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[Cap]

Kakopetria. Lovely place. Try the Mill hotel (http://www.cymillhotel.com/). They do an amazing pate filled steak there. Ok it's expensive (€26 last time I was there I believe), but jaw droppingly good. Plus the hotel itself is something else.

Cheers

Must be a steak thing up there.
Linos Inn in Kakopetria served the best steak I ever had in Cyprus.

[ayyannili]

I'm going to be using the real Cypriot Turkish names for the Turkish-speaking villages I'm listing, not the Greek names or the contrived "official" Turkish names.

I generally love the villages south-west of Trodos (I can't say Ayyanni ), such as Aynikola, Salamiou, and Vreçça.

Are these inhabited or abandoned?

I am not familiar with them so would appreciate more detail and maybe some photos if you have any.

Vreçça is abandoned, while Ayyanni and Aynikola's Turkish-speaking populations were displaced and replaced by Greek speakers.

There's some good info on these sites
Ayyanni: http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=473
Aynikola: http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=475
Vreçça: http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=530

Here are some photos:
Paphos mountain villages: http://www.cypruswalksetc.com/our-services/for-walkers/services-for-independent-self-guided-walkers/Long-cyprus-walk/Photos---6-day-walking-adventure/day-3-photos---salamiou---xeros-potamos-valley---paphos-forest---panayia
Ayyanni: http://www.meteo-europ.com/en/cy/paphos/ayanni-pictures.html
Aynikola: http://www.meteo-europ.com/en/cy/paphos/aynikola-pictures.html
Vreçça: http://wikimapia.org/7733411/Vretsia
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/26295072.jpg

[Get Real!]

Vreçça is abandoned, while Ayyanni and Aynikola's Turkish-speaking populations were displaced and replaced by Greek speakers.

Don’t you find it strange that Muslims (TCs) occupied a village called Saint John or Saint Nicolas?

So the question really is… whom did THEY displace first?

[kurupetos]

Vreçça is abandoned, while Ayyanni and Aynikola's Turkish-speaking populations were displaced and replaced by Greek speakers.

Don’t you find it strange that Muslims (TCs) occupied a village called Saint John or Saint Nicolas?

So the question really is… whom did THEY displace first?

Themselves, meaning they became muslims, like Lordo's ancestors.

[SKI-preo]

kakopetria, platres, bellapais

[ayyannili]

Vreçça is abandoned, while Ayyanni and Aynikola's Turkish-speaking populations were displaced and replaced by Greek speakers.

Don’t you find it strange that Muslims (TCs) occupied a village called Saint John or Saint Nicolas?

So the question really is… whom did THEY displace first?

Themselves, meaning they became muslims, like Lordo's ancestors.

For once, I agree with you. There are very few Cypriots in my family that look Anatolian and the dialect of Turkish spoken in those villages is especially unique, so we're probably converts.

[kurupetos]

Vreçça is abandoned, while Ayyanni and Aynikola's Turkish-speaking populations were displaced and replaced by Greek speakers.

Don’t you find it strange that Muslims (TCs) occupied a village called Saint John or Saint Nicolas?

So the question really is… whom did THEY displace first?

Themselves, meaning they became muslims, like Lordo's ancestors.

For once, I agree with you. There are very few Cypriots in my family that look Anatolian and the dialect of Turkish spoken in those villages is especially unique, so we're probably converts.

Do you know YFred from Louroudjina? We are cousins.

[bsharpish]

Salamiou, Platres , Droushia, Ineia, Kathikas to name but a few

Damn I wish I was there right now ..... Oh well only six days until I am back for some Cypriot respite before another 6 weeks in Pennsylvania, New York , Ohio, Tennessee , Arkansas , Oklahoma , Texas and Colarado - which sounds a lot more fun than it will be.

The one bright spot on this next journey is a long thanksgiving weekend just outside Telluride in the Rockies whose multiple 3500-4000 mtr plus peaks are just spectacular.

[denizaksulu]

Oh yes, my favorites as in… where would I like to own a holiday chalet are probably... Evrihou and Kakopetria.

Thats why you took me there. We could indeed be neighbors good ones too

[kurupetos]

Oh yes, my favorites as in… where would I like to own a holiday chalet are probably... Evrihou and Kakopetria.

Thats why you took me there. We could indeed be neighbors good ones too

Is Kakopetria similar to Hatfield?