17–18 October 2026
A weekend in Kalo Chorio, one of the villages that make Commandaria, built around the sweet wine and the harvest traditions that go with it: help prepare palouzes, taste the village’s traditional products for free, and try Commandaria and zivania. Free entry.
17–18 October 2026 · Sat from 14:30 · Sun until 22:00.
Central square, 68 Commandarias Avenue, Kalo Chorio, Kalo Chorio (Limassol). The Directions button goes to the venue’s exact Google Maps pin.
Free entry.
The rose village of the Pitsilia hills, famous for its Damascena rose products, cured meats and mountain honey. Strolling the village and surrounding rose fields costs nothing — May is when the roses bloom and the village smells of it. Outside spring it is sleepier, but the traditional shops and cool air still reward the winding drive up.
A hidden cascade tucked in a steep, mossy ravine below a working monastery — a short shaded path leads to the falls and a cold plunge pool deep in the forest.
At 15 metres, the tallest natural waterfall in Cyprus, plunging over a black rock face into a mossy plunge pool. A short cobbled path drops to the base.
17–18 October 2026, Sat from 14:30 · Sun until 22:00.
Central square, 68 Commandarias Avenue, Kalo Chorio, Kalo Chorio (Limassol), Cyprus.
Yes — entry is free.
The biggest wine festival in Cyprus, running nine days in the Municipal Gardens on the seafront. Entry is €5 for adults (€3 for 13–17s, under-12s free) and the wineries’ tastings inside are free; a wine glass costs €1.50–2.50 extra. Food, music and dance every evening.
The island's home-grown pop culture convention, running annually since the mid-2010s with cosplay contests, artist alley, gaming zones and comic vendors. It is smaller and friendlier than the giant international cons, which makes it easy to actually see everything in a day. Tickets are modestly priced and the cosplay standard is impressively high for a small island.
A Sunday in Agios Mamas, one of the Commandaria wine villages in the hills north of Limassol, where you can watch — and help with — the making of ppalouzes and soutzoukos, the grape-must sweets of the harvest. Live folk music and dancing, a village market, donkey rides and storytelling for children; free entry.
