Headed out for day with my sister's https://www.historiccyprus.com/en/about-us today and our destination was in the Kyrenia mountains for a hike near the iconic Pendadaktylos. The weather was warm with a light breeze, a welcome change from the wet weather Cyprus experienced this winter.
The rain has brought a profusion of wild flowers and growth. The forests smelt of pine, the bees and butterflies buzzed in the thistles.
Down a deserted and windy road with magnificent views of the mountains and the coastline below we finally arrived at the Church of Antifonitis. Constructed in the 12 Century it functioned initially as a monastery. It is the one of the few examples of a single domed church with eight pillars which was extended over the ages. It contains frescoes from the 12th and 15th Centuries which are so very beautiful.
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