Visitors should ask for the priest of Nikitari village to escort them. The road is signposted to Kykko, and turns off the main Nicosia-Troodos road just below Evrykhou. The village is famous for its sulphur springs and the famous church of Aylos loannis Lampadistis. Originally a monastery, it is a complex of several buildings of various dates and contains excellent frescoes of the 13th and 15th centuries. Less than a kilometre further up, is Moutoullas village with its tiny 13th century chapel of Panayia tou Moutoula, one of the earliest dated examples of the steep-pitched wooden roof type with frescoes dating to 1280.
Visitors can obtain the key from the adjacent house.
Also at Moutoullas, the tradition continues for carved wooden basins. The third village up the mountain is Pedhoulas, a summer resort famous for its cherries. The painted church of Archangel Michael stands in the lower part of the village and dates from 1474. Visitors can obtain the key from the adjacent house, or leave a message for the village priest at the coffee shop. The most famous and richest monastery in Cyprus.