LARNACA
Kato Drys village: Rural Museum (House of Gabriel and Eleni Papachristoforou
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Kato Drys village
Tel. 357 24 34 28 33
Fax: 357 24 34 21 99
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Larnaka District Archaeological Museum
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Plateia (square) Kalograion
Tel: 357 24 30 41 69
ALL THE YEAR ROUND
Monday-Friday: 09:00-14:30
Thursday: 15:00-17:00 (except July and August)
Saturday-Sunday: Closed
Entrance fees: C£0,75
Interesting collection of finds from the Larnaka area dating from the Neolithic Age to the Roman period.
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Larnaka District Mediaeval Museum (Larnaka Fort)
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Larnaka Seafront
Tel: 357 24 30 45 76
Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec: Mon-Fri: 09:00-17:00
March, April, Sept, Oct: Mon-Fri: 09:00-18:00
June-August: Mon-Fri: 09:00-19:00
Saturday-Sunday: closed
Entrance fees: C£0,75
Larnaka fort was built in 1625. It was used as a prison in the first years of the British rule. It houses the District Mediaeval Museum. The fort is also used as the Larnaka Municipal Cultural Centre during the summer.
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Lefkara village: Fatsa Wax Museum
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G.Papandreou str., Pano Lefkara
Tel. 357 24 62 10 48
Opening Hours:
Monday - Sunday
November - April: 09:00 - 17:00
May - October: 09:00 - 19:00
Entrance: C£5.00 adults
C£3.00 children
The Wax Museum displays wax figures of Cypriot personalities and showcases scenes from Cyprus history,
as well as the life of ordinary people through the ages.
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Lefkara village: Museum of Traditional Embroidery & Silver-Smithing (Patsalos Residence)
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Lefkara village, 40km (25 miles) from Larnaka, 8km (5 miles) from Skarinou, off the Lefkosia - Lemesos motorway.
Tel: 357 24 34 23 26
ALL THE YEAR ROUND
Monday-Thursday: 09:30-16:00
Friday-Saturday: 10:00-16:00
Sunday closed
Entrance fees: C£0,75
Lefkara is a picturesque village, famous for its local lace known as "Lefkaritika" and for its silverware. According to tradition, Leonardo Da Vinci visited the village and bought an altar cloth, which he donated to the Milan cathedral. The beautiful House of Patsalos houses the Lace and Silverware museum of Lefkara.
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Mazotos village: Costas Argirou Naive Sculpture Museum
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Tel: 357 24 99 16 33
Tuesday-Friday: 09:00-12:00
14:00-16:00
Saturday-Sunday: 09:00-12:00
Entrance fee: C£1,00
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Municipal Museum of Natural History – Larnaka
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Leoforos Grigori Afxentiou,
(within the Larnaka Municipal Gardens)
Tel: 357 24 65 25 69
June - August
Tuesday-Sunday: 10:00-13:00 & 16:00-18:00
September - May
Tuesday-Sunday: 10:00-13:00 & 15:00-17:00
Entrance fees: C£0,20
The museum has displays of rare insects, birds and animals of Cyprus.
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Palaeontology Museum Tornaritis – Pierides
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(In cooperation with the Hellenic Bank)
Leoforos Athinon - Plateia Evropis (Seafront promenade)
Tel: 357 24 62 85 87
Tuesday- Friday: 09:00-14:00
Saturday-Sunday: 09:00-12:00
Monday closed
During June, July and August the Museum is closed on Sundays and Mondays Entrance free.
The Museum houses a unique collection of fossil from the very first forms of life on our Planet. The collection also includes ancient fossilised remains of pygmy elephants and hippopotami that once lived on the island.
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The Pierides Foundation Archeological Museum
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4 Zinonos Kitieos Str.
Tel: 357 24 81 45 55
Fax:357 24 81 78 68
email: pieridesmuseum@laiki.com
ALL THE YEAR ROUND
Monday-Thursday: 09:00-16:00
Friday-Saturday: 09:00-13:00
Sunday closed
Entrance Fees: C£1.00
The oldest privately owned museum in Cyprus, set up by Dimitrios Pierides (1811-1895). It houses ancient, mediaeval, Byzantine and more recent objects belonging to the Pierides family.
A display case of modern Greek and Cypriot sculptures can be seen in the courtyard.
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