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During the Roman period, Amathus was an essential port city, that made its cash by exporting the island's copper and timber, however the city's age of splendor started to collapse during the 4th century after it came down with a series of ravaging earthquakes. The ruins are spread out and there isn't as much to view as in Kourion.

On the hill above are the residues of the Acropolis and the Temple of Aphrodite, with the entryway marked by a large stone jar. At the bottom of the hill is a destroyed Byzantine basilica.  This Is Cool : 11 kilometers east of Limassol 7. Holy Abbey of St. Nicholas of the Cats Holy Monastery of St.

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Much of the peninsula becomes part of the Akrotiri British Sovereign Base, although driving along its length there's very little sign that you've passed from Cypriot to British area. Right at the idea of the peninsula is the Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Felines, founded in advertisement 325, although the existing buildings date from the 13th century.

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The monastery gets its rather long name from the plethora of felines that sprawl out across the premises and were first introduced from Egypt here in the fourth century to attempt to control the peninsula's snake issue. The technique worked and rather of snakes, the abbey (and Cyprus as a whole) is now overrun with felines.

8. Beaches Beaches For lots of visitors, a vacation in Limassol suggests something: the beach. The long, sandy eight-kilometer stretch of Girl's Mile Beach (13 kilometers southwest of Limassol) is on the eastern coast of the Akrotiri Peninsula and is one of the most popular local beaches, with the interesting landscape of the salt lake running behind the shore.

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Avdimou beach (27 kilometers west from Limassol) is a long beach with a sandy shore, pleasant swimming, and a small caf and a jetty at the eastern end. Pissouri village (10 kilometers west of Avdimou) has an enticing beach with an enjoyable stretch of sand. The town is on a cliff top and has a lot of lovely cafs and boutiques to go to when you've packed the sand castle action up for the day.