Cypriot Traditional Products

Cypriot Traditional Products

Remarkable stores of traditional products with fantastic and unpretentious flavours!

It is widely known that fresh Cypriot products are so delicious that foreigners and locals flock to every corner of the island to buy and taste them. A delight that you can never have too much of.


The abundance of nature has blessed the island with so many wonderful products, from fruits and vegetables to herbs, which are the raw materials to make delicious dishes, traditional dishes and even cosmetic creams. Some of them are wonderful spoon sweets, dairy products, dried fruits, pastels, wine, olive oil, nuts and anything else the human mind can think of and create.

Cyprus, from the depths of the centuries, has a special tradition of flavours. The Cypriot people cultivated their land with love, and with their products they ensured to have a livelihood. Women were being more creative, making various dishes with these products. Over the centuries, recipes passed from generation to generation have formed the basis for the preparation of the traditional products of our island.

The vineyards spread around the mountainous villages and produced local grapes to make the delicious Cypriot wine as well as raisins and sweets. Olive groves producing green and black olives are used for the production of olive oil. In addition, organic honey is produced from wildflower nectar.

Locusts and carob beans are used in the production of nutritious desserts and mixed with almonds and peanuts, creating the traditional "pastelate". The rich red soil of "Kokkinohoria" cultivates delicious potatoes along with juicy watermelons and sweet strawberries, while fresh vegetables, cucumbers and tomatoes are used to create fresh crispy salads.

The island's basic dairy products such as yoghurt, haloumi and anari are made from goat's milk and sheep's milk, while pork is used for a wide variety of dishes and other delicacies, such as smoked ham, aromatic sausages and stew.

The variety of dishes are enriched by aromatic herbs and spices, such as oregano, thyme and coriander. Every dish, every bite and every taste is delicious and typicaly Cypriot!

Some of the best-known traditional products you will find in all the above mentioned stores are:

  • Carob Beans and Pastelli
  • Nuts 
  • Fruits such as peaches, apples, grapes, mandarins
  • Sweets of the Spoon: made from local fruit
  • Soutzioukkos - potato kioskka: Five traditional sweets made from the grape juice in the villages of Troodos.
  • Tsamarela - Odchtin: Traditional meat appetizers from beef with a strong salty taste.
  • Yoghurt, Halloumi, Anari, Trahanas
  • Geroskipou almond dragees: roasted almonds.
  • Loukoumi Geroskipou
  • Etc.


We have searched for and found the most excellent traditional product stores and we highly recommend them.

The traditional products stores that follow are known to us and we are sure that you will enjoy the most delicious products from them. However, if you are not satisfied with any of them, please let us know. Send us an email here, we want to know about it.

NICOSIA

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...

LIMASSOL

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...

Old Port Sea Sponges Exhibition -  Souvenir Center

Old Port Sea Sponges Exhibition - Souvenir Center

Old Port Souvenir Center has many years of experience on the natural sea sponges and vegetable loofah sponges. The souvenir shop has a wide range of cosmetics for face and body care made wit...

Apesia Hills Donkey Riding Park

Apesia Hills Donkey Riding Park

Apesia Hills Donkey Riding Park is located in the village of Apesia, a semi-mountainous village in the province of Limassol, south of the Troodos Mountains. At the farm you can enjoy the green surr...

Pastirmatzidiko Deli Sary Cava

Pastirmatzidiko Deli Sary Cava

With a soul deep from the depths of Cappadocia and the collective memory of the taste etched on the authentic delicatessens and appetisers, Pastirmatzidiko Deli Sary Cava came to Limassol with an...

LARNAKA (LARNACA)

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...

Emira Pottery

Emira Pottery

The EMIRA roots date back to 1969 when the founder, Mr Michael, studied ceramics art in Famagusta. In 1975 due to the Turkish invasion in Cyprus, the artist emigrated to Athens where he continued his...

Aphrodite's Secret Nut Shop

Aphrodite's Secret Nut Shop

Anyone who passes by the church of Agios Lazaros, in the centre of Larnaka, encounters a "Paradise" of Nuts wrapped in Traditional Sweet’s Aroma and Tastes. With over 40 years of pr...

PAFOS

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...

Aphrodite's Secret Nut Shop

Aphrodite's Secret Nut Shop

Anyone who passes by the church of Agios Lazaros, in the centre of Larnaka, encounters a "Paradise" of Nuts wrapped in Traditional Sweet’s Aroma and Tastes. With over 40 years of pr...

AYIA NAPA

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...

PROTARAS / PARALIMNI

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...

MOUNTAINS

Makkas Winery

Makkas Winery

With passion and love for their land and their fruit, their staff work daily, tending to every detail of the production of wine. From the instant of cultivation, until the final bottling, each stage o...