Description:
Away from the coast road the steep climb up to the main village brings you to the heart of the traditional style village with old stone houses and established coffee shops. For the village elders’ life goes on in a gentle convivial manner with the coffee shops being THE meeting place. That is not too say that there are no modern facilities to cater for the modern day - there are several supermarkets, banks, chemist, a village inn, book and card shop, internet café and garden centre. A flood lit football stadium in the village is utilised for open air events throughout the summer. Each year in August there is a week planned with cultural activities such as theatre and comedy productions, music, traditional dancing, food and wine tasting. Kissonerga is an ideal location for a traditional village lifestyle harmonising with modern day living. It remains surrounded by agricultural fields and fruit plantations and manages to retain all the cultural traditions with its colourful festivals and celebrations and true |