Raise a glass to the Afamia Grape Festival in Cyprus

During the month of October, the oldest wine growing region in Cyprus, better known as Koilani near the resort of Limassol hosts the annual Afamia Grape Festival.

This festival offers an opportunity for the locals to celebrate the end of the harvest with wine tasting, folk dance performances and open air markets. It is a wonderful way and time of year to gain a true insight into rural Cyprus and discover the cultural and traditional ways of island life.

Aside from this lively and cultural festival the resort of Limassol also offers beuaitful surrounding country side and is also home to the famous Kolossi Castle, where the Crusaders first made their delicious sweet wine, Commandaria.

Libra Holidays offers seven nights Half Board at the three-star Kanika Pantheon Hotel in Limassol from £415 per person. The price is based on two sharing a twin side sea view room and includes return flights from Stansted in October, transfers, taxes and supplements.

For more information and bookings, log on to Libraholidays.co.uk.