Overview
The Limassol Wine Festival is set to take place from August 31 to September 9, and has roots in the ancient tradition of honouring the cultivation of grapes and the production of wine for the ancient gods Dionysus and Aphrodite.
The festival, hosted in the Limassol Municipal Gardens, has an entrance fee, which can be paid at the gates to the garden. On entry to the Festival through the main entrance, situated on the south, you will see a giant statue of a Cypriot village winegrower in his traditional local costume, which has been an emblem to honour local wine-producers since 1961.
There are pavilions on both sides of the main entrance belonging to the wineries of Limassol: ETKO, KEO, LOEL, SODAP, and LAONA, where the visitors can taste, free of charge, all kinds of wines. It must be emphasized that all the wines offered to all visitors in unlimited quantities is free of charge with the compliments of the Limassol Municipality.
Every evening about 15,000 visitors come along to the Festival, to enjoy the happy and jolly atmosphere of people feasting with wine, delicious local dishes, at fixed low prices, local dances and songs and theatrical plays with comedy, humor and satire.
One night in the Limasol’s wine festival is an opportunity for every person to live the Greek tradition of the Dionysiac celebrations, when all inhabitants of Attica, citizens or farmers, sat at common banquets, offered free by the state, tasted the new wines and participate in the mass dances, songs, poetry and drama. During these celebrations a number of slaves were set free, whilst those still in slavery were allowed a spell of independence and entertainment.
The festivities start at 19:00 every day of the festival and end at 23:30.
For more information guests can call +357 25 344402, 25 344952, 25 745919 or visit the website of the municipality at www.limassolmunicipal.com.cy/en/wine-festival.
