FESTIVALS CELEBRATING OUR TRADITIONS
Learn the secrets of the Cypriot cuisine, tantalize your palate with unique traditional flavors, meet ardent handcrafters and enjoy a scenery of mountain tops dotted with fruit-bearing trees and pine trees at the Gastronomy and Traditional Festivals taking place at our picturesque villages in the Troodos Mountain Range.
Gastronomy and Traditional Festivals have a commendable way of combining traditional elements and turning them into fascinating exploratory experiences and outdoor parties. These fests offer you the chance to taste Cyprus in one day. Numerous kiosks line up like toy soldiers at the village squares where you can taste and buy traditional local delicacies, such as Trachanas soup (a thick soup based on a mixture of grain and fermented milk), Palouzes (creamy dessert; grape juice mixed with flour), Halloumi cheese, cured meats, Resi (wheat with meat dish), Glyka tou koutaliou (spoon sweet preserves), Cyprus bread, wine, Zivania (a distilled beverage) and much more. Don’t miss the cooking demonstrations by Michelin starred Cypriot chefs and TV personalities who present traditional dishes and new recipes based on local products.
Handcrafters and artisans also join these festivals aiming to educate, inspire, preserve and promote the traditional crafts and arts of Cyprus. It is a way for the young people to learn about disappearing occupations and for the elderly to recall their childhood. Watch the whole procedure of how you weave a reed basket and understand their different uses. See demonstrations of how to make various shepherd’s tools like vourka (a goatskin bag made of the intact skin of a goat), or a crook. Learn the secrets of traditional chair making, admire the patterns of embroideries, sit on a voufa (loom) and weave clothes and tapestries.
All festivals feature traditional music and dancing. Dance along to the rhythm of our traditional music and applaud the artful moves of the skillful dancers.
Make the most of your visit in all these villages by visiting local attractions, Byzantine churches and rural museums that remain open during the festivals, which are perceived as the “event of the year” of each village.
Where: Asomatos & Trachoni villages (Enactment of a Traditional wedding)
When: 23/06/23 Time: 18:30 Venue: Asomatos square
When: 25/06/23 Time: 18:30 Venue: Trachoni’s Cultural Centre
For more info: +357 25398894, +357 99282555
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Where: Sotira Ammochostou (Traditional Festival)
When: 04/07/23 Time: 20:00
Venue: Quartyard Metamorfoseos Tou Sotiros Church
For more info: +357 23824444
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Where: Pissouri (Festival of Traditional Dances)
When: 06/08/2023 Time: 20:00
Venue: Pissouri Amphitheater
For more info: +357 25222292
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Where: Pano Lefkara (Lefkara Traditional Night)
When: 17/08/2023 Time: 20:30
Venue: Primary School
For more info: +357 24342422
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Where: Klirou (Klirou Cultural Festival)
When: 01/09/2023 Time: 16:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 22633344
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Where: Doros (Festival of Traditional Products)
When: 10/09/23 Time: 11:00 – 18:00
Venue: Communal Park
For more info: +357 25433517
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Where: Tembria (Gastronomy festival)
When: 16/09/2023 Time: 16:30
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 22932427
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Where: Polis Chrysochous (Traditional products and Folk Art Day)
When: 22/09/23 Time: 19:30
Venue: St. Andronikos Park
For more info: +357 26321321
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Where: Potamitissa (Traditional Cold Cuts & Palouzes Festival)
When: 30/09-01/10/2023 Time: 30/09 at 16:00 & 01/10 at 11:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 25522428
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Where: Arediou (Female Farmer’s Festival)
When: 29/09/2023 Time: 19:00
Venue: Community’s Football pitch
Entrance fee: 5 euro (children under 12 y.o. free)
For more info: +357 22633080
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Where: Paliometocho (Cultural Festival)
When: 29/09/2023 Time: 19:00
Venue: Courtyard of Panagia Odigitria Church
For more info: +357 22832282 or https://www.facebook.com/Paliometocho
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Where: Pera Oreinis (Cultural Festival)
When: 29/09-01/10/2023 Time: TBA
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 22621359
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Where: Agios Ioannis Pitsilias (Gastronomy Festival)
When: TBA Time: 19:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357
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Where: Agios Mamas Xyliatos (Gastronomy festival)
When: TBA Time: 19:30
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 22852400
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Where: Flasou (“Back to the old days” festival)
When: 01/10/2023 Time: 16:00
Venue: Courtyard of Linou-Flasou Primary School
For more info: +357 22933068
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Where: Maroni (Street Food / Gastronomy Festival)
When: 21/10/2023 Time: 16:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 24333111
Where: Athienou (Festival of Athienou Products)
When: 15/10/23 Time: 11:00 – 23:00
Venue: Konstantineio Municipal Park
For more info: +357 24811370 or https://www.facebook.com/AthienouMunicipality/
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Where: Palaichori (Street Food festival)
When: 14/10/2023 Time: 17:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 22642900
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Where: Deneia (Biological Festival)
When: 23/09/2023 Time: 15:00 – 23:00
Venue: Communal Football Stadium
For more info: +357 22832663
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Where: Pera Chorio-Nisou (Gastronomy and Traditional festival)
When: TBA Time: 19:00
Venue: Courtyard of Sotiros church
For more info: +357 22521570
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Where: Fikardou (Gastronomy and Traditional crafts festival)
When: 01/10/2023 Time: 11:00 – 17:00
Venue: Fikardou alleys
For more info: +357 22661157 or https://www.facebook.com/fikardouvillage/
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Where: Chandria (Festival of Traditional Products)
When: TBA Time: 11:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 25532874
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Where: Anafotida (Festival of Tradition & Culture)
When: 01/10/23 Time: 15:00 – 21:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 99151358 or https://www.facebook.com/syllogosgynaikon.ypaithroularnakas/
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Where: Farmakas (Festival of Traditional products)
When: 22/10/2023 Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Venue: Village square
For more info: +357 22642096
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