Every year, the Agros Community Council hosts a two-weekend festival with various activities. Visitors have the opportunity to explore local workshops and learn about the distillation of roses. They can also visit the rose exhibition and browse through kiosks selling traditional products. Throughout the festival, folk dance and music performances are offered for everyone to enjoy. Delicious food and drinks are available at the kiosks, and a community train offers rides and walks for people of all ages. Additionally, all village sights are open to the public during the festival.
This year’s event will be held during two weekends, on May 13-14 & 20-21, 2023.
If you really want to enjoy this I would advise you to visit early in the morning in order to avoid the crowds, when it’s still not that hot and you’ll find a nearby car parking space.
During the festival, visitors have the chance to see and enjoy various exhibitions of products made of local roses, learn more about the procedure of making rose water, enjoy a traditional dance program and traditional music and taste some products made of rose also as other Cypriot traditional products.
Get to visit the Rose factory which is one of the most interesting and characteristic spots in Agros. You will be toured around the factory and hear how rose water is made, from which roses, when and long does it take to produce. You’ll get to try rose water, rose chocolates, hand creams, liquors, and even toothpaste (everything that has to do with cosmetics is considered to be organic).
Agros Rose Festival 2019 Photos
About Agros
Agros is a village built on the Troodos Mountains, in the region of Pitsilia, in southwest Cyprus, which has built amphitheatrically among high mountains at an altitude of 1100 metres with a population of approximately 1,000. The village is located 45 minutes away from the cities of Nicosia and Limassol, 20 minutes from Troödos Square and 80 minutes from the international airports of Larnaca and Paphos [ref: wikipedia]
Information
Location: Triantafillou Street, Agros, Cyprus
Full Programme: Visit the official Agros website.
