Limassol

Limassol, also called Lemesos, is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus. It is the most populated municipality in the country, with 108,105 residents, and the second-largest urban area after Nicosia, with an urban population of 198,558. It is the capital of the Limassol District, whose population is 262,238. The city was built between the two ancient Greek cities of Amathus and Kourion, and its historical centre lies around the medieval Limassol Castle and the Old Port. It spreads along the Mediterranean coast beyond the castle and port, with suburbs stretching toward Amathus, and to the west lies Akrotiri, part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. TripAdvisor ranked it third among the most up-and-coming destinations in the world in 2014, and in the 2022 GaWC ranking it was classed as a high sufficiency city.