Entertainment and Attractions in Limassol, Cyprus
On the eastern outskirts of the resort, where the mountains, breaking the chain of hotels, approach the very shore, the ruins of Amathus, one of the ten ancient city-states of Cyprus, have been preserved. The remains of the fortress walls, the white columns of the temples, the foundations of buildings and marble blocks scattered everywhere - this, perhaps, is all that remains of the most important center of worship of Aphrodite on the island. In 1191, not far from this place, the ships of the English king Richard the Lionheart, who was in a hurry to go on a crusade, anchored. At the castle of Limassol, which is next to the Old Port, his wedding took place with the Navarrese princess Berengaria. For a long time, the citadel belonged to…
