How does one begin to describe the heritage of country endowed with 10,000 years of history? Much of it is plainly visible: the ruins of Kourion, with its ancient theatre where concerts and plays still proudly take place, the Sanctuary of Aphrodite, the antiquities of Pafos, the Neolithic settlement of Khirokitia and nine Byzantine churches in the Troodos are part of the World Cultural List of UNESCO. Then there is the beautiful and varied Mediterranean landscape.

Archaeology in Cyprus
Customs and traditions

Indeed, the most compelling cultural aspect of Cyprus may be the island itself: The passage of ten millennia has made this small country an endless banquet of history, each civilization comprising another course of the feast. And time has only strengthened the identity of the Cypriots themselves; a people who can read the very same inscriptions on the ancient temple walls their ancestors chiseled so many sunsets ago. In the hills or along the coast, in town or country, wherever you go in Cyprus, the cultural feast will follow.