It still remains a mystery what guided the people of Cyprus when they named a quiet and peaceful Greek settlement Strovolos, which means "a hurricane." No one has ever seen a hurricane here, but there are plenty of beautiful green parks and gardens, cozy squares, and shady alleys in the city. Metochi Kykkou Park is one of the most impressive in size. It is also very rich in history and cultural heritage. It is laid out on ten hectares around a functioning church and is surrounded by old abandoned cells of a former monastery.

On either side of the main entrance of the magnificent landscaped park stand tall, slender palm trees. There is also a large fountain of a round shape. Its jets perform an amazing dance as if they are hosts welcoming their guests. On the central square, there is an Orthodox church with strikingly luxurious interior decoration. The main relic of the temple, a huge gilded iconostasis, deserves special attention. Like arrows, clean, well-manicured alleys with elaborately trimmed trees and bushes spread out from the church in different directions. Everything here is imbued with a spirit of calm and tranquility, which is occasionally disturbed only by the enchanting voices of singing birds.

Hidden in the depths of the park is a small pond with thin trickles of water running down the sharp stones and a wooden bridge. It is pleasant to contemplate this magical corner of nature standing there. Hiking trails branch out again behind the pond. One of them leads to the local kingdom of colorful peacocks, and the other to a garden square with white stone busts of former servants of the monastery.

At the end of the fantastic Metochi Kykkou Park is another, now small but magnificent fountain. Decorated with exquisite mosaics and a sculptural group of three snow-white birds drinking life-giving water from a round bowl, it resembles the famous fountains of the Bakhchisaray Palace.