Lania is a small, beautiful village, built on the south sides of Trooodos mountains. It is built on the main road connecting Limassol with Troodos, about 26km away from Limassol. Lania is one of the wine producing villages in the area.
A myth says that the village has taken its name from Lana, the daughter of ancient god Dionysos, god of wine.

The people of Lania are mostly working with the land. They are producing both wine-grapes and table grapes. From the wine-grapes, they produce the famous Lania comandaria, wines and zivania. They also produce the very delicious home made Lania soutzioukos. Apart from grapes, they also produce almonds.

Lania is famous all over the world for its beauty, the hospitality of its people and its home made traditional products.
Entering the village, you can see the old village spring, from where the older generations were getting the water for all their needs. Today it still stands there, for the tourists and the younger generations to see as a traditional spring and for the older generations to remember the times when it had provided generations and generations with its water.

In Lania you can see the only Linos (old workshop for producing wine) in the island, which is maintained in the way and with the equipment used in the old times. There are several other such places on the island, all of them however, reconditioned. Linos is open all day for the visitors to see and get their photos.

Walking in Lania, you will see the magnificent traditional stone-roads of the village, which manage to win time and remain as they were built hundreds of years ago. In the two sides of those traditional stone-roads the people of Lania grow wonderful flowers that make the atmosphere even more fantastic.

After a walk in the village the visitors can have a rest and enjoy their coffee of beer under the big plane-tree of the village, or enjoy a meal in the village tavern.

Lania was always known for its vineyards, its high quality grapes and wines. When the French vineyards, from where champagne was made, were destroyed by decease, king Henry together with his country experts went around in the Mediterranean countries to find good and healthy vines to get plants. He found them in Lania, where he stayed until the vines were ready. And the people of Lania gave him plants. 

He loaded his ship and planted them in France to continue producing champagne. People say that during his stay in Lania, king Henry used to have his coffee under the Royal oak tree, a tree over 800 years old which in 1997 collapsed under the pressure of its years, leaving Lania poorer. 

In the village there is another oak tree, bigger than the Royal oak. The state has undertaken the responsibility for maintaining it. It is a huge tree and it is very interesting for any visitor to see.