Photo 1: The turtle beach
During our trip to Cyprus, we wanted to visit the Akrotiri peninsula and the Limassol lake. The lake was so withdrawn that it was extremely difficult to track, you risked getting bogged down and the birds were in the center of the lake, practically it was like photographing dots.
Photo 2: Orchid in Limassol lake
But on the other hand, in the middle of the sand, we found some orchids. Therefore we decide to continue towards the tip of the peninsula. Here is the inexperience of the traveler, we were in British territory and no longer Cypriot, and nearby there was an air base of the Royal Air Force, with total barrier to any possibility of access to the final part of the peninsula. In practice, the peninsula is a land aircraft carrier projected on the Middle East, 240 km from Beirut, so to speak. Here it is all English territory, without borders but, you realize from the houses and the manicured lawns that you have crossed the border. Rugby and football fields, tennis and horse riding! Her Majesty doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon! We make a nice turn around in front of the gate of the base and we decide to take the first signposted access to the sea. And in fact, almost under the cliffs an indication of a beach.
The beach of Kourion is located under the hill or rather the cliff, where this archaeological site stands which features Greek, Roman and early Christian constructions.
Photo 3: Relax on turtle beach
Photo 4: Relax on turtle beach with mountain shoes
We headed to the pebble beach where we sunbathed and to our surprise we discovered it was a nesting place for turtles. With more respect than usual we lay down but, we were almost afraid of crushing something but, it could not be so.
Photo 5: the moussaka at the restaurant on the beach
Nearby a restaurant where I had a feast of Moussaka, for which they apologized for taking 30 minutes but, they did it to me at the time!
Photo 6: the basilica on the beach
Photo 7: the basilica on the beach
To dispose of I took a walk behind the dunes and, to my great surprise, I find another archaeological site, not marked, with the remains of a basilica, the basilica of the beach. Site not open to visitors and probably still with excavations in progress. And now let’s go to visit the Temple of Apollo …
