The Knight's Tour
from Limassol
Kolossi Quarters, Cyprus Wine Museum, Medieval Castle
€200
- Duration: 3 hrs 20'
- Available on Demand
- up to 4 travelers
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Kolossi Quarters, Cyprus Wine Museum, Medieval Castle
This Short Excursion Trip is scheduled to start from Limassol Cruise ship port. Alternatively I will Pick you up at any point in the town of Limassol or your hotel.
Starting time and itinerary are flexible and adjustable to your needs as long as the total duration of the tour is respected. I will do my utmost to ensure that your short stay in Cyprus will be a memorable one!
Meeting Point Options: Limassol Marina, Limassol Old Port Bus Stop, Hotel
For groups up to four guests I use my own Toyota Raum – very comfortable and fully air-conditioned. Suitable for persons with disabilities.
For the bigger group, please fill in the INQUIRY form so I can customize this tour and hire a minibus.
– Pick up at the Port Arrival Gate. We head west of Limassol along the coastline. We’ll do the introductions while we drive along the Lady’s Mile Beach and around the salt lake to our first stop the Kolossi Castle. I will explain it’s purpose and tell you about the first ever world wine competition at my favorite little Byzantine painted chapel that’s hidden next to the castle.
– Return to the port.
Please note: Quantity and variety of activities in each tour can be amended at any time in case you chose to upgrade your experie
Restaurant Visits are not part of the regular itinerary of the tour. You may upgrade the experience by choosing to add a meal organized by yours truly. I will handle the reservation, bespoke the menu with the chef, assist with food ordering and wine matching and tell you all about the knights’ dietary habits vs the locals.
Fish Meze at a Beach Restaurant on the west end of the route
French Gournet Cheese and Wine by the Castle Square
Admission Tickets paid at the entrance
Upgrades optional add-ons at check-out
You may also need extra cash in case you wish to …
A knight’s tour is a sequence of moves of a knight on a chessboard such that the knight visits every square once. In this tour I will try and help you Find out about Cyprus wine trade throughout the centuries and the knighthood influence in the middle ages. Discover Commandaria, the oldest wine in the world still in production and how it got it’s name. Explore the ancient wine discoveries that make Cyprus one of the first ever countries to produce wine.
I will tell you wine stories from the middle ages about a wedding, a poem and a banquet that made the sweet wine of Cyprus extremely popular amongst the royal courts of Europe. Not the same stories you can find on the internet. I’m talking about behind the scenes, hot gossip and yellow press tabloids, of the time :).
If you choose to upgrade to treating yourselves to a restaurant visit organized by yours truly, i will get the chance to tell you about the dietary habits of the knights’ and share anecdotes of their influence to the local culinary culture.