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ITINERARY
28/05/2022
Protaras to Salamiou: Driving along the South coast
I pick you up at noon. The total driving time is 2:30 hours.
We’ll be driving along the entire south coast of the island, from East to West. The itinerary for this trip was initially created based on James’s directions. I understand there will be changes and I will try my best to cater for the day as to Laura and Jasmine’s choices.
- Moving on to Larnaca we can visit the Church of Lazarus and the Hala Tekke by the salt lake.
- On the way to Limassol we will use the seafront road and pass by the Archeological sites of Choirokitia and ‘Tenta’.
- Pass through Limassol and still driving along the seafront we may stop by the Wine Museum and the Commandaria Orchestra
- A short visit at Curium Ancient Amphitheatre is a soul cleansing experience for any performer!
- We shall reach our destination (Salamiou bnb) during daylight as to your preference.
- I’ll pick up James and Justin from the airport, when they arrive later in the evening.
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29/05/2022
Salamiou Experience: Let’s be Spiritual
- Sunday Church Service
- 9:00 -9:30 Breakfast at Lagria
- 9:45 -10:45 Walk in the footsteps of the Apostles (St. Peter and St Paul). Option of a one hour hike (or go by car) to the Apostlic Olive Trees (stay for 30 minutes)
- 11:15 Return to the Lagria Winery by car for Winery tour (30minutes)
- 11:45 Tour of the Lagria Theme Centre (30 minutes)
- 12:15 Wine Tasting at Lagria Tavern Anoi (30 -45 minutes)
- 13:00 Lunch at Lagria Tavern
Aphrodite’s Birthplace & Kourion: Let’s fall in love
- For the rest of the day I’d recommend we get in the car and drive down the valley to the abandoned village of the knights Templar
- Visit Kouklia for the temple of Aphrodite and the ancient Olive Press
- Aphrodite’s rock
- Ancient Amphitheatre of Kourion
- Commandaria Orchestra and wine museum
- We can return to Salamiou for dinner or go to any restaurant on the way.
30/05/2022
Troodos Mountains – Let’s get High!
- On Monday the route will be a circular one around the top hills of Troodos mountains. We will visit the village of Kalopanayiotis. with its unique landscape, the Monastery, the Venetian bridge, the byzantine painted church and the holy icons museum.
- Along the way there will be plenty of chances to stop and explore various villages, view points, churches, ruins and sites like the Troodos botanical Garden.
- For the sunset stop of the trip I will organize a visit at Yorgos Studio. We will be hosted in private by the artist and his husband. The tour will end at the vineyard to watch the sunset with a bottle or two of their own produced wine.
31/05/2022
On the way to Paphos: Let’s Explore
This is our monastery route. There is churches and ruins all along this route.
- Starting from Salamiou heading north to the west site of Troodos mountains and Paphos forest.
- We will pass by an artisan Halloumi cheese production unit, If we can make it there early we can have the chance to enjoy warm Halloumi cheese at the making!
- A few wineries and plenty of monasteries will be found on our way. You will choose where we visit.
- Time permitted I’d love to drop by my village to see the islands biggest monolith and enjoy a drink at my Tasting Room.
- Our last stop will have to be Saint Neophytos monastery and we need to be there before it’s closing time, which is 18:00
- We will end up at your hotel on time to enjoy sunset !
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To be decided at your convenience.
Sunday Lunch
- Bread selection & Dips, Salads, Zelatina, Baby roast potatoes, Mushroom cooked with onion and White Wine, Wild Asparagus with eggs, Lagria Chicken, Pork and beef lazagne, Roast pork belly with home-made BBQ sauce, Eclairs, Kattaifi
Dinner Suggestions
- Saturday dinner Chicken magiritsa soup
- Sunday dinner Ravioli with halloumi sprinkled with anari and dry thyme
- Monday dinner Tzoutzoukakia with rice
Breakfast Suggestions
- Sunday breakfast 2 eggs sunny side up, Bacon, Lounza, Halloumi, Tomato, Cucumber, Olives, Traditional sliced bread toasted with olive oil, salt and mountain oregano, Anari cheese with epsima (grape syrup) or sugar, cinnamon
- Monday breakfast Zucchini with scrambled eggs with plated olive bread with soft goat cheese and sundried tomatoes, Muffins with honey
- Tuesday Breakfast (Option 1 at Salamiou) Greek strained Yogurt with Muesli, village raisin and our thyme mountain honey, Pancake with cheese and ham topped with an egg, Scones with village mosfilo (Hawthorn) jam
- Tuesday Breakfast (option 2) We will pass by an artisan Halloumi cheese production unit, If we can make it there early we can have the chance to enjoy warm Halloumi cheese at the making! A unique experience highly recommended. (If you choose to include this activity you may want to skip breakfast on that day!)
