If you want views with your meal, this large, rustic wooden restaurant on the Beşparmak (Pentadaktylos) Pass – just opposite the turn-off to Buffavento Castle – is a great lunch choice. All the usual kebab suspects are represented and everything comes with a good meze selection to start. Service is super-friendly.
Buffavento Restaurant
Cyprus
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