Larnaca

About

Larnaca, also spelled Larnaka, is a city on the southeast coast of Cyprus and the capital of the Larnaca District. With a district population of 155,000 in 2021, it is the third largest city in the country after Nicosia and Limassol.

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Why visit

Visit Larnaca for archaeology and older urban layers, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. For Larnaca, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. Use one main anchor in Larnaca, then build outward only to places that sit naturally nearby. For Larnaca, this usually reveals more than adding one more distant sight. If Larnaca has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.

When to avoid

Do not visit Larnaca expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. For Larnaca, the practical constraints are part of the itinerary: hours, transport, weather, crowds, and the distance between useful areas. For Larnaca, group stops tightly, verify hours, and use a ride when transit, darkness, or neighborhood conditions make that wiser. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Larnaca as a base rather than the whole destination.

The next week in Larnaca

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Year-round climate

Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).

Airports near Larnaca

3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Larnaca International Airport (LCA) at 5 km.

Getting around Larnaca

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.