Introduction
Cyprus is an island country located in the Mediterranean sea surrounded by Israel, Egypt, Turkey, And Syria. This is an island country with a population of nearly 1.2 million, Which is by the way a still considered a concern in the country. Cyprus is famous mostly because of its Sunlight, weather historical buildings, and especially its Beaches. The country is flourishing and growing majorly because of it’s growing travel and tourism Industry. So now, let’s get started with the facts about the country below.
Cyprus Weather
Cyprus is actually a place of Sunlight. Here it is observed that in a year the sun shines almost 300 days and only 40-45 days of rainfall happens.
waters here on the Beaches get the reflection of the light looks very amazing and seems very calming. Such a nice view is always relaxing and heart touching.
The geological location of Cyprus makes it a perfect place for travelers. In Cyprus weather mostly sunny days prevail that makes it a little warm but not hot. The sunlight seems like kissing the body, which surely feels good. One more fun fact is that in Winters Cyprus receives four times more sunshine than the average of any European city like London.
However, the rainfall is less here, but the weather in Cyprus higher regions can be a little different, upper mountain regions receive a larger amount of rainfall in comparison to the rest of the island also snowfall in the winters can be expected in the higher regions.
History
The history of Cyprus is as unique as its weather, over the time it has been conquered and captured by different kingdoms. But here we wouldn’t talk about these instead the focus is more on the modern time Cyprus.
Like most of the countries, Cyprus was also colonized and was ruled by the Britishers. Britishers fully took over Cyprus by annexing it in 1914. Before them, Cyprus was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.
But following nationalist violence, It got independence from Great Britain in the year 1960 and emerged as Independent named as the Republic of Cyprus. But now Cyprus is divided into two parts because the Turkish Invasion and half of the part of this beautiful country is unfortunately under the control of Turkey.
Beaches
Do you know that there is a certification available for Beaches? Yes you heard it right.
Well, there is a Blue flag Certification, which relates to the cleanliness and purity of beach waters.
Beaches of Cyprus has a record of ranking High all the tines in this certification. So you can judge the Quality of these beaches.
Some of the most famous beaches here are…
1. Konnos Bay
2. Aphrodite Beach
Also known as The Birthplace of Aphrodite Aka The Goddess of Love And Beauty.
3. Fig Tree Bay Beach
Other than these beaches, shown below also worth a visit.Lara Bay
Nissi Beach
Paramali Beach
Makronissos Beach
Akti Olympion
Porto Pomos
Mackenzie Beach
Culture and Language
Well, to understand this first you need to know that the Population in Cyprus is Majorly Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot. The most influencing religions consist of Orthodox Greek Christianity and also Islam. While 80% of the total happens to be Orthodox Greek Christianity and the rest of Islam.
Maybe this is the reason why Greek and Turkish languages are spoken there very commonly. English is also very conman but it must be a product of Colonization and the Big Tourism Industry present here.
Contrary to this, people live with harmony here, and this reflects in the records for instance the crime rate is extremely low here. There are hardly one or two murder cases recorded in a year.
Limassol Carnival Festival carnival festival is one the prestigious cultural event here celebrated publicly every year and considered a notable carnival event worldwide.
Heritages
Actually Cyprus has a lots of world heritage sites here declared by UNESCO.
Some of them are
Tombs of the Kings
This site is a world heritage relates to the tombs of the Kings and Aristocrats of the Empire present that time. In fact if you have interests in history and architecture then definitely this would be great spot for you to visit.
The Archealogical Park of Kato Paphos
This site older than 4th Century B.C., Has also made to the list of World Heritage.
The site is more related to the Roman Empire and the remains of the empire can still be found here.
For more details on these sites and other monuments, you can visit the Department of Antiquities website.
very informative
Thank you bro
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