As you pass by My Mall and proceed towards Kolossi, Episkopi or Curium, make sure you slow down a bit and enjoy the beautiful ride through the tree tunnel.
The beauty and the tranquility of the area are beyond any imagination. Even more beautiful is the little story hidden behind these tall trees, which cool down the area of the Fasouri plantation during summer.
The story is told in the book-autobiography «Lemons from Paradise», by Elsie Slonim, the wife of David Slonim, the pioneer Jewish agronomist who lived in Cyprus from 1932 to 2007.
During a stop in Cyprus on his way to Italy by ship, the young agronomist saw a large swamp (on the south coast of the island), and thought that he could create a citrus plantation.
He bought the swamp from a British family and in few years, through hard and long daily work, he turned the swamp into one of the largest citrus producers across the Middle East, the Fasouri plantation.
He wished to transform the marshy area into a paradise, so thousands of cypresses were planned as well as eucalyptus. As both are hydrophilic trees, they help the drainage of the area's marshes.
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