The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Limassol, the bucket-list move is Ancient Kourion & Apollo Sanctuary: Private Expert Tour. Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates runs it. Below: 2 bucket-list things to do on a Limassol port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Stand inside one of the Mediterranean's most dramatic Greco-Roman amphitheatres, perched on a clifftop above a sparkling sea. A private expert guide unlocks 3,000 years of Cypriot history across Kourion and the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates — bucket-list antiquity at its finest.
Book itFrom Limassol: Ancient Kourion Tour with Paphos Town$64 per person
Run by Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates · 4.60 from 878 reviews
Journey to Paphos — an entire UNESCO World Heritage city — where Roman mosaic floors rival the Sistine Chapel in artistry, rock-cut royal tombs descend into the earth, and the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite rises from the sea. An unmissable half-day of civilisation at its most beautiful.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Conquer the pine-forested peaks of the Troodos Mountains in an open 4x4, then descend into the Commandaria wine region to taste the world's oldest named wine — still produced here since 800 BC. An exhilarating blend of landscape and liquid history.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Set sail along the turquoise Limassol coastline aboard a luxury catamaran, snorkelling above Posidonia sea-grass meadows, swimming through sea caves and toasting the Mediterranean horizon with sparkling wine. Pure blue-water indulgence.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Trek through fragrant cedar and pine forest to the Caledonia Waterfall — Cyprus's most beautiful cascade, tumbling into a cool rock pool at 1,380 m altitude — then lunch in a centuries-old mountain village. A breath of wild, green Cyprus utterly unlike the coast.
Book itTroodos: Platres, Omodos, Waterfall & Wine from Limassol$100 per person
Wind through the fragrant rose-growing village of Agros and neighbouring Commandaria wine estates for a deeply Cypriot sensory journey — hand-distilled rose water, artisan loukoumades, aged Commandaria and fiery Zivania all poured in one exceptional half-day.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Your day in LimassolNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
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Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
