Cyprus Christmas Villages 2026: Agros, Kalopanagiotis, Kyperounta, Lefkara & More

The 8 official Christmas Villages

The most recent confirmed season (2025/26) ran Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 22 November 2025, then daily from 22 December 2025 through 6 January 2026 — the historical pattern worth planning a rough trip window around, not a promise for 2026/27. Confirm directly with Visit Cyprus before booking travel around it.

Every village runs its own local programme rather than a shared schedule: expect stands selling local products and handmade crafts, gastronomy and craft workshops, organised nature activities and guided village walks, with participating restaurants and guesthouses adding their own festive menus.

Agros — rose oil, sausages and Pitsilia hospitality

Agros, high in the Pitsilia region, is known year-round for rose cultivation and traditional meat and food processing — during the Christmas Villages season its workshops extend to rose-oil distillation, sweet-making, and the village's own sausages, lountza and hiromeri (smoked pork specialities). The village's own event and workshop schedules are published separately closer to the season by the Agros community council.

Kalopanagiotis, Kyperounta & Lefkara

Kalopanagiotis sits in the Marathasa valley beside the UNESCO-listed Byzantine monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis, giving its festive programme a distinctly heritage-led backdrop. Kyperounta, a Pitsilia neighbour of Agros at one of Cyprus's highest elevations, leans into its cool-climate produce and mountain setting for the same festive-market format.

Lefkara — split between Pano and Kato Lefkara in the Larnaca district — is already one of Cyprus's best-known heritage villages for its UNESCO-recognised lefkaritika lace and silverware; its Christmas Villages participation adds festive stalls and workshops around that same lace-and-silverware craft tradition.

Deryneia, Fikardou, Kakopetria & Statos-Agios Fotios

The remaining four villages round out the programme with their own regional character: Deryneia in the Famagusta district; Fikardou, a Nicosia-district village whose entire historic core is a protected national monument; Kakopetria in the Troodos foothills, known for its well-preserved old town along the Karkotis river; and Statos-Agios Fotios, a Paphos-district winemaking village. Each publishes its own local activity schedule rather than sharing one programme with the others.

Christmas in Cyprus's cities: Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca & Paphos

The Christmas Villages programme runs alongside — not instead of — each major city's own Christmas market season. None of the 2026 city programmes below were published as of this guide's review date; what follows is the established pattern from the most recent (2025) season, sourced to Cyprus Mail's round-up and each city's own listings, not a 2026 promise.

Correction to a commonly repeated claim: Larnaca's main Christmas market in its most recent edition ran at Zouhouri Square in the city centre, not St Lazarus Square — sourced reporting for the 2025 season did not place the named market at St Lazarus Square, so this guide uses the venue the sources actually confirm.

• What to do in Nicosia
• Larnaca events
• Paphos events

FAQ

When are the Cyprus Christmas Villages in 2026?

Announced by participating organizers: 21 November 2026 to 6 January 2027 (operating weekends and public holidays from late November, daily from 22 December). Check visitcyprus.com/christmas-villages for the final island-wide ministerial timetable.

Which villages are in the official Christmas Villages programme?

Eight, per the official Visit Cyprus page: Agros (Αγρός), Deryneia (Δερύνεια), Fikardou (Φικάρδου), Kakopetria (Κακοπετριά), Kalopanagiotis (Καλοπαναγιώτης), Kyperounta (Κυπερούντα), Lefkara (Λεύκαρα) and Statos-Agios Fotios (Στατός-Άγιος Φώτιος).

Is the Larnaca Christmas market at St Lazarus Square?

Sourced reporting for the most recent (2025) edition places Larnaca's main Christmas market at Zouhouri Square in the city centre, with a separate Traditional Christmas Market off Dhekelia Road — not St Lazarus Square.

Is there a Christmas market in Nicosia?

Yes — in 2025, Eleftheria Square hosted a roughly six-week Christmas market (organised by Handmade in Cyprus with the municipality) connecting to the Paramythoupoli fair at the D'Avilla Moat, plus a separate two-night Mestinpoli Christmas Edition party at the Old Town Hall on 26-27 December.