DK Travel : Cyprus

Cyprus packs a remarkable array of sights and attractions into such a small space: museums and archaeological sites that span more than five millennia of history, throbbing beach resorts, medieval fortresses, age-old temples standing on empty hillsides, cool mountain forests and pretty valleys chequered with vineyards, grain fields and olive groves all complete the landscape. On an island where one can swim and ski all in the same day, this is truly a holiday paradise with something for everyone.

Kourris Valley Commandaria Festival

Wine flows freely and there is dancing in the streets as the mountainous Kourris Valley’s vineyard villages – Alassa, Agios Georgios, Doros, Lania, Monagri and Silikou – celebrate the start of the grape harvest. Visitors are welcome to join in, eat, drink and be merry.
Krateon, Larnaca

Reservations are compulsory at Larnaca’s smartest restaurant. The menu is French, and so is the ambience within this stylish old mansion with high ceilings and restrained decor. The ideal venue for a romantic holiday dinner.
Kryo Nero, Agia Napa

Kryo Nero, past Agia Napa’s eastern outskirts, marks the end of the long sandy stretch that begins at Limnaki. A little further along the coast are the spectacular sea caves (Thalassines Spilies), where waves have carved grottoes and arches out of the limestone cliffs.
KuDeTa

MacKenzie beach restaurant (Next to sandcastle hotel) with patio area right on the waterfront. Go off season for the a relaxing lunch on the comfortable sofas, or in high season for a funky evening meal.
Kykkos Monastery

This 900-year-old shrine guards a legendary, miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary. Given to the monastery’s founder, the hermit Isaiah, by the Emperor Alexios Comnenos, it has been hidden from profane eyes for centuries and remains so to this day. Kykkos is one of the great centres of the Christian Orthodox faith and continues to attract pilgrims from all over the world.
Kyrenia

Beneath the jagged sierra of the Kyrenia range, this city is home to a pleasant collection of shops, restaurants and hotels around and above a superb natural harbour. It is dominated by the battlements of a massive Venetian sea-fort that withstood every assault for centuries until, in 1570, its defenders surrendered to the Ottomans. The North’s best hotels arefound either side of the city (see Northern Cyprus Resorts; also see Northern Cyprus Hotels).
Kyrenia Castle

Within Kyrenia Castle is the Shipwreck Museum, housing the world’s oldest wrecked ship – sunk around 300 BC and salvaged in 1967 – complete with its ancient cargo of wine-jars and grindstones. Also here is the fascinating Tomb-Finds Gallery, which displays Neolithic, Bronze Age and Hellenistic treasures.
Kyrenia Decorative Arts Museum

This collection of Ottoman furniture, Oriental vases and prints of old Kyrenia is housed in a colonial villa.
Kyrenia Folk Art Museum

Traditional implements such as the wooden olive-oil press on display here were in use only a generation ago.
Kyrenia Jasmine Court Hotel

One of only a few hotels in Northern Cyprus to have been awarded 5-star classification, Jasmine Court has a beachside location, super views, and luxurious rooms and restaurants.

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