Regions & cities

From the harbours of the north coast to the painted churches of the Troodos, Cyprus packs a lot into a small island. Here is where to go, on both sides.

Visiting

The capital

Nicosia
The island's capital, a walled city on both sides of the line, where you can cross on foot in the middle of a shopping street.

TRNC (KKTC)

Kyrenia
A horseshoe harbour under a Byzantine castle, with a Gothic abbey and mountain-top ruins a short drive above it.
Famagusta
A Gothic cathedral town inside Venetian walls, with the ruins of ancient Salamis on the beach just to the north.
İskele
Miles of sand along the east coast, fish restaurants at Boğaz harbour and a castle on the last peak of the Kyrenia range.
Karpaz
The island's long, empty finger to the north-east: dunes, wild donkeys, nesting turtles and a monastery at the very tip.
Güzelyurt
Orange groves, a monastery museum and two ancient sites on the quiet western coast of the north.