Kidasi
Kidasi in Cyprus is a village in the province of Paphos and it is situated 37 km east of the homonymous city, 55 km northwest of Limassol and 105 km southwest of Nicosia.
Situated at an altitude of 290 meters on the west bank of the Diarizos river, Kidasi is a small and almost abandoned settlement with dense vegetation and crops on steep slopes. The great earthquake that struck Paphos in 1953 caused almost total destruction in the village with the inhabitants fleeing, along with the subsequent urbanization that made young people move to the big urban centers of the island in the coming decades, both have contributed to the desertion of the settlement. Here the visitor will find some abandoned houses and a ruined mosque reminding of the existence of Turkish Cypriots in the area. In the center of the community there is a small café-tavern for guests who want to stop and enjoy cooked food or coffee, gazing at the beautiful scenery and enjoying the tranquility of the countryside.
Close to Kidasi and at a distance of about 2 km, the famous Hasaboulia Rocks or Kourtelorotsos, an impressive natural landscape with massive stones of recrystallized limestone of coral origin, dominate the scenery almost in the middle of the road. A living legend that survives to this day and was a source of fear for the inhabitants and the passers-by during the British occupation, Hasaboulia was a family of Turkish Cypriots who originally came from the village Episkopi of Limassol and during the British occupation moved to neighboring Mamonia. The Rocks of Hasaboulia, is the point where the three brothers hid and attacked passers-by. Indeed, two of the three brothers were arrested in a house in Kidasi in 1896, when a good friend betrayed them. The police officers surrounded the house while Hasaboulia brothers were asleep. The brothers started firing against the police who returned the fire, killing Kavounis and arresting Kaimakam, who was sentenced to death.
Today, the Hasaboulia Rocks is a popular location for climbers and can be found on the route shortly after Kouklia and on the old road that connects Mamonia with Agios Georgios Paphou, Trachypedoula and Kidasi.
At 15.5 km northwest of the village is the church of Panagia (Virgin Mary) Sindi, one of the most original examples of monastic architecture in Cyprus, which is part of the UNESCO Protection List. The Panagia of Sindi today constitutes an open museum and archaeological site with great historical and archaeological value. The church is located in a totally cinematic setting, after travelling a narrow downhill road through orchards and uncultivated fields covered with wheat in one of the most impressive routes on the island of Cyprus.