A distinctly Turkish atmosphere mixed with mediaeval European sights – Northern Cyprus offers a very warm climate along with picturesque mountains and very interesting places of interest.
The monastery Bellapais is situated on the slopes of Beşparmak Dağları (Five-Finger Mountains) above the city Girne and it is easy to reach via a fully developed and signposted...
Famagusta once after the fall of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages was a very rich seaport and trading town. Because of the embargo against North Cyprus the harbour is largely...
Girne, the city with the old name Kyrenia, is situated at the foot of the Beşparmak Mountains and directly at the sea. It has 28 000 inhabitants and is the urban centre of the...
Lefkoşa is situated in the middle of the central plain of Cyprus and as divided capital directly at the border to the southern, Greek part of the island, the capital of North...
The history of the ancient city which is abandoned since the siltation reaches back to the 11th century BC. The city became important since the 8th century BC. as harbour town...
The “museum for Icons and Archaeology” which is housed in the monastery St. Barnabas is absolutely worth seeing and it documents at the same time the respect the Turks of North...
The most important crusader castle of North Cyprus from the time of the Lusignan kings is easy to reach via the well developed road from Girne to Lefkoşa taking a right turn...