Cyprus Tours

Day 1: Cyprus Nicosia- Famagusta

Arrive in Cyprus: Nicosia Lefkosa Airport. Drive to Famagusta to your hotel.

Overnight: Famagusta

Day 2: Salamis-Paphos-Istanbul Turkey

This morning we will visit Ancient Salamis : According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax. In what is known as the “First Missionary Journey”, Paul the apostle and the Cypriot-born Barnabas made Salamis their first destination, landing there after heading out from Antioch of Syria. There they proclaimed Christ in the Jewish synagogues before proceeding through the rest of the island (Acts 13:1-5). Tradition says that Barnabas preached in Alexandria and Rome and was stoned to death at Salamis in about 61 CE. He is considered the founder of the Church of Cyprus. His bones are believed to be located in the nearby monastery named after him. We will see the ruins of the ancient city including: the temple of Zeus, theatre, gymnasium and water supply system. Continue to Paphos :  In the founding myth, the town’s name is linked to the goddess Aphrodite, as the eponymous Paphos was the son (or, in Ovid, daughter) of Pygmalion^[6] whose ivory cult image of Aphrodite was brought to life by the goddess as “milk-white” Galatea. According to the biblical Acts of the Apostles, after landing at Salamis and proclaiming the Word of God in the synagogues,^[25] the prophets and teachers, Barnabas and Saul of Tarsus, traveled along the entire southern coast of the island of Cyprus until they reached Paphos There, Sergius Paulus, the Roman proconsul, was converted after Saul rebuked the Sorcerer Elymas. In Paphos, Acts first identifies Saul as Paul. We will see the remains of four large and elaborate Roman villas: the House of Dionysos, the House of Orpheus, the House of Aion and the House of Theseus, all with preserved mosaic floors, the Agora, Asklepion, the Basilica of Panagia Limeniotissa, an Odeon cinema, a theatre, a necropolis known as the Tombs of the Kings and St. Paul’s pillar.

This afternoon we will fly from Cyprus via Athens to Thessaloniki

Overnight: Thessaloniki.

From day 3: We will start from Neapolis and Philippi, to: Amphipolis, Apollonia, Thessaloniki, Berea, Athens all the way till Corinth. We will visit all the cities where Paul used to talk to the people (first to the Jews and then to the gentiles), taught them about the word of GOD and about the good news about Jesus the Messiah. We will see some of the original 2000 years old Roman roads upon which he walked and visit the ruins of some of the synagogues where he taught and where sometimes the local communities wanted to kill him, the Areopagus near the famous acropolis in Athens (and the acropolis of Athens itself).

In the museums we will encounter the artefacts that he saw and touched.

We will also enjoy the best of authentic Greek hospitality and GRAET Greek food!

For more information and the detailed daily program- please contact me