Larnaca City Cyprus
Larnaca is a port city on the south coast of Cyprus. It’s known for Finikoudes Beach, a sandy strip in the city centre known for the palm trees lined up on both sides of a long promenade along the sea front. Just west of the city you will find Mackenzie Beach buzzing with bars line up in the waterfront.
The city was built over the ancient remains of the city of Kition. The city has its own marina which regularly allows tourists to sail to other parts of the island and mainland Greece.
Larnaca has many local attractions to offer including architectural, museums, religious, shopping centres, tourist venues and much more. Make sure you take a digital camera and camcorder to take quality photos and travel videos whilst in Larnaca.
Larnaca has a lot to offer the holiday maker. Its city status means it has pretty much all the facilities tourists could want. Larnaca is especially suited for sun worshippers with a variety of beaches to choose from. With many architectural buildings of interest and plenty of shops and restaurants the tourist is guaranteed to be kept busy!
Larnaca is also known for its popular dive site Just offshore, the MS Zenobia wreck. Not far from the seafront you will find the church of Saint Lazarus built the 9th-century, the church contains the tomb of the saint said to have risen from the dead.
LARNACA IS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN CYPRUS
Larnaca is the third largest city of Cyprus with its own port and international airport. Along site to the road to the airport lies the Salt Lake which fills with water during the winter season and is visited by flocks of flamingos that stay there from November until the end of March. It usually dries up in the summer. In the past it yielded good quality salt scraped from the dried surface. The salt from the lake is now considered unsuitable for consumption.
Much of the activity is centred on the city promenade during the major festivals. The most important of these is Kataklysmos or the Festival of the Flood, celebrated in early summer with a series of cultural events. The festival used to last for about a week, but, in recent years, the festival has been extended to about three weeks, during which the seafront is closed to traffic in the evenings. The tradition of the festival is to throw water to each other and have a good time. The whole of the promenade is full of stalls where you can try some of the authentic Cypriot delicacies and the well known loukoumades.
