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Traditional
hand-made items can be purchased from Souvenir Shops, found in
every corner of the island. At the Handicraft Center in
Lefkosia, visitors can see the artisans weaning, basket
making, woodcarving, producing leather articles, pottery and
traditional hand-made copper items.
The
workshops are open from Monday to Friday: 07:30-14:30 and
Thursday 15:00-18:00 no afternoon in July-August).
A
large variety of hand-produced items are on sale at the
Center’s shop. The Cyprus Handicraft Service has similar
shops in Laiki Geitonia in Lefkosia, Lemesos, Larnaka and
Pafos towns.
At
Laiki Geitonia in Lefkosia, craftsmen still produce
art-and-craft-work in the traditional way and from the shops
there, visitors can buy genuine masterpieces of Cyprus
hand-made items. In various villages and districts many kinds
of hand-made art and craft-work are still produced by
villagers in the traditional way.
Some
of those renowned villages are:
FOINI:
on the southern slopes of
Troodos mountains about an hour’s drive from Lemesos.
OMODOS:
on the southern slopes of
Troodos mountains, about an hour’s drive from Lemesos.
Village known for its embroideries.
PANO+KATO
LEFKARA: off the
Lefkosia-Lemesos motorway, 45 minutes drive from Lemesos or
Larnaka. Village known for its embroideries and silverware.
MOUTOULAS:
Marathasa valley, on the
northern slopes of Troodos mountains. Village known for its
traditional wooden carved basins.
LIOPETRI,
SOTIRA: Famagusta area, 10
minutes drive from Agia Napa. Village known for their basket
ware.
KORNOS:
40 minutes drive from Lemesos,
off the Lefkosia-Lemesos motorway. Village known for its
pottery.
GEROSKIPOU:
3km
east of Pafos area. Village known for its basket ware.
FYTI:
Pafos area. (45 minutes drive
from Pafos). Village known for its tapestry.
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