Olympus

Olympus, or Chionistra, (Greek: Όλυμπος or Χιονίστρα; Turkish: Olimpos Tepesi) at 1,952 metres (6,404 ft), is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Mount Olympus peak and the "Troodos Square" fall under the territory of Platres in Limassol District. A British long range radar currently operates at Mount Olympus' peak. It has a highland warm-summer mediterranean climate.

Mount Olympus is formed of ultramafic rock, dominantly serpentinized harzburgite which is part of the Troodos ophiolite.

The Mount Olympus Ski resort consists of the Sun Valley and North Face areas. Each area has its own ski lifts and runs, operated by the Cyprus Ski Club:

Aphrodite or Sun Valley I, with a 125m T-bar ski lift and beginner-level slopes

Hermes or Sun Valley II, with a 140m T-bar ski lift and intermediate-level slopes

Dias/Zeus or North Face I, with a 380m chairlift and advanced-level slopes

Hera or North Face II, with a 262m T-bar ski lift and beginner-level slopes

In the Sun Valley area there is a 55m rope tow baby lift as well.

Writing in the late first century BC or first century AD, the geographer Strabo reported that on one of its promontories was a temple to Aphrodite Acraea (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτης Ἀκραίας) which means Aphrodite of the Heights, which women were forbidden to enter.