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Harbour area was very relaxing - Cyprus
Harbour area was very relaxing
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Sunday open-air markets at Larnaca
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    • hopang
  • Updated By hopang on April 23, 2009
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    • Waiting for bus at Larnaca open-air markets - Cyprus
    Waiting for bus at Larnaca
    open-air markets
    by hopang
    Larnaca weekly Sunday Market is held at a parking lot at Ermou Street in the heart of the city of Larnaca which is the third largest in the Republic of Cyprus. The Sunday open-air market is held once a week between 10.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.

    Wide range of consumer items are on sale by local traders at a bargain such as clothings, local crafts, souvenirs, travelling bags, watches, sunglasses, staionery, CDs and DVDs, electrical equipment, refreshments, and fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables.

    Local crafts, souvenirs and fresh fruits are highly recommended.

    Certainly cheaper than in other outlets.

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  • Theme: Other
  • Address: Ermou Street, Larnaca
  • Directions: Larnaca weekly Sunday Market is held at a parking lot at Ermou Street in the heart of Larnaca. If you are staying at Ayia Napa, there are regular inter-city bus services to the center of Larnaca from Protaras and Ayia Napa.
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    Covered shopping markets, Nicosia
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    • hopang
  • Updated By hopang on April 23, 2009
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    • Covered shopping lane in Nicosia - Cyprus
    Covered shopping lane in
    Nicosia
    by hopang
    The covered shopping market at Makarios Avenue is an ideal and excellent location for shopping, dinning or to chill out to escape the heat of the city especially during the hot summer months of July and August. The shopping lanes offer wide range of items on sale such as table clothes, bed sheets and other consumer goods, clothings, apparels, local jewelleries and costume jewelleries, souvenirs, leather goods such as handbags, belts and travelling bags. We had our delicious Greek sallads at one of the restaurants at the covered market.

    Prices of goods at the covered markets especially souvenirs from Cyprus and local crafts and jewelleries are generally cheaper than those in the large shopping malls nearby such as City Plaza.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Makarios Avenue, Nicosia
  • Directions: Located quite close to the main bus terminal in the Old Town of Nicosia.
  • Website: http://www.nicosia.org.cy
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    Cyprus has beautiful sandals at good prices
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    • rachel_sun
  • Updated By rachel_sun on June 1, 2004
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    • Two pairs of sandals i bought home - Cyprus
    Two pairs of sandals i bought
    home
    by rachel_sun
    Kato Paphos was a shoppers paradise.The gift shops also sold sandals.Ethnic style.I bought two pairs as the quality was good and the price was good too.These sandals cost me £8cy and £10cy.They are locally made and you will see them everywhere.The shopping was so much better than i ever imagined in Cyprus.Huge big shops and there was even a Next in Paphos.

    The best place to buy food is a supermarket.Pappantonios is a great supermarket on the Chloraka road.You will see large supermarkets everywhere near Paphos.Chris Cash and Carry on the Polis Road in Paphos was very good.It opens til 8pm and had a great selection of foods and drinks.I paid the following prices for things.

    4 cans pepsi=1.85
    85gms crisps=0.46
    orange juice one lr=0.89
    hamburger 100gms=0.48
    bottle aphrodite dry white wine=2.20
    packet 6 swordfish frozen steaks=3.38
    bottle liquor 100ml 1.50
    750ml liquor banana 2.90
    frozen pizza=2.00
    jar olives=2.50
    fresh bread=0.60
    bottled water-400ml=1.00

    All prices are cy pounds.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
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    Shopping for pottery at Troodos Mountains
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  • By hopang on June 30, 2009
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    • A pottery shop at Troodos Mountains - Cyprus
    A pottery shop at Troodos
    Mountains
    by hopang
    If you intend to shop for pottery works in Cyprus, Troodos Mountains is the place to shop! You can get better quality products at much reduced price than those of the outlets in the lowlands. There are numerous pottery shops at Troodos Mountains and most of the local craftsmen at the mountains are very skillful at their works. Don't miss the opportunity to shop for Cyprus pottery when you are at Troodos Mountains.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
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    Lefkaritica lace
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    • tagalonggal
  • Updated By tagalonggal on September 25, 2003
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    • Lace tablecloth - Cyprus
    Lace tablecloth
    by tagalonggal
    The hand made lace of Cyprus is an endangered craft as not enough young women are taking the place of the elder craft women. As well, cheaper machine made lace competes with hand made in most shops.

    The price of the lace depends on the quality of the hand work and the difficulty of the design.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: The village of Lefkara.
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    Everywhere: Fresh Local Food
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    • steventilly
  • Updated By steventilly on May 3, 2007
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    • Pitta with Feta and fresh salad vegetables - Cyprus
    Pitta with Feta and fresh
    salad vegetables
    by steventilly
    There's a big thing here in the UK about how far our food travels. Tomatoes from Spain, potatoes from Portugal, aubergines from Turkey, almost nothing seems to be local. They reckon the average British food basket has travelled thousands of miles. In Cyprus it couldn't be more different, absolutely everything on the fresh fruit & veg stalls in the markets and supermarkets is locally grown. The only thing I spotted that came from outside of Cyprus was ginger and, strangely, garlic.
    Apple, orange, lemon, courgette, potato, tomato, aubergine, spinach, rocket, parsley, coriander, mushroom, cucumber, celery, none of it had come more than a few kilometres. And it was oh so tasty and cheap.
    I've never had anything like their tomatoes. Ours are full of seeds - remove those and you're left with almost nothing. Cypriot ones were, by contrast, all flesh with very little seeds and oh so sweet and tasty.
    And as for the bread... Pitta bread that we get in the UK is like cardboard, 2mm thick, dry and crumbly, good for almost nothing. Cypriot pittas are wonderful - thicker and more pliable, they don't break into pieces the moment you touch them. Easy to split and stuff they make the tastiest sandwiches. Warmed under a grill and spread with honey or carob they make a delicious breakfast that's better than toast!

    Very little. Fresh food is so cheap it's unbelievable.

  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Directions: Supermarkets like Panantinou or Debenhams in Paphos, the fresh produce markets in most towns, the local "corner shops".
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    Leather belts and wallets etc.: Leather was fantastic value.
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  • Updated By rachel_sun on June 1, 2004
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    • Leather was great value - Cyprus
    Leather was great value
    by rachel_sun
    I found the shops down at Kato Paphos harbour great for gifts to take back home.The leather goods were very good value.Most shops near harbour sold belts(real leather) and leather bags and wallets etc.I bought my dad a leather belt for £6cy.And my hubby a leather belt for £3cy.The choice was huge and some shops had special offers on.I bought myself a small zip up purse, again real leather for £3cy.Shops had racks of leather belts hanging up.Also along Kato Paphos harbour and road along coast there were lots of little pleasant squares too that had shops around them.

    Leather belts and wallets and bags and purses.

    £3-6cy for a real leather belt.£3cy for a real leather purse.£20cy for a real leather handbag.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: Along Kato Paphos harbour area and along coast road.Also dont forget to check out little squares that lead away off road.
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    Woolworth's: Cyprus Delight
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  • Updated By rachel_sun on June 1, 2004
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    • Tasty Cyprus Delight - Cyprus
    Tasty Cyprus Delight
    by rachel_sun
    I was surprised how good the supermarkets were in Cyprus.Very modern and with it.Everything also was marked up in English.They had a Woolworth's in Cyprus.It was on the road towards airport.Paphos airport from Kato Paphos.Woolworth's was a huge shop.Downstairs it sold garden ware and kitchen stuff.BBQ'S and sunloungers.DIY tools etc.Blinds.Lights.Plates.Household goods.Then upstairs there was a huge selection of clothes.It was very trendy and when I go back I will buy some clothes as they were a good price.

    Woolworth's also sold food.I bought some locally produced Cyprus Delight here and some Aphrodite wine.The food was slightly dearer than a normal supermarket but it was like say Marks and Spencer quality.The Cyprus delight came in many flavours and pineapple was my fav.It was only around 0.70cy.I bought 4 boxes home as gifts.Woolworth's also sold a big range of olives in oil and herbs.They were tasty with a fesh salad.Woolies also had a trendy coffee shop out front.We had a drink there and it was very like Marks and Spencer kind of thing.Top notch.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Directions: Woolworth's on road from Paphos to airport.On a roundabout.
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    Laiki Geitonia
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  • Updated By tagalonggal on September 24, 2003
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    • Old Nicosia shopping - Cyprus
    Old Nicosia shopping
    by tagalonggal
    Laiki Geitonia is made up of narrow winding stone streets that have, for the most part, been carefully restored. Wandering through the area, you’ll find shops, tavernas, traditional Cypriot homes. This is a popular area for tourists and Cypriots to leisurely browse among the many shops. Closed to traffic, its pace is very relaxing.

    Lace, lace and more lace!

    What you spend depends on the item you buy. Hand made lace is always more expensive but the quality makes it worth spending more.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: Laiki Geitonia, a pedestrian area inside the walled city.
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    Plenty of local pottery to buy
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  • Updated By rachel_sun on June 1, 2004
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    • I bought these two hand made items home - Cyprus
    I bought these two hand made
    items home
    by rachel_sun
    I found the Pottery wonderful in Cyprus.Huge big shops that made and sold vast quantities of pottery were around Paphos.My mum likes the huge earthenware storage jars which are called pitharia.We saw some of these pots at people's entrances to their houses.They used to be used for keeping oil and water etc.They are very expensive and hard to move and break easily as their size is so big.A village called Kornos still makes and sells pottery.I enjoyed walking along Kato Paphos harbour and looking at the huge range of beautifully coloured and painted pottery.I bought myself a caraffe pot for wine(well my mum bought it for me) and a small olive bowl.The oilve bowl was £3.

    The choice of pots and plates was simply mind blowing.One place I stopped at was called Savvas Pottery.It was a huge shop full of stunning hand made pottery.The company has been going since 1964.The shop had modern pieces and more traditional and some pots had scenes painted on them from popular mythology.I bought one piece from here.A small bowl.Most things here would make a great gift for a friend.Everything was priced sensibly.They had things such as cups, plates,mugs, bowls.
    They also have a website you can order off.

    I paid £5 for my small bowl.A mug was £5.A plate was £6.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Highway (A6)-Exits;Paphos Airport,Achelia,Koloni
  • Phone: +357-26-960804
  • Directions: Savvas Pottery Studio and Shop, Cy-8310 Koloni Cyprus ,Old Road Paphos-Limassol.
  • Website: www.savvas-pottery.net
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