Larnaka is a port city on the south coast of island of Cyprus. It's known for Finikoudes Beach, a sandy strip in the city center backed by a palm-lined seaside promenade, with a string of bars lining the waterfront at Mackenzie Beach. Just offshore, the MS Zenobia wreck is a popular dive site. The 9th-century Church of Saint Lazarus contains the to...

Cyprus is situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, less than 100 miles from both Turkey and Syria and about 500 miles southeast of mainland Greece. It is the third largest Mediterranean island after Sicily and Sardinia. When I lived in the UK it was a popular destination for both tourists and retirees from Britain, with its wa...

Cyprus has a tradition of wine-making, dating back nearly 6,000 years to the Ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian periods. Cyprus is also home to the world's oldest named wine still in production: 'Commandaria', which Richard the Lionheart described as the "wine of the kings and the king of the wines." The island has seven different wine routes, each ...

Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, has a longstanding tradition of wine-making, with Commandaria the world's oldest named wine still in production. Richard the Lionheart described Commandaria as the "wine of the kings and the king of the wines." Cypriot wine-makers still cultivate the same ancient grape varieties but now combine...