Limassol

Limassol is the second largest city of Cyprus. Following the Turkish invasion in 1974, it has become the principal sea port and has also developed into a significant tourist destination. Wikivoyage

Population 107,970 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Cyprus

• 112AnyAll emergencies
• 199FireFire
• 1400AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Cyprus

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Limassol Medieval Castle Attraction · 980 m
• Water Museum and Centre of Water Awareness Development Museum · 590 m
• Bubble Park Attraction · 600 m
• PSI Foundation Gallery · 740 m
• Old Carob Mill Museum · 920 m
• Takis Pattichis Museum of Industrial Pharmacy Museum · 950 m
• Cyprus Medieval Museum Museum · 970 m
• Cornado Fine Arts Centre Gallery · 710 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Limassol Marathon

   February – March

   Limassol Marathon is held in Feb / March

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Limassol); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

• Molos Lemesos 770 m across 1.7 km
• Ποταμός Γαρύλλης Γραμμικό Πάρκο 370 m across 1.5 km
• Ποταμός Γαρύλλης Γραμμικό Πάρκο 250 m across 1.2 km
• Ποταμός Γαρύλλης Γραμμικό Πάρκο 220 m across 1.1 km

Getting around

• EMEL Bus Station Leontiou A´ 1.4 km
• Limassol Bus Station;New Port - Passenger Building 1.6 km
• Travel & Express 1.6 km
• Eden Taxi 2.3 km
• Limassol Airport Express 3.4 km
• Valentinos taxi 4.2 km

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