Pissouri Bay
A long pebbly bay under white cliffs, midway between Limassol and Paphos.
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Best for
Solo travellers, lovers of elegance, relaxed city breaks and long coastal walks
Best time
Year-round
Nearby
Kourion, Kolossi, Pissouri, the wine villages
The destination 
The most cosmopolitan city on the island
Limassol sits on the southern coast and is the island’s second largest urban area. It runs on contrast: a working old port and Saripolou square on one side, a super-yacht marina and high-rise towers on the other.
Above the city are the wine villages of the district — Omodos, Lofou, Vouni, Lania — and west along the coast are Kourion’s Roman theatre and Kolossi’s medieval keep. Local tradition holds that Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre in the castle here in 1191.
Perfect for
Nightlife, dining, marina walks, wine villages and archaeology
Limassol today
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Marina and Molos
The first super-yacht marina in Cyprus, and a long seafront promenade to walk before dinner.
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Wine country above
The Krasochoria — Omodos, Lofou, Lania — are twenty to forty minutes up the mountain road.
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Old town nights
Saripolou square is where the city meets: boutiques by day, drinks and music after dark.
Coast
All beaches Beaches and coast
Culture & history
All sightseeing in Limassol Sightseeing
Kourion Archaeological Site
A city-kingdom on a limestone bluff a hundred metres above the sea — theatre, baths, mosaics and gladiators’ house.
Kolossi Castle
A three-storey medieval keep with 1½-metre walls, sugar vaults below and the name behind Commandaria wine.
Limassol Marina
The first super-yacht marina in Cyprus — shops, restaurants and residences on the water.
Molos Promenade
The seafront park and walkway that runs to the marina — sculpture, lawns, sea on one side.
Limassol Old Port
Built in the 1950s under British rule; now restaurants and fishing boats.
Holy Cross Monastery, Omodos
Timios Stavros — the oldest monastery in Cyprus — in the middle of Omodos village.
Ayia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
A Byzantine-style cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary on Ayiou Antreou Street, with roots in a modest 13th-century church.
Limassol Municipal Garden
A recently renovated garden on the coastal road in the middle of the city — shade, an open-air theatre and the wine festival each September.
Days out
All things to do See and do
Limassol Marina
The first super-yacht marina in Cyprus — shops, restaurants and residences on the water.
Molos Promenade
The seafront park and walkway that runs to the marina — sculpture, lawns, sea on one side.
Limassol Municipal Garden
A recently renovated garden on the coastal road in the middle of the city — shade, an open-air theatre and the wine festival each September.
Inland
All villages Villages nearby
Pissouri Village
The third largest village of the Limassol district, named for the pine resin — ‘pissa’ — gathered here.
Vouni
Its name means ‘small mountain’ — 800 metres up, 35km from Limassol city.
Kyperounta village
The largest of the mountain villages, high in the Pitsilia above Limassol — apples, wine, a chapel painted in 1521, and Christmas lights in the pines.
Lania village
One of the island’s main wine-producing villages, at the foot of Troodos — tastings, courtyards and painted doors.
Omodos village
A monastery square, a wine festival each August, and the best-kept cobbles in the wine villages.
Lofou village
Restored stone houses on a hill 800m up, 26km from Limassol and a world away from it.
Pera Pedi village
Vineyards and apple orchards at 770m, a few minutes below Platres.
Table
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Lania village
One of the island’s main wine-producing villages, at the foot of Troodos — tastings, courtyards and painted doors.
Stay
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Lofou village
Restored stone houses on a hill 800m up, 26km from Limassol and a world away from it.
Other destinations
Driving on the left, cards and cash, whether you need a car at all — the practical questions, answered.
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