Saturday, November 28, 2020

Kouris Reservoir and Lofuo

 We took a drive out to Kouris Reservoir, which lies to the North East of Pissouri. Our first stop was a walk across the dam itself, we were the only people there and  from the dam there is a great view of the village of Alassa in the distance, backed by the Troodos mountains.





The water level in the reservoir looked pretty high for this time of year.

We drove around to the sunken church of Saint Nicholas, which was part of the old village of Alassa. The sun striking of the water gave a stunning effect.


We then moved onto the village of Lofou, this traditional Cypriot village has been restored to a lovely standard while the cobbled streets set a wonderful atmosphere.



The village was so quiet when we  we visited,  almost a ghost town. There were hardly any people around, we thought this must be due to the Covid epidemic and the late time of year.

We stopped off at the 19th century village church dedicated to the Annunciation of Virgin Mary.




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