Governor’s Beach
The Governor's Beach is located partly in the Larnaca and in the Limassol region. It is a 2 km shoreline, with sandy beaches, deep crystal waters and a blue flag waving.Photo: Dmitry Panov, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: place in Limassol District, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Governor’s Beach, Limassol”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vasilikos Power Station.
Vasilikos Power Station
Power station
Photo: שנילי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Vasilikos Power Station is the newest power plant of Electricity Authority of Cyprus. Located between Larnaca and Limassol and with an installed capacity of 640 MW, it was still under development prior to the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion of 11 July 2011. Vasilikos Power Station is situated 2½ km northeast of Governor’s Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mari and Pentakomo.
Mari
Village
Mari is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 5 km west of Zygi. The village was largely populated by Turkish Cypriots before 1974. In Turkish, it is known as Tatlısu. Mari is situated 4 km northeast of Governor’s Beach.
Pentakomo
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pentakomo is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 5 km east of Pyrgos. Pentakomo is situated 4 km northwest of Governor’s Beach.
Zygi
Village
Zygi is a small village on the south coast of Cyprus, between Limassol and Larnaca. Before 1974, Zygi had a mixed Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot population. Zygi is situated 6 km east of Governor’s Beach.
Governor’s Beach
- Categories: beach, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: Larnaca district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.71283° or 34° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
33.27105° or 33° 16′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8G6MP77C+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 157298962OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q22991922
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Governor’s Beach” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاطئ الحاكم”
- Cebuano: “Governor’s Beach (lapyahan sa Tsipre)”
- Cebuano: “Governor’s Beach”
- French: “plage du Gouverneur”
- French: “Plage du Gouverneur”
- German: “Governors Beach”
- Greek: “Ακτή του κυβερνήτη”
- Hausa: “Gidan Gwamna, Limassol”
- Swedish: “Governor’s Beach (strand i Cypern)”
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