When you are visiting Limassol you will meet all kinds of people; young, old, cypriots and foreigners. Limassol is becoming an international city attracting people from all over the world.
When it comes to the actual Limassol-born people you will notice that these people are freindly, approachable, down to earth and always willing to assist. If you ask someone to give you directions to a location, he or she will probably take you there.
It is not hard to navigate in Limassol because it is a relatively small city and easy to understand. Limassol has 4 main roads almost running in parallel and crossing Limassol from West to East. Starting from the South of Limassol and going North there is:
- An avenue running parallel to the Limassol beach. This avenue starts from the small round about of Limassol old port going (following the coast line) outside of Limassol.
- The main Limassol avenue: Makarios 3 Avenue, running almost through the center of Limassol.
- Spyros Kyprianou Avenue (also known as Makedonias Avenue) which crosses Limassol from West to East.The highway, which allows traffic going from Paphos to Nicosia to bypass the 6 round abouts.
- You will not find a huge traffic in Limassol. Especially with the introduction of the highway bridges, bottlenecks are reduced to a minimum.
If you don’t have your own car to travel around Limassol there is a good taxi system as you can find a taxi almost instantly. There is also a moderate bus service running from 7am to 7pm with busses crossing the town from one end to the other.