A Limassol wine tasting pours the wines of the Limassol district at a boutique winery in Pyrgos or in the Troodos wine villages of Omodos, Koilani and Pachna. Find more trip ideas on Greece Tours.
Below we compare the winery visits, the herb workshops, the village day tours and the Kourion and Kolossi combination. We then cover pickup from other towns, private days, duration, season and booking.
What is a Limassol wine tasting?
A Limassol wine tasting is a guided pour of wines from the Limassol district. It takes place at a boutique winery beside the city or in the Troodos wine villages above it. It comes as a winery visit or as a stop on a day tour.
Wikipedia calls Limassol a city known for its wineries. The hills north of the city hold the Krasochoria, a Greek name that joins the words for wine and villages. Visit Cyprus counts 20 villages and 16 wineries on its Krasochoria of Limassol wine route.
A Limassol wine tasting has three settings. Pyrgos, a village east of the city with an exit on the A6 motorway, hosts a boutique winery. The hill villages host family wineries. A day tour then adds villages and sights around the glass.
Our Cyprus tours page covers the whole island. This page stays with the Limassol district: its winery tours, herb workshops, wines and day trips.
Which Limassol wine tasting tours can you book?
A Limassol wine tasting comes in five forms on GetYourGuide. They are winery visits, herb workshops, winemaker tours, village day tours and private days. Viator adds more day tours and private Troodos days.
- Winery visit with herbs: the Pyrgos tasting of 5 wines, 5 herbs and spices.
- Herb elixir workshop: a DIY workshop at Pyrgos Boutique Winery.
- Winemaker-led tour: De-Vine Tours follows the wine from vineyard to bottle with a professional winemaker.
- Village day tours: Omodos, Koilani, Vouni, Platres, Agros and the Troodos villages, built around wine.
- Private and shore days: a private gourmet tour with wine and food tasting, and a shore excursion from Limassol.
The village days differ in their extra stops. The Platres and Omodos tour adds a lakeside landmark, a forest trail, a waterfall and a chocolate tasting.
The Agros tour adds a traditional sweets workshop and a rose factory. The Troodos food and wine tour adds a family winery, local products and a lunch.
Mountain days of a Limassol wine tasting overlap with our Troodos wine tour page. It covers the villages one by one.
Viator lists a Delightful Cyprus Cultural Tour with Winery Visit. It also lists a Mount Olympus and Laneia village tour with wine tasting. Two private Troodos tours add a waterfall with wine, or Omodos with a wine tasting.
Which wineries does a Limassol wine tasting visit?
A Limassol wine tasting visits family wineries in Pyrgos, Omodos, Koilani, Pachna and Vasa Koilaniou, plus Pissouri on the coast. Limassol Tourism names nine wineries across the district that take tasting guests.
For a Limassol wine tasting near the city, start in Pyrgos. Pyrgos Boutique Winery stands on Kritis Street. Limassol Tourism lists guided tours and private tastings there. It shows opening from 9 am to 5 pm every day and advises reservations.
Ktima Gerolemo stands about 1 km north of Omodos. GetYourGuide names it as the tasting stop on its Limassol and Omodos wine tour from the east coast. Linos Winery sits in Omodos village itself.
Ayia Mavri Winery in Koilani, 36 km from Limassol, offers guided tours and tastings. Monolithos Boutique Winery in Pachna shows its production, bottling and storage areas, with tastings that overlook the vineyards. Argyrides Winery in Vasa Koilaniou hosts tastings by reservation in restored historic buildings.
On the coast, G. Theofanous Winery in Pissouri sits among vineyards that overlook the sea and runs tours and tastings.
What happens at a Limassol wine tasting with herbs and spices?
A Limassol wine tasting with herbs and spices pairs local wines with selected herbs at a boutique winery in Pyrgos. The GetYourGuide tour includes 5 wine tastings and 5 herbs and spices. A second listing teaches you to make a herbal elixir.
The herb elixir workshop at Pyrgos Boutique Winery covers Mediterranean herbs. It includes a glass of wine or herbal tea, and you take home the elixir you made yourself. The listing calls it a DIY workshop.
A Limassol wine tasting at Pyrgos Boutique Winery runs like this, according to the winery’s own Airbnb listing. The host, a winemaker and herbal producer, welcomes guests and walks the vineyard. The group then explores the herbal garden, learns the aromas and role of Mediterranean herbs, and tastes four boutique wines.
The visit closes with time for questions, and light bites come with it. The listing title also names zivania, a Cypriot brandy distilled from grape pomace.
Which wines does a Limassol wine tasting pour?
A Limassol wine tasting pours Xynisteri white and Mavro red, the two local grapes. It adds Maratheftiko and imports such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Mataro. Visit Cyprus counts 23 grape varieties on the Limassol wine route.
Ktima Gerolemo near Omodos shows the range. Cyprus Mail lists its Morokanella, oak-aged Xynisteri, Riesling, Muscat, Maratheftiko rosé, Cabernet Sauvignon, Maratheftiko, Syrah and Yiannoudi. The labels read PGI Lemesos, the geographical indication for Limassol.
Zambartas Wineries in Agios Amvrosios shows how a Limassol wine tasting is built. Its Winemaker’s Selection pours four wines from indigenous varieties, including wines from its protected-origin and single-vineyard ranges. Its Taste the Difference tasting compares three pairs of wines.
Two more wineries add range. G. Theofanous Winery in Pissouri makes wine from the Soultanina grape and focuses on indigenous Cypriot varieties. Revecca Winery in Agios Mamas pours only Commandaria, in three styles.
Can a Limassol wine tasting combine with Kourion and Kolossi Castle?
Yes. GetYourGuide’s Kourion, Vouni and winery tour from Limassol joins the ancient ruins to a wine tasting. Viator lists an Ancient Kourion, Kolossi Castle, Omodos and Winery Tour for Limassol.
The GetYourGuide tour visits the ruins of Kourion and goes on to the village of Vouni. It caps the day with a wine tasting. Vouni is one of the Krasochoria villages on the Visit Cyprus wine route.
Kolossi already sits on that route. Visit Cyprus lists Kolossi and Erimi right after Limassol among its stops. Erimi holds the Cyprus Wine Museum, which Wikipedia places near Kolossi Castle. It shows ancient jars, medieval pots, old documents and photographs.
Our Limassol tour page covers the history of Kourion and Kolossi Castle. A Limassol wine tasting on these days adds the wine villages to the ruins.
Which Limassol wine tasting starts from Larnaca, Ayia Napa or a cruise ship?
A nine-hour guided tour starts from Larnaca, Ayia Napa and Protaras and brings guests to a Limassol wine tasting. Cruise passengers book a 5.5-hour shore excursion from Limassol, which visits Troodos villages and a winery.
GetYourGuide lists the east coast day as a guided tour with pickup. It gives free time in Limassol, a taste of local wines at a winery and a visit to Omodos village. A Limassol wine tasting from the east coast fills nine hours on that listing.
The Troodos food and wine tour takes pickups in six towns, including Larnaca, Ayia Napa and Protaras. It runs 8.5 hours, and one booking holds up to six guests. TUI sells a similar Limassol, Omodos and wine-tasting tour with hotel pickup.
Larnaca airport lies about 60 km north-east of Limassol, and the A5 motorway links the two cities. The TUI tour leaves about an hour of free time in Limassol. Guests stroll along the marina, visit the castle or sit in a cafe. Guests who stay in Larnaca find more day trips on our Larnaca tour page.
The Port of Limassol is the largest port in Cyprus. According to Wikipedia, over 50 international cruise liners put Cyprus on their Mediterranean routes. The GetYourGuide shore excursion is a private tour for up to 15 guests and lasts 5.5 hours.
Shore Excursions Group lists a shorter option, a 4-hour wine and heritage excursion with up to five local wine tastings. It stops at Omodos village, the Monastery of the Holy Cross and a traditional wine press.
Which Limassol wine tasting suits a couple, a group or a private day?
A private Troodos day suits a couple, because the private tours take one to six guests per booking. Small-group tours suit friends, with four to ten guests, and the private shore excursion takes up to 15.
Two private tours run 7.5 hours. One is a Troodos waterfall and wine tour, and the other is a gourmet tour with wine and food tasting. A third private tour runs 8 hours and adds Kykkos Monastery and Aphrodite’s birthplace.
Headout sells a private gourmet tour from Limassol with a professional driver. A local guide leads the walk through the artist villages of Lania and Agros. A taxi firm on winesofcyprus.co.uk lets a couple choose their own route. Its fleet includes minivans for families and buses for up to 20 people.
A group has more choices. The Intangible Heritage tour takes two to ten guests, and the De-Vine behind-the-scenes tour takes up to ten. Wines and Tours runs single-day Limassol wine tours for groups of at least six.
Zambartas Wineries builds a tailor-made offer for larger groups, travel agencies and private events. It hosts birthdays and business meetings, and it sells a wine tasting gift voucher for a loved one.
How long is a Limassol wine tasting, and what does it include?
A Limassol wine tasting lasts from 4 hours at a winery to 9 hours on a Troodos day trip. Day trips include transport and a local guide, and a meze-style lunch comes with the 8.5-hour villages and wineries tour.
- 4 hours: the De-Vine behind-the-scenes wine tour with a professional winemaker.
- 5 hours: the three-village wine tour of Koilani, Vouni and Omodos.
- 5.5 hours: the Agros winery tour with a rose factory and a traditional sweets workshop.
- 7 hours: the Platres and Omodos tour with a waterfall, a forest trail and chocolate tasting.
- 8 to 9 hours: the full-day tours from Limassol and the east coast.
Headout’s private gourmet tour includes tastings of wines, homemade sweets, smoked meats and loukoumi, plus an insured, air-conditioned vehicle. Lunch and extra drinks are not included. TUI lists lunch, transport, a guide, a winery tour and a wine tasting.
Wines and Tours includes collection from an agreed point, transport, all tastings and a meze or buffet lunch with wine. It leaves out flights, tips and extra bottles. A shorter Limassol wine tasting at Zambartas pours four wines with halloumi, lountza, fruit and bread. A cellar tour follows.
Which months suit a Limassol wine tasting?
Wine tastings run all year around Limassol, because Zambartas welcomes visitors on week days and weekends all year around. September adds the Mavro harvest, and the Troodos villages run far cooler than the coast in winter.
Wikipedia dates the Mavro grape harvest to September, so a Limassol wine tasting in that month meets the vintage. On the coast, the warm season lasts about eight months, from April to November.
The Troodos Mountains have somewhat greater day-to-night temperature swings than the coast. The daily mean at Prodromos is 4 degrees Celsius in January, against 23 degrees in July. Snow is possible only in the Troodos Mountains, and rain falls mainly in winter. Summer is dry.
Headout advises a light jacket in spring and autumn, because mountain temperatures drop. Our Paphos wine tasting page covers the west coast wineries for a second stop.
How do you book and cancel a Limassol wine tasting?
Book on GetYourGuide, where each listing shows free cancellation. Day tours close 10 hours before the start, and private tours close 4 hours before. Headout and TUI refund in full when you cancel 24 hours before.
The three private Troodos tours accept bookings until 4 hours before the start. The Meet the Locals Troodos tour closes 1 hour before. The De-Vine tour shows free cancellation and no cut-off.
On Headout, cancellation is free when it comes a full day before the experience begins. At the starting point, guests present the voucher on a mobile phone together with a valid photo ID. TUI refunds 100% when you cancel up to 1 day before, and it adds no extra booking fee.
A winery takes a Limassol wine tasting by prior appointment. Zambartas welcomes same-day reservations and walk-ins but does not guarantee availability. Wines and Tours asks for at least 90 days’ notice and full payment by bank transfer when you book.
What do travellers ask about a Limassol wine tasting?
Can children join a Limassol wine tasting?
On the east coast tour from Larnaca and Ayia Napa, children aged 2 to 12 book a child place. Children aged 1 and younger join free but count in the booking. Headout limits wine tasting to guests aged 18 and over.
Which languages do the tours run in?
The east coast tour, the Troodos food and wine tour and the Limassol and Omodos tour run in English. The shore excursion and the three private Troodos tours run in English and Russian. The De-Vine, Koilani, Agros and Platres tours run in English and Greek.
Where does the pickup happen?
Headout’s hotel pickup works directly from the reception area. The exact time and place arrive in the ticket after booking. TUI shows its pickup points under availability and prices.
What do you bring to a Limassol wine tasting?
TUI advises a hat, suitable footwear and money for extras or gratuities. Headout adds sun protection and motion-sickness medication for winding mountain roads.
Is a Limassol wine tasting suitable for reduced mobility?
TUI marks its Limassol and Omodos tour as not suitable for guests with reduced mobility. The tour includes a guided walk along narrow, cobbled streets in Omodos. Ask the operator about access before you book any day trip.