Aegeon continues to draw in a faithful following of fashionable local devotees, who come here to feast on meze and drink ouzo in the vine-draped courtyard long into the night. During colder months the action moves into the attached atmospheric old house. Reservations essential.
Aegeon
Nicosia (Lefkosia)
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