DK Travel : Cyprus : Editor's choice

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KEO

KEO brews the island’s favourite lager beer and a wide range of red, white and sherry-style wines, as well as dessert wines and local versions of international fizzy drinks and mixers. The tour of KEO’s modern winery and brewery in Limassol takes about 30 minutes, followed by a tasting session, and is a great way to get to know Cypriot vintages.
Kition

Foundations of Mycenaean temples dating from the 13th century BC hint at a lost city beneath Larnaka’s streets. There are remnants of ancient temples, sacrificial altars and a coppersmith’s workshop.
Koupepia

Cypriots say this dish, made with vine leaves stuffed with minced pork or lamb and rice, is at its best in spring when the young leaves are at their freshest and most tender. In winter, cabbage leaves are sometimes used as a substitute for this reason.
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.
Lefka

Lefka has the feel of a desert oasis town, heightened by its mosque standing alone in a grove of palm trees.
Lempa Neolithic Village

Primitive round-houses have been excavated by archaeologists on the site of a chalkolithic settlement.
Liopetri

Woven baskets dangling outside shops are an indication that the craft for which this village is famous still thrives.
Loukanika

Bite-sized smoked sausages are a must with virtually every meze meal.