{"id":7886,"date":"2016-12-09T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2024-01-26T14:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:44:53","slug":"first-snow-troodos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/first-snow-troodos\/","title":{"rendered":"First Snow in Troodos, Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is one thing that you will probably never realise until you move to an island like Cyprus<\/a> – how much you miss the seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, yesterday I got a chance to experience pretty much all seasons in one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving early afternoon from a relatively warm coast, we headed up north to Platres<\/a>. Driving between rolling hills<\/span> covered with autumn trees and ripening wines, olive groves that were too stubborn to reveal the season’s colours and sleepy villages.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Platres<\/span> is a wonderful place this time of year, if you want a chance to avoid crowds, head there during the week. We had a quick lunch and warm up coffee in a restaurant<\/span> on the main road and quickly headed to Troodos Square<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I was expecting to see a bit of white dust and certainly not a winter wonderland fit for a postcard. Snow, snow and more snow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think last time I was this excited about snow was when I was 6 years old. There is something amazing about being able to drive from a sunny beach to snow-covered mountains in just a few hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the initial excitement, we realised we’ll quickly freeze without proper gear, so we headed up to the Troodos Hotel<\/span> for a quick refreshment and warm up. Fire was cracking in the fireplace, barely anyone around and lots of comfy sofas to lounge on while sipping our wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a short warm up, I popped out to get more visual memories of this beauty, take a look!<\/p>\n\n\n

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After good few hours in Troodos Square we headed up towards Mount Olympus. Despite being in Troodos many times I never got a chance to make it to the highest peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was hard to judge if it was worth the drive<\/a> because the peak was covered with a cloud. Visibility – none, spooky horror movie feeling – 100 %!<\/p>\n\n\n

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We quickly got last few shots on the camera before our fingers froze completely and ran to the car to defrost.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As we drove back, the snow started to vanish and to top of the amazing day, we were rewarded with beautiful sunset views from the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A winter like this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I take it any and every year!<\/p>\n\n\n

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