| Imagine the perfect cross country mountain bike | | | | cheaper in the low season. |
| destination: | | | | You can, however, only have a great mountain biking |
| Hundreds of miles of untouched trails | | | | holiday if you know where to go. And that can be a |
| Rocky climbs and descents on old donkey tracks | | | | huge problem in Cyprus as there are no decent, |
| Endless downhill blasts from one valley to the next | | | | detailed maps available (the island has been divided |
| Coastal peninsulas | | | | since 1974 and only the military have access to |
| Thick alpine forest | | | | detailed maps). |
| Year round sunshine | | | | So the best advice is to contact a specialist mountain |
| Awesome scenery | | | | bike company who will know all the best trails and |
| Friendly tavernas to refuel | | | | can either offer guiding, quality bike hire with route |
| Ice cold beers at the end of a ride... | | | | suggestions or even a holiday. They will take all the |
| Cyprus has all this and so much more, yet most | | | | hassle of route finding away from you and, more |
| mountain bikers remain ignorant of what the island | | | | importantly, will prevent you from getting lost, |
| has to offer. This is probably due to its reputation as | | | | especially in the pine forest. |
| a "sun, sea and sand" destination where exercise is | | | | Whatever your experience level, Cyprus has |
| definitely not on the agenda, especially in the heat of | | | | something to offer: inexperienced cyclists have mile |
| Summer. | | | | after mile of loose surface forest tracks to explore, |
| There are, however, some people who DO know | | | | whereas experienced riders can test themselves on |
| about the best kept mountain biking secret in Europe. | | | | gnarly, rocky climbs and descents. And a cooling dip in |
| And they spend all their spare holidays visiting the | | | | the sea followed by an ice cold beer is a just reward |
| island in the low season months from October to | | | | after a hard day in the saddle. |
| May. The sun is almost always out but the heat is | | | | So come and discover the best kept mountain bike |
| not too intense, the countryside is not dry and dusty | | | | secret in the Mediterranean, before some of the |
| as it is in high Summer and, the flights are always | | | | best trails succumb to the concrete mixer! |