What do tourists bring from Cyprus?
Lace
Manufactured in the village of Lefkara by localcraftsmen beautiful lace is in great demand among holidaymakers. In this case, you can buy it only in this village: tourists buy items so quickly that they simply do not have time to deliver to other parts of the country. Although such a souvenir is not cheap: the tablecloth is less than a meter in width and the length will cost about a hundred pounds. This price is fair, because the manual work is very laborious and time-consuming. The technique of weaving patterns is unique and is under strictest secrecy, the skill is passed from mothers to daughters from year to year, from century to century. Take a walk in the village and see how the craftsmen of all ages, sitting near their houses, work on lace. Their work can be bought in village shops. Still thinking about what is being brought from Cyprus? Buy a lace napkin for memory. And do not forget to bargain, from the Cypriots it is customary.
Do you want to know what else you bring from Cyprus? These are jewelry made of silver. And you can buy them in the same place where the lace is in Lefkara. In this village not only women work, men are engaged in processing silver. Jewelers have such a filigree technique that they can make a silver product of any shape. What souvenirs to bring from Cyprus to a woman? She will certainly be pleased with bracelets, earrings, necklaces of silver. Silver soup spoons, trays, animal figures will also be a valuable gift.
Wine
Cyprus is famous for its delicious wines, because heregrows about two hundred varieties of grapes. A distinctive feature of the drink is a kind of sweetness. What is imported from Cyprus from the wine? If among your friends there are connoisseurs of this drink, buy for them a bottle of Kommandaria - the most famous wine in Cyprus, featuring a smoky taste. To some it may seem too sweet and dense, but this is precisely its peculiarity, because it is made from overripe grape berries.
What is imported from Cyprus from alcoholic beverages,except wine? Of course, yawning - Cypriot vodka, made from dry wine and grape vines. To yawns became more fragrant and acquired a red color, cinnamon is often added to it. This vodka is sold in large stores across the country, so buying it will not be difficult.
Pink water
In the village of Agros, where there are large plantationsroses, make rose water, used in cosmetology, aromatherapy and even cooking. It is worth mentioning that the production of fragrant water is the business of the Tsolakis family living here. All its members already know for sure what they bring from Cyprus. Every day tourists come to them, wishing to buy a bottle of rose water. The hospitable hosts treat the guests with wine with a scent of roses, liqueur or brandy, infused with flower petals.
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