Kourion Travel Guide

 globetrott Says:  The Sanctuary of Apollo Hylatesis another excavation-area close to the remains of ancient Kourion. This place is a bit set back from the main road and maybe worth a visit in case that you are really interested very much in ancient stones. No mosaiques there and only some few... 

 globetrott Says:  The BasilicaThere is not much more than just 2 arches and some great parts of the floor-mosaiques left over from the Basilica of ancient Kourion. On the total you might need about 2-3 hours in order to explore the most important sights of Kourion. Quite a large part of this... 

 globetrott Says:  The Agora of ancient KourionYou need a lot of imagination to see what this part of Kourion once might have looked like. For me it was interesting to walk through and see some interesting details and small fragments of mosaiques at some places. You will also have a great view... 

 globetrott Says:  The house of Achilles was constructed in the early 4th century AD and it shows some great remains of wonderful mosaiques, although unfortunately some large parts of them are totally missing because they were destroyed in an earthquake. 

 globetrott Says:  The Gladiators House did not get its name because some gladiators would have lived there, but rather by the great mosaiques that were found in this villa, showing the fight of gladiators.This building was a private villa and it dates back to the 3rd century AD and was... 

 globetrott Says:  The public baths were made with an interesting technique: lots of bricks were piled on top of each other in order to build hundreds of small columns that would finally hold the floor of the pool, while underneath hot or cold water did flow in order to cool or heat up the... 

 globetrott Says:  The grand Theatre of Kourion dates back most probably to the 2nd century BC and it was able to accomodate about 3000 people at that time. The theatre was destroyed in the 4th century AD and finally abandoned.Nowadays you can walk in the remains of the theatre as you like, it... 

 globetrott Says:  These are the best mosaiques in Eustolios House and when you compare the techniques of these mosaiques that were made already at the time of 300 AD in comparison to simple paintings that you will find sometimes in romanic churches that are much "younger" and still not so... 

 globetrott Says:  The Eustolios House dates back to the time of the 3rd or 4th century AD and it was excavated in 1938. The remains of the building were recently covered by a giant tent made of wood and cloth, so the old stones and mosaiques are protected as well as the tourists, who dont... 

 egonwegh Says:  On your way to (or from) Kourion you must have a look at this rock, called Petra tou Romiou - this is, according to yet another legend, Aphrodite's Birthplace. You may have seen pictures of the goddess rising out of the fumes of the sea? This is where it all happened.Not a... 

 globetrott Says:  The tiny chapel for St. Ermogenis was built between the excarvations of Kourion and the beach and in my 2nd photo you will see the simple belfry. There is a good restaurant next to the chapel nowadays and the chapel can easily be overseen on its large car-parking. 

 leics Says:  Ancient Kourion was a massive place before it was flattened by an earthquake, and only a tiny part of it has been excavated.Keep your eyes open as you wander because there are carved stones everywhere, in random spots (and plenty of pot-sherds too).Over the centuries many of... 

 leics Says:  It will be easy to miss this. Although it has a sign, it's not obvious at all.You'll find it tucked away at the end of the walkway across the main baths (not the house of Eustolios). Only the foundations have been found but as you can see from the photo (hopefully) it was...