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- Aphrodite Delights Paphos / Cyprus
Since 1895 this Geroskipou family has boiled and dusted loukoumi, the rose-scented Cypriot delight that earned Cyprus its first PGI. The factory shop on Makarios Avenue also stacks sugared almonds, almond preserve and carob-sesame pastelaki fresh from the works next door. store page → · open in the atlas → - Avgoustinos Pottery Workshop Paphos / Cyprus
A self-taught potter has thrown and glazed at this workshop on the old Paphos-Limassol road for two decades, carving and slip-trailing pieces made in series or one of a kind. Visitors can wander in, watch pots take shape on the wheel and buy from the shelves, or try their own hand at the clay. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cowboy Farm Dairy Industries (Challoumi.com) Larnaca, Cyprus
This Larnaca dairy traces its halloumi, anari, and trachanas recipes to a great-grandmother who once made them alone by hand, passed down like a sealed secret through the generations. What began as a milk-producing family farm expanded in 1999 into a full processing operation exporting across Europe and Asia while keeping the original recipes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dafermou Winery Pano Lefkara, Larnaca district, Cyprus
Founded in 2007 above the Lefkara valley, this estate farms over 20 grape varieties across three vineyards, blending indigenous Cypriot grapes like Maratheftiko with Syrah, Cabernet Franc, and Chardonnay. Production stays deliberately small to keep quality consistent, and the winery combines modern concrete-and-glass architecture with the stone building traditions of the Lefkara region. store page → · open in the atlas → - Emira Pottery 13 Mehmet Ali St, Larnaca, Cyprus
Founder Michael trained in ceramics in Famagusta in 1969, then rebuilt the workshop in Larnaca in 1987 after being displaced by the 1975 invasion, near the Church of St Lazarus. The studio still throws ancient-style, ecclesiastical, and modern pieces by hand and lets visitors watch or join the potters at work. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kikis Pandechis Pottery Paramytha, near Limassol
Kikis Pandechis Pottery carries three generations of ceramic craft from occupied Lapithos, where the founding grandfather first opened a workshop before the family rebuilt in Paramytha, near Limassol, after 1974. The workshop still runs factory tours through clay preparation, wheel-throwing and the kiln, and lets visitors shape and fire their own pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ktima Christoudia (Christoudia Winery) Vavlas Road, Kato Drys, Larnaca district, Cyprus
Yiannis and Alexia Christoudia began making wine from their parents' vineyards near Kato Drys in 1992, teaching themselves oenology as they went. The estate now presses over 200 tons of Cypriot grapes a year into reds, whites, rosés, and dessert wines, aging a portion in oak barrels on-site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Oros Machaira Honey Farm Melini, Larnaca district, Cyprus
The Philippou family has kept bees near the village of Melini since 1983, and three generations now run the bottling and tasting rooms built in 2020 for their award-winning Oros Machaira honey. Beyond honey itself, the farm produces pollen, royal jelly, propolis, and honeycomb, and opens the apiary to visitors for tastings and tours. store page → · open in the atlas → - Praskitiko (C. Constantinou Ltd) Prastio, Avdimou, near Limassol
Praskitiko has made halloumi, anari, flaouna and trachanas by hand in the village of Prastio, near Avdimou, for four generations, with recipes passed from grandmother Christina down to her great-grandson Vassilis. The family dairy still uses the same techniques for its packaged, brined and mature halloumi that it has followed for more than two centuries. store page → · open in the atlas → - Revecca Winery Agios Mamas, Limassol district
Revecca Winery crafts Commandaria from roughly ten hectares of vineyards around Agios Mamas, working out of a restored family home that has doubled as the winery's headquarters since 2015. Visitors can book guided tastings of the current Dietisi vintage and small-batch Mikro-Partides releases, poured amid a folk museum of Commandaria-making tools. store page → · open in the atlas → - Savvas Pottery Paphos / Cyprus
Founded in Paphos in 1976 by Savvas Georgiades and his son, this is a Cyprus pottery workshop, hand-painting classic grape and olive motifs alongside contemporary designs. Pieces can be bought at the Koloni workshop or shipped worldwide, and weekly wheel classes run for adults and children. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Nutcracker House Mesa Gitonia, Limassol
The Nutcracker House manufactures soutzoukos, loukoumi and other Cypriot confections at its factory in Mesa Gitonia, Limassol, alongside caramelized nuts, brittles and baklava made with all-natural ingredients. The company sells through four physical stores across Limassol and Nicosia as well as its own online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tsiakkas Winery Pelendri, Limassol district
Tsiakkas Winery has farmed 18 hectares outside Pelendri organically since 1995, reviving native varieties like Yiannoudin and Promara alongside an oak-aged zivania and its own take on Commandaria. What began with a newlywed couple bottling just 500 bottles of a red wine called Thyrsos has passed to a second generation now producing roughly 200,000 bottles a year. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zambartas Wineries Agios Amvrosios, near Limassol
Zambartas Wineries has spent two decades in Agios Amvrosios near Limassol championing indigenous Cypriot grape varieties, including its Melusine Commandaria, grown under organic viticulture. The family operation, marking its 20th anniversary in 2026, also pours tastings and runs vineyard tours from its estate on Grigores Afxentiou street. store page → · open in the atlas →