Hike
Caledonia Waterfall Trail
A cool two-hour forest loop tracing the Kryos river through pine and plane trees to a 13-metre waterfall — the island’s best escape from the August heat.
Spring · full flowDirections
All free spots
Centre Cyprus · Troodos Mountains
Omodos Village
Village · Krasochoria · wine country
A cobbled wine village built around the Monastery of the Holy Cross, ringed by vineyards and lined with cellars pouring indigenous Commandaria and Zivania.
Plan your visit
Visiting Omodos Village
Omodos is the heart of the Krasochoria (wine villages), a cobbled village built around the Monastery of the Holy Cross and lined with wineries, 'zivania' distillers and shops selling 'arkatena' rusks and 'soutzoukos'.
Getting there
Signed off the B8 in the Troodos foothills above Limassol; about 40 minutes from the coast.
Parking
Large car park at the village edge; the centre is pedestrianised.
Best time to go
Year-round; the wine villages are at their best in the autumn grape-harvest season.
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Waterfall
Millomeris Waterfall
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.
Spring · after rainDirections
Hike
Artemis Trail · Mt Olympus
A near-level seven-kilometre loop circling the summit of Mount Olympus through black pine and juniper, with both coasts visible on a clear day. Snow-dusted in winter.
May–OctDirections