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Below is a 2008-2009 calendar of events in various areas of Cyprus that you may attend whilst there to enhance and maximise your holiday.

Please note: the information given below may well not be 100% accurate as when going to press full details were not yet available. If holidays are planned specifically around any event listed below then please check that the dates are correct with us first. Each month the Cyprus Tourism Organisation publishes an events leaflet which can be obtained from their information offices and hotels. We will endeavour to send further information with your tickets.

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
November	Autumn Sundays at the Castle	Limassol Castle
30 Nov	Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon	Amathounda, Limassol
23 - 26 Dec	Christmas Festivities	Throughout the island
31 Dec – 1 Jan	New Year Celebrations	Throughout the island
06 Jan	Epiphany Celebrations	Throughout the island
23 - 24 Jan	Aghios Neophytos Monastery Fair	Paphos area
1 - 2 Feb	Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery Fair	Paphos area
21 Feb	International tourist guides day	Free guiding at most sites
23 Feb – 1 Mar	Carnival	all over - best in Limassol
March	Cyprus International Rally	Throughout the island
25 Mar	Greek National Day Celebrations and Students Parades	Throughout the island
1 Apr	Greek Cypriot National Day Celebrations and Students Parades	Throughout the island
17 - 20 Apr	Easter Festivities	Throughout the island
May – Oct	Summer Sundays at the Castle - Musical and Cultural Events	Limassol Castle
1 May	Labour Day Celebrations	Throughout the island
May	Spring Flower Festivals	Various towns
18 May	International Museum Day	Free museum guiding
8 June	Pentecost – Kataklysmos, Festival of the Flood Celebrations	Throughout the island
June	Shakespeare Festival	Curium Theatre, Limassol area
1 – 31 July	International Larnaca Festival	Larnaca
July/Aug	Summer nights, music/dance	entrance free, Polis
July/Aug	Ancient Greek Drama Festival	Nicosia, Paphos, Limassol
August	Village Fairs and Festivals	Laneia, Androlykou (Paphos area) Derynia (Protaras) Panayia (Paphos) Lysos (Paphos area) Pervolia (Larnaca)
14– 15 Aug	Traditional Fairs (Assumption)	Most main monasteries
Aug – Sep	Paphos Aphrodite Festival/Opera	Paphos
1 Sep fortnight	Very popular and lively Wine Festival with free wine!	Limassol
Sept/Oct	Kypria Festival	Throughout the island
1 Oct	Cyprus Independence Day Celebrations	Throughout the island (Military Parade Nicosia)
October	Various Village Grape Festivals	Koilani and Arsos (Limassol area), Kalopanagiotis (Troodos Mountains), Korakou (Troodos Mountains), Kolossi (Limassol area), Aradippou (Larnaca)
28 Oct	Greek National Day	Student Parades in all towns