Khirokitia is a UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site about 15 kilometres southeast of Lefkara, and easily the most important prehistoric settlement in Cyprus. Dating from around 7000 BCE, it preserves the remains of a tightly packed Neolithic village of circular stone-built houses, built on a ridge above the Maroni River. Several have been reconstructed to give visitors a sense of what the settlement looked like.
The site shows evidence of a sophisticated early community: the houses had interior spaces for sleeping and working, the dead were buried under the floors, and obsidian tools found here came from Anatolia, suggesting long-distance trade networks even in the Neolithic period. The walk along the ridge takes about an hour. There is a small on-site museum and the surrounding landscape of olive groves and low hills is very pleasant.