Max's Crystal Road Trip

[Dominic]

Today Max takes us on a road trip around the Paphos district, to look at some of the fine crystal formations you can find by the roadside. He also shows you a nice vineyard where you can stop for a break and sample their wares...

Read the article and chat about it below...
 

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[LouiseCastricum]

Enjoyed that. Thank you Max and Dominic.

[Boxsterann]

Many thanks they are excellent photos.

[Poppy]

Thank you Max lovely to see the pictures of where I used to live (Kathikas) and my favourite winery too ( Tsangarides) and the lovely Angelos!

[Yioula]

Thank you Max for a great blog very interesting........

[brengreen]

Thank you for a great blog. I might try this in April. Can it be done without a 4x4?

[Dominic]

Yes, it is a road trip. The "dodgiest" bit is getting to site #1, but even that is fine for all vehicles.

We were on the hills behind Site #1 a few days ago, photographing orchids. We passed through it, an took a couple of shots.

The first one shows an idyllic scene. There is even a nature information board, in Greek, so that the locals can appreciate what they are viewing.
 

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The second one is the same view, taking 30 paces backwards.
 

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Fortunately, Max's crystals are before all this crap. You won't have to walk through this.

[brengreen]

OMG. Thanks for the info.

[PaphosAL]

A smashing blog thanks, Max (and Dom). Beautiful photos and scenery, as always.

A shame about the fly-tipping found... As for the safari tours, they should be be teaching the Country Code! Take only photos and leave only footprints...

AL

[cyprusmax47]

Thank you for a great blog. I might try this in April. Can it be done without a 4x4?

It is quite important that it is a nice day as without sunshine the crystals don't look as nice. All roads are tarmac or concrete, but sometimes tricky to find....

Max

[brengreen]

Thanks Max

[cyprusmax47]

Yes, it is a road trip. The "dodgiest" bit is getting to site #1, but even that is fine for all vehicles.

We were on the hills behind Site #1 a few days ago, photographing orchids. We passed through it, an took a couple of shots.

The first one shows an idyllic scene. There is even a nature information board, in Greek, so that the locals can appreciate what they are viewing.

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The second one is the same view, taking 30 paces backwards.

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Fortunately, Max's crystals are before all this crap. You won't have to walk through this.

Dominic, Could you enlarge the pic with the nature information board that one can read it? Please

Max

[Dominic]

Here you go:

The Sign
 

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Left Hand Side
 

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Right Hand Side
 

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[Bograt]

Thank you so much Max, and Dominic. Very interesting, and I will be doing that road trip when I am next out.

[cyprusmax47]

Thank you Dominic for the enlarged sign. Translating the Greek text I could not find anything that these Gypsum crystal formations were mentioned there, but perhaps I missed that part. It's more about the Mavrokolympos dam area and vegetation etc...and not geology which is a shame as I believe that many people are interested in that as well when discovering the nice countrysides of Cyprus.

Max

[Lofos-5]

Thanks also for the winery recommendation - I use to buy white wine from Fikardos as they seem to win lots of prices, taste well and are very reasonably priced. I will now definitely give the Tsangarides Winery a try very soon though.

Such a shame that I cannot take bottles back to Qatar (they are more strict than Bahrain or Oman are when it comes to bacon and booze...).

A.