10–11 October 2026
One of the highest villages in the Troodos, Kyperounta is apple country, and its October festival marks the harvest with an open-air market of fresh apples, juice, pies and apple vinegar, an exhibition of the apple varieties grown in Cyprus, a best-apple-pie contest, and Cypriot music and dance. Started in 2002 as a village get-together, it has run over two days since 2014. The mountain air is noticeably crisp by then, so bring a layer.
10–11 October 2026 · 10:00 – 20:00. Free entry; organised by the Kyperounta community council.
Kyperounta village square, high Troodos. 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.
A preserved mountain village of timber-balconied stone houses tumbling along a rushing stream, with a UNESCO-listed barn-roof church a short walk uphill.
Within about 12 km of the venue, ranked by Google rating and review count.
The restaurant of The Mill Hotel, beside the stream in Kakopetria with views of the mountains; diners on Google single out its fresh trout. Its Google rating covers the hotel and restaurant together.
A Platres institution at the foot of the Caledonia waterfall trail, serving trout raised in its own farm to generations of hikers and Sunday drivers. The menu beyond the fish is simple and the room fills fast after midday, but few Troodos meals feel this rooted in place.
10–11 October 2026, 10:00 – 20:00. Free entry; organised by the Kyperounta community council.
Kyperounta village square, high Troodos, Cyprus.
Yes — entry is free.
Yes. It is held every year, usually in October, and usually lasts 2 days.
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.
Photo: Kyperounta village in the high Troodos — Xaris333, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
