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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
- Larnaca is a small city of around 60,000 people and the third largest in Cyprus the highlights are the Saint Lazarus church, the small medieval fort, the small district archaeological museum, the Saint Joseph Catholic convent and the palm tree sea front area with its many cafes and restaurants. | - Larnaca is a small city of around 60,000 people and the third largest in Cyprus the highlights are the Saint Lazarus church, the small medieval fort, the small district archaeological museum, the Saint Joseph Catholic convent and the palm tree sea front area with its many cafes and restaurants. | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 11 May 2013
back up to = Cyprus
* New Info from Nicolas Nicolaou's FAQ
Introduction
- Larnaca is a small city of around 60,000 people and the third largest in Cyprus the highlights are the Saint Lazarus church, the small medieval fort, the small district archaeological museum, the Saint Joseph Catholic convent and the palm tree sea front area with its many cafes and restaurants.
Location
- Nicosia is 45 Km to the north, Limassol 70 Km to the West, the excellent beaches of Agia Napa and Paralimni 50 Km to the east and the famous village of Lefkara about 40 Km nort west.
Climate
- The maximum normal temperatures in Larnaca during the hottest period from early July to early September are around 34 degrees in the day and fall to around 24 degrees in the night. During the day south coastal area have similar temperatures but the west ie the Paphos region tends to be 3 degrees lower, lowland inland areas like Nicosia tend to be 4 degrees higher while in the higher mountains temperatures reach 28 - 29 degrees. - Summer heat waves can elevate temperatures by 5 or 6 degrees above normal but these usually arrive once, rarely twice, per year and do not last for more than 7 - 10 days. Some years they do not happen at all. - In Larnaca during the coldest period between mid December and late February typical day time temperatures are about 16 - 17 degrees and in the night they fall to about 7 - 9 degrees. There are rarely occurring cold spells that produce temperatures of 7 - 10 in the day and 2 - 5 degrees in the night but rarely last for more than one week.
Beaches
in and near Larnaca are not brilliant since they are made of fine grained, dark coloured sand that tends to stick together so it is not a free flowing kind of sand. On the good side they are virtually free of pebbles, shingles and rocks. The MacKenzie beach is considered to be the best, it is right next to the airport fences and one can observe airplanes at very low height as they are coming in too land. The sea near the beach is shallow.