski resort consists of the Sun Valley and North Face areas. Each area has its own chairlifts and runs. Writing in the late first century BC or first century AD, the geographer Strabo reported that on one of its promontories was a temple to Aphrodite of the Heights , which women were forbidden to enter.There are 4 ski slopes: Aphrodite or Sun Valley I, Length: 150m, Level: Beginner Hermes or Sun Valley II, Length: 150m, Level: Intermediate Dias/Zeus or North Face I, Length: 500m, Leve...
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  • 2. Troodos Mountains Troodos
    Troodos is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus , also known as Chionistra , at 1,952 metres , which hosts four ski slopes. The Troodos mountain range stretches across most of the western side of Cyprus. There are many mountain resorts, Byzantine monasteries, and churches on mountain peaks, and nestling in its valleys and mountains are villages clinging to terraced hills. The area has been known since antiquity for its mines, which for centuries supplied copper to the entire Mediterranean. In the Byzantine period it became a centre of Byzantine art, as churches and monasteries were built in the mountains, away from the threatened coastline. The mountains are also home to RAF Troodos, a listening post for the NS...
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