About Limassol

Limassol is the second biggest town of Cyprus. A wonderful resort of the Mediterranean. It has experienced great development over the time and became the biggest port in the Mediterranean transit trade. Limassol is the most important place for tourism, trade and service-providing centre in the Mediterranean area. Limassol is renowned for its long cultural tradition. A wide spectrum of activities and a great number of museums and archaeological sites are proposed to the interested visitor. A unique combination of ancient, Frankish, Byzantine and other modern influences is observed.

The city's cultural life is quite hectic with ancient Greek drama, Shakespeare plays and modern works being performed every summer in open air Greco-Roman theatre of Kourion by local and visiting theatre companies, contributing greatly to the cultural life of the island. The city based theatre companies continue their activity during the winter season in city theatres.

The city offers a great number of luxury hotels, most of them on the shore along a 15km coastline, some of them with their own marinas. Restaurants and tavernas also abound serving the whole range of local, regional and international dishes. It is famous for the variety of its night entertainment, its tavernas with Greek bouzouki, modern discos and steamy nightclubs.

The hospitality and lively nature of Lemesianoi, the local people are well-known to both Cypriots and foreign visitors alike. This lively nature becomes more pronounced during the course of the two big festivals taking place in the city. First, the Spring Carnival with its traditional Parade and, second, the late summer Wine Festival.