Troodos
Mountains
Troodos
is the biggest
mountain range of
Cyprus, located in the
center of the island. Troodos' highest peak is
Mount Olympus at 1,952
metres. Troodos mountain range stretches across most of
the western side of Cyprus, offering cool sanctuary and
idyllic hours spent in long walks in its scented pine
forests in summer and winter sports and
ski-ing in winter.
There are many famous mountain resorts, Byzantine
monasteries and churches on mountain peaks, and nestling
in its valleys and picturesque mountain villages clinging
to terraced hill slopes. There are 9 churches in Troodos
that are counted among
Unesco's
World Heritage Sites and
several monasteries, of which the
Kykkos monastery is the
most famous and rich.
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