Lonely Planet Cyprus (Travel Guide)
Josephine Quintero, Matthew Charles
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN: 1741797756
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Cyprus is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sip a Cypriot coffee while gazing out at Kyrenia's Old Harbour, hike the lush, diverse trails of Troodos, or marvel at colorful Roman floor mosaics; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Cyprus and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Cyprus Travel Guide:
- Colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
- Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices
- Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including customs, history, art, literature, music, dance, politics, landscapes, and wildlife
- Over 36 local maps
- Useful features - including Walking Tours, Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), and Travel with Children
- Coverage of Kyrenia, Pafos, Troodos Massif, Lefkosia, Famagusta, the Karpas Peninsula, Larnaka, Lemesos, Omodos, Lara Beach, Vouni, Petra tou Romiou, Choirokoitia, north Nicosia, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Cyprus, our most comprehensive guide to Cyprus, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled.
- Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Mediterranean Europe guide for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Josephine Quintero, and Matthew Charles.
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episcopacy of Epifanios (AD 386–403) and was once the largest basilica in Cyprus. ReservoirHISTORICAL SITE Further south you’ll see what is left of the reservoir. AgoraHISTORICAL SITE The remains of the city’s place of assembly. Temple of ZeusHISTORICAL SITE Also south of Agios Epifanios. Necropolis of SalamisHISTORICAL SITE (Royal Tombs, Salamis Mezarlık Alanı; 378 8331; adult/child 7/3YTL; 9am-8pm Jun–mid-Sep, 9am-12.30pm & 1.30-4.45pm mid-Sep–May) A scattering of 150 graves spread out
the village (near the public toilets) is ideal if you want to give your kids an introduction to riding. The beasts are very friendly and gentle, so don’t expect any galloping chases. A 10-minute escorted ride around Troödos costs €6, 20 minutes will set you back €10, half an hour €15. Cycling Troödos has a growing number of routes dedicated to cycling and mountain biking, including several forest tracks. The booklet Cycling Routes is available at the visitor centre and CTO offices, and has
unsurfaced roads. Long, sweeping and slowly increasing gradients lead up and down the mountains, providing riders with some of Cyprus’ most scenic areas (Click here). Further west, the Akamas Peninsula offers kilometres of pine-forest trails, rocky tracks and twisting roads worthy of a yellow jersey. Bikes with a good range of gears, puncture kits and maps are essential. Mountain bikes can be hired in Troödos and Platres or you can go to www.mountainbikecyprus.com for information on training,
contains the oldest shipwreck ever recovered from Cypriot waters. A wooden-hulled (Aleppo pine) Greek merchant ship, it sank just off the Kyrenia coast around 300 BC, and was discovered by a local diver in 1967. Its cargo consisted of amphorae, almonds, grain, wine and millstones from the Greek islands of Samos, Rhodes and Kos. Its crew most likely traded along the coast of Anatolia and as far as the islands of the Dodecanese in Greece. WHAT'S IN A NAME? Since 1974, all the original Greek
communities in the 1960s. They chose the Greeks, and since ’74 the youth from the village has gradually all but disappeared, crossing over into the South to study in Greek schools. Those who remained in the North have managed to tread the fine line between political and religious allegiances, with some degree of success. Pre-2003 their relatives from the South were even able to visit them on weekends. Since the borders have opened, the South’s Maronites visit for longer periods. Many hope that