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GREECE & CYPRUS LOCAL CYPRUS DESTINATIONS


walks and wine-tasting sessions with the pros. It has recently been added by Classic Collection Holidays and Planet Holidays.


w WINE AND DINE It’s not only there that visitors can sample Cyprus’s indulgent wine and food. The island was the first in the Mediterranean to produce the ‘nectar of the Gods’, and aficionados can sate their appetites on one of its wine routes, especially in the west. Among them is the


and so far it has succeeded. “The jobs created by tourism


have attracted young families back to the village,” says Alison Hall, Inntravel’s regional expert on Cyprus. “Staying here you get a real sense of how villages in the Troodos used to be.” The property offers various


local experiences, from a four-day farm-to-fork package featuring orchard tours, cooking classes and food tastings (from €170) to fishing trips, guided


Commandaria trail, which meanders through 14 villages where the age-old dessert wine – dating back to 1192 – holds sway. Back in the Troodos Mountains, Omodos is the regional centre for six wine-producing villages and is worth a stop-off with its verdant vineyard surroundings. It’s also known for treats such as almond marzipan, carob – a rich, healthy alternative to chocolate – and


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BELOW: Ktima


Christoudia Winery


Classic Collection Holidays offers a week’s B&B at Casale Panayiotis in Kalopanayiotis from £1,044 in


June. The price is based on two sharing a suite and includes flights and transfers. classic-collection. co.uk


Travel 2 offers seven nights’ all-inclusive at the five-star


Olympic Lagoon Resort Paphos, with flights from London and


private transfers, from £1,199, departing on October 25. travel2.com


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arkatena, a type of bread made with chickpeas and shaped into a giant ring. TravelCube stops here on its Best of Cyprus day trip, combining it with a stop at Skarinou, home to traditional stone houses, ancient crafts and a waxwork museum (from £52). As all of this suggests, foodies


certainly won’t be short-changed in the area. Olive mills, honey farms and cheese-makers are found throughout the island, and monthly village markets offer guests a chance to pick up fresh, local produce. For a truly authentic


experience, try the bread-making workshop run by Mrs Sophia in the tiny hillside village of Letymbou, 20 minutes from Paphos. Guests will be welcomed into her house, with its traditional lacework and decor, to take part in interactive halloumi-making and olive bread baking in the outdoor oven – think tempting


aromas of freshly baked dough and the type of hospitality you’d get from a long-lost aunt. If that gets your clients


excited, then the menu of foodie festivals taking over Cyprus in the summer and autumn months likely will too. Among them is the Bread and Cheese festival, hitting the streets of Athienou on October 12 with music and dance performances alongside plenty of baking. The month-long Grape Feast,


meanwhile, will see a flurry of wine-related events light up the villages of Vasa Koilaniou, Lofou, Arsos and Koilani from September to October. Visitors have the chance to taste local wines, try various grape delicacies and watch local goodies such as ‘palouzes’ (thick, jelly-like sweets) being made against a backdrop of buzzing entertainment – ample proof there’s life beyond the beach.


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