Agios Neophytos Monastery Tours and Tickets

Visit a unique 5 domed church of St.Paraskevi. See how 'loukoumia' are made, visit a traditional house in Letymbou ,  St.Neophytos Monastery and the 'Enkleistra' 

We begin our day with a stop at a pottery workshop in Yeroskipou village. Our next stop is at the village square where we will see the unique 5-domed church of St Paraskevi, built in the 9th century. Then we visit a workshop where they make "Loukoumia" (traditional sweets) are made. From there we will go to the small village of Letymbou and we will visit Sophia's traditional house ,where you can see rooms with the original furniture as well as the traditional costumes. You will learn how she bakes village bread in the clay oven and makes other local delicacies. You will then have an original Cypriot Breakfast. Next, we will visit the Saint Neophytos monastery and the “Enkleistra”, an enclosure which was carved out of the mountain in the 12th century by Hermit Neophytos and contains some of the finest Byzantine frescoes.