Nicosia·Monday, September 21, 2026
Cyprus Lifestyle
The Island, At Its Best
Photo: UnsplashUnder a warm sky and a ruined arch, the island finds its stage.
There is a particular magic to an aria sung where the acoustics were designed two thousand years ago. The island's summer season leans on that magic, staging opera in ancient theatres and castle courtyards with the sea for a backdrop.
The programming has grown braver, the singers more serious, the audiences more mixed. What began as a pleasant evening out is becoming a reason to fly in. The stone, it turns out, still knows how to hold a note.
Not a starter but a whole philosophy of eating — how the long Cypriot table became the truest introduction to the island.
A sweet amber wine made on the same slopes since antiquity — and still poured at Cypriot celebrations today.
The 70-metre embroidery has crossed the Channel for a London exhibition, reviving a century-old dispute over whether it was ever made in Normandy at all.
The week on the island, chosen and written by our editors — property, culture and the good life, in one considered email.
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