Omodos Village, Krasochoria · wine country — Free Village in Cyprus

Omodos VillageA cobbled wine village built around the Monastery of the Holy Cross, ringed by vineyards and lined with cellars pouring indigenous Commandaria and Zivania.Type: Village · Area: Krasochoria · wine country, Troodos Mountains · Best time: Year-round · Entry: FreeVisiting Omodos VillageOmodos 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 thereSigned off the B8 in the Troodos foothills above Limassol; about 40 minutes from the coast.ParkingLarge car park at the village edge; the centre is pedestrianised.Best time to goYear-round; the wine villages are at their best in the autumn grape-harvest season.Local tips

Taste local wine and zivania at the village wineries.

See the monastery and the old wine-press and 'linos' museums.

Buy traditional sweets and rusks made in the village.

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