FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME:
1 DAY
Gathering at the airport in Wrocław✈️. Dinner at the airport🍽️. Departure from Wrocław🌍. Arrival in Paphos🏖️. Transfer from the airport to the hotel🏨. Accommodation in a hotel🛏️. Overnight stay🌙.
DAY 2
Breakfast 🍳. Relaxation upon arrival🏖️. Beaching 🏝️. Dinner🍽️. Walk around the area🚶♂️. Dinner 🍴. Accommodation🌙.
DAY 3
CAPE GRECO NATIONAL PARK - BLUE LAGOON
Breakfast 🍳. Panoramic tour of Cape Greco, the most beautiful and easternmost cape of Cyprus🌅. In the Love Bridge 💕 program, Konnos Beach 🏖️ - an idyllic beach in the National Park, Blue Lagoon🌊. Back to the hotel🏨. Back for lunch🍽️, dinner 🍴 and overnight🌙.
4-7 DAY
Breakfast 🍳, lunch🍽️, dinner🍴. Free time🕒, relaxation on the beach 🏖️ or by the hotel swimming pool🏊♂️, possibility to take advantage of an optional excursion 🧳 (suggestions under the program).
DAY 8
Breakfast 🍳. Check-out🏨. Then drive to Larnaca 🚗 and visit the alleged burial place of St. Lazarus⛪. Visit to the impressive stone church from the 10th century of St. Lazarus - Agios Lazaros⛪. Saint Lazarus, the patron saint of Larnaca, was resurrected by Jesus Christ ✝️ and, after being expelled from Bethany, moved to the south of Cyprus🌍, where he became the first bishop of Kition (now Larnaca)🏙️. Consecrated by Saints Barnabas and Mark. Visit the tomb of St. Lazarus🪦, which is located in the crypt directly under the main altar⛪. Free time🕒. Departure towards Paphos🚗. Back to Poland🇵🇱. Arrival in Wrocław✈️. The end of the tourist event🏖️.
OPTIONAL EXCURSION SUGGESTIONS:
"NORTHERN CYPRUS" (min. 15 people)
extra payable approx. 75 euros💶:
NORTHERN CYPRUS - a trip to the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus 🇹🇷 (without a passport and COVID19 test). Visiting Famagusta 🏰 - a city with perfectly preserved Venetian architecture, which is not only one of the best preserved fortifications in the Mediterranean🌍, but also has a rich historical background🏛️. We will have the opportunity to visit the Hellenistic theater🎭 🏛️, Romanesque columns , medieval walls 🏰 and the spectacular Gothic St. Nicholas Cathedral⛪, currently operating as the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. We will see the famous "Othello Tower"🏰, walk through the characteristic narrow streets🚶♀️. An interesting fact is that part of the city is still inaccessible to tourists since the Turkish invasion in 1974📜. Then the ancient city of Salamina 🏛️ - the ancient capital of Cyprus with a magnificent Greek theater🎭. Back to the hotel🏨, half board 🍽️ and overnight stay🌙.
TROODOS MOUNTAINS – THE GREEN HEART OF CYPRUS
(min. 15 people) extra payable approx. 75 EUR💶:
A trip to the wonderful wine region of the island🍇, and the road will lead through idyllic wine villages 🏘️ in the mountains⛰️, preserved without any changes for generations. There will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy the magnificent panorama of the island 🌄 and the beautiful winding and narrow streets🏘️. We will probably visit one of the most beautiful villages of the Troodos Mountains – Omadhos 🏘️ - the center of the famous wine region of the country🍷. The village is built around the famous monastery of the Holy Cross⛪. It is worth adding that this is where we can meet commandaria 🍷 - one of the symbols of Cyprus and probably the oldest wine in the world🍇. A moment of pause🛑. Then we will see the aforementioned one of the most interesting monasteries of the Holy Cross ⛪ – a very important pilgrimage site, where the object of spiritual worship is a piece of the Holy Rope, with which the hands of Christ were tied while he was tied to the cross✝️. Then drive to the famous monastery of Kykkos⛪, built in 1092, dedicated to the Virgin Mary👑, there are impressive mosaics 🎨 and frescoes, including one of three preserved icons🖼️, silver-plated, probably painted by St. Luke. Due to its wealth, the monastery is considered to be the most valuable and most lavish on the entire island💎. On the way back, we pass Ag. Ioannis o Lambadistis in Kalopangiotis ⛪ - the monastery of St. John, where St. Heraclidos was baptized by St. Paul and Barnabas✝️, the church of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis 🏛️ - also inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List🌍. The church has excellent frescoes from the 12th and 15th centuries🎨. Dinner 🍽️. Overnight🌙.
