LANDSCAPES OF CYPRUS : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

Preface 5
Acknowledgements; Books 6

Getting about 7
Plans of Lefkosia, Pafos, Larnaka, Lemesos,
Ayia Napa 8
with exits for motorists, bus and service taxi locations

Picnicking 14
Picnic suggestions 15

A country code for walkers and motorists 19

Touring 20
WESTERN WAYS (TOUR 1) 22
Pafos · Coral Bay · Peyia · Kathikas · Drousseia ·
Prodhromi · Lachi · Baths of Aphrodite ·
(4WD options) · Polis · Skoulli · Stroumbi · Pafos
OLD VILLAGES, ROCKS AND BONES! (TOUR 2) 26
Pafos · Yeroskipos · Kouklia · Pano Arkhimandrita ·
Dhora · Arsos · Omodhos · Episkopi · Kourion ·
Petra tou Romiou · Pafos
LAND OF THE MOUFFLON (TOUR 3) 28
Pafos · Polemi · Kannaviou · Stavros tis Psokas ·
Dhodheka Anemi · Cedar Valley · Kykko Monastery ·
Panayia · Chrysorroyiatissa Monastery · Statos · Pafos
FROM PAFOS TO PLATRES (TOUR 4) 31
Pafos · Asprokremnos Dam · Nikouklia · Phasoula ·
Ayios Yeoryios · Kithasi · Kedhares · Ayios Nikolaos ·
Pera Pedi · Saittas · Platres
A CAPITAL CIRCUIT (TOUR 5) 33
Lemesos · Trimiklini · Platres · Troodos · Kakopetria ·
Galata · Peristerona · Lefkosia · (Stavrovouni Monastery)
· Lemesos
THE HEIGHT OF ORTHODOXY (TOUR 6) 36
Larnaka · Hala Sultan Tekke · Kiti · Dhromolaxia ·
Kalokhorio · Pyrga · Stavrovouni Monastery ·
Kophinou · Larnaka
THE FAR EAST (TOUR 7) 38
Larnaka · Dhekelia crossroads · Phrenaros · Dherinia
· Paralimni · Protaras · Cape Greco · Ayia Napa ·
Xylophagou · Larnaka

Walking 41
Waymarking and maps 41
Where to stay 42
Weather 44
What to take 44
Walkers' checklist 45
Nuisances      46
Photography 46
Greek for walkers 47
Organisation of the walks47
THE WALKS
1 Troodos · Chromion · Mount Olympus · Troodos 49
2 Troodos · Makrya Kontarka · Troodos 52
3 Troodos · Caledonian Falls · Platres 53
4 Troodos · Makrya Kontarka · Mesapotamos
Monastery · Platres 56
5 Psilon Dhendron · Pouziaris · Psilon Dhendron 58
6 Trooditissa 60
7 Madhari Ridge 62
8 Pera Pedi · Ayia Mavri · Koilani · Pera Pedi 65
9 Stavros tis Psokas 67
10 Cedar Valley and Mount Tripylos 69
11 Circuit from Ayios Neophytos 71
12 Around Kathikas 73
13 Kissonerga to Coral Bay 74
14 Lara Beach 76
15 From Drousseia to Ayios Yeoryios 77
16 Avagas Gorge 80
17 Khapotami Gorge 82
18 Circuit from Alekhtora 86
19 Fontana Amorosa coastal path 89
20 The 'Aphrodonis' trail 91
21 Akamas gold 94
22 Kritou Terra and Terra 96
23 Miliou · Theletra · Miliou 98
24 Alamanou to Governor's Beach 101
25 Kellaki to Yermasoyia 103
26 Mount Makheras 108
27 Stavrovouni Monastery 110
28 Around Cape Kiti 112
29 Ayia Napa · Cape Greco · Protaras 115
30 Ayia Napa to Profitis Ilias 119

Service taxi and bus timetables 121
Index 134
Fold-out island map inside back cover