Above: Dino Bone in Musem The Palaeontology Museum is Larnaca's best kept secret. The museum is positioned on the seafront boulevard at Europe Square which is bordering to the Larnaca Municipal Art Gallery. This place is particularly interesting to kids who have a fascinated with prehistoric creatures of Cyprus.The Palaeontology Museum is one of the earliest signs of life form in this place for about a hundred million years! One good thing about this museum is that the children can partake in the Amateur Shell ... Read More

Larnaca, or Larnaka, is situated on the southeast coast of Cyprus. Larnacas former name was Kition or Kittim (one of Noah's descendants). The name Larnaca is derived from Greek word 'larnax' (coffin), which is probably a reminder of the many ancient coffins found on Kition's grounds. The Mycenaean Greeks fortified the town with cyclopean walls in the 12th century while the Phoenicians founded a powerful kingdom here in the 9th century. Kition is the birthplace of the philosopher Zeno, founder of the Stoic School, ... Read More