Paliomylos Limassol (Lemesou)

The village of Paliomylos Limassol can be found about 50 km north of Limassol in the homonymous province of Cyprus, and is more than 80 km from Nicosia, approximately 110 km from Larnaca and 70 km from Paphos.

South of Marathasa at an area crossed by the river Diarizos creating many small streams and on the steep slopes of the Troodos mountain range, at an altitude of 1040 meters is where Paliomylos of Limassol is located. The village is literally surrounded by towering mountains, and to the east of the settlement rises the imposing Olympus, the highest peak of Cyprus (1952 meters).

Paliomylos Limassol is probably one of the most recently established villages of the island and was probably founded during the Ottoman rule on Cyprus. The name Paliomylos is due to the fact that there was a water mill (mylos in Greek) in the region with a single inhabitant. And when more and more residents started gathering in the area, the center of the settlement was located at the current location of the chapel of Agios Georgios (St. George) the Thaftos.

Although now only a few dozen inhabitants still live there, Paliomylos Limassol, is one of the few villages in Cyprus that retain the charm and the pure elements of mountainous folk architecture. There, visitors can visit the small chapel of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross) with the frescoes of the 17th century, but also to relax in the nearby picnic area, known as Cabin tou Kalogerou.

The village of Paliomylos Limassol is connected to the northwest with the village Lemithou, to the north with Prodromos and to the southwest with the village of Agios Dimitrios Marathasa.