Fikardou
Φικάρδου
A mountain village designated as a protected monument as a whole. Its stone houses from the 16th century onward, wooden balconies and rural museum preserve traditional Cypriot highland life.
Fikardou is a small village in a valley about 40 km southwest of Nicosia. Only a few people live there permanently, but the entire village was designated a protected monument in 1978, and it won the Europa Nostra Award in 1987. The stone houses and wooden balconies mostly date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Two restored houses have been turned into a village museum displaying weaving looms and olive-pressing and winemaking equipment. At the village entrance there are traditional small restaurants serving Cypriot village food. Fikardou can be combined with Machairas Monastery for a half-day mountain tour. The roads are very winding, so you will need your own car.
Opening hours
Open all day; museum approx. 09:00-16:00
Nearby sights
- Machairas Monastery
- Tamassos
- Panagia Phorbiotissa (Asinou)
- Kakopetria
- Cyprus Museum
- A. G. Leventis Gallery
- Church of St Nicholas of the Roof
- Venetian Walls & Eleftheria Square