
Governor’s Beach
Brilliant white chalk cliffs drop to a string of small dark-sand coves and clear water — the contrast of pale rock and deep sea is unmistakably Cypriot.
Every year · usually May
The largest technology and startup festival between Europe and the Middle East, drawing founders, investors and speakers to Limassol for two intensive days of talks and networking. It reflects the city's growing tech scene and has a noticeably international crowd. Tickets are aimed at professionals, so it is one for the work-and-travel visitor rather than the beach holidaymaker.
Every year, usually in May. The next dates have not been announced yet — we add them as soon as the organiser does.
Venues around central Limassol.
Check with the organiser.

Brilliant white chalk cliffs drop to a string of small dark-sand coves and clear water — the contrast of pale rock and deep sea is unmistakably Cypriot.

A long, calm crescent bay tucked beneath farmland and white cliffs, ringed by tavernas — sheltered, shallow and made for a slow swim at sundown.

A flat, mile-long ribbon of hard sand on the Akrotiri peninsula with shallow warm water and a string of laid-back beach bars — the locals’ long-walk-and-swim beach.
It is held every year, usually in May. The dates of the next edition have not been announced yet, so confirm with the organiser before you travel.
Venues around central Limassol, Cyprus.
Yes. It is held every year, usually in May, 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.