Round houses
Rebuilt.
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A Neolithic village on a hillside between Larnaca and Limassol, one of the most important and best-preserved prehistoric sites in the eastern Mediterranean and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. It reveals an organised community living in round houses of stone and mud, ringed by a wall for common defence. Porphyrios Dikaios, director of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities, discovered it in 1934 and excavated it until 1946. At the entrance several round houses have been rebuilt with flat roofs in the manner of the first inhabitants, and you can step inside to picture daily life; a path then climbs to the remains of the original village on the hill. The path is uphill and not wheelchair-friendly beyond the rebuilt houses. The site is close to the Larnaca–Limassol motorway, an easy stop on the way.
Rebuilt.
On the hill.
Over the valley.
Choirokoitia, between Larnaca and Limassol
Between Larnaca and Limassol near the motorway, about half an hour's drive from Larnaca, an easy stop on the way.