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Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus sits at a crossroads between Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa. It is for this reason that Greek, Anatolian, Levantine and British influences have all played their part in the Cypriot culture.
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Cyprus - one of the world's most popular tourist destinations islocated in the hot and sunny Mediterranean.
Officially the Republic of Cyprus, this country is a Eurasian island located in the East Mediterranean. Turkey sits to the North, the Levant to the West, and Egypt to the South with Greece sitting East-Southeast. Syria and Lebanon also sit to the East and Israel to the South East.
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus sits at a crossroads between Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa. It is for this reason that Greek, Anatolian, Levantine and British influences have all played their part in the Cypriot culture.
The climate of Cyprus is mainly temperate and Mediterranean. The summers are dry with temperatures warm at high elevations (for example, in the Troödos Mountains) to very hot in the lowlands. Winters are generally rainy with mild temperatures at low elevations and cold temperatures accompanied by snow in the mountains.
Did You Know?
Cyprus is known by some as the "the island of Aphrodite" as the Greek Goddess Aphrodite was born in Cyprus
The capital city of Cyprus is Nicosia
Both Greek and Turkish are spoken virulently throughout the country
