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By: Erkan Kilim | 26/02/2008 | Destinations
In the feathereless mesaoria Plain that surrounds Lefkoşa, there is little to detain the visitor. Lefkosa itself is the worthwhile destination, with a fascinating collection of Crusader Gothic and Turkish Ottoman monuments set within the old Venetian fortifications.

The Walls of Old Gazimagusa
By: Erkan Kilim | 05/03/2008 | Destinations
Any visit today would best begin with a tour of the walls. Originally Lusignan Crusader, these walls were redesigned and strengthened by the Venetians, making the square towers round and generally adapting them for cannon warfare rather than for the outmoded bow and arrow. The result was to make Famagusta one of the most impressive walled cities in the Middle East. To appreciate them properly it is best to drive around the moat gully, viewing them from directly below

Güzelyurt(morphou)
By: Erkan Kilim | 26/02/2008 | Destinations
The Turkish name of Güzelyurt menas ‘beautiful place’. It is referring less to the town itself than to surrounding area, where beauty is virtually synonymous with fertility. Some 80% of the island’s citrus groves were concentrated here, and in the first few years after 1974, the Turkish Cypriots had neither the manpower nor the expertise to tend them.

Salamis - Famagusta - Cyprus
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By: Erkan Kilim | 27/02/2008 | Destinations
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Nostalgic Tales About Lapta
By: Erkan Kilim | 11/03/2008 | Destinations
The town of Lapta is one of Northern Cyprus’s most beautiful and favoured locations. It is set on an area uniting the sea and the mountains and its unique natural beauty makes it one of the most selected holiday and leisure regions.

Natural Environmental- Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 25/03/2008 | Destinations
The island of Cyprus was formed around seventy million years ago by the collision of the Euro-asian and African tectonic plates. By the Lower Miocene era, some twenty-five million years ago, the Troodos mountain range was an island and the Mesaoria and Pantadactylos range to the north were submerged under the sea.

Water Mills
By: Erkan Kilim | 11/03/2008 | Destinations
All Ottoman Pashas of Cyprus had a house in Lapta. They valued Lapta for its abundance of rivers, fruit trees and vegetables and regarded it as a place for relaxation. Some of these houses still exist in the present time.

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Beaches in Kos
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Offshore Economy – Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 24/04/2008 | Destinations
Economic growth differs on either side of the demarcation line, for while a similar base sustains each part, the Greek Cypriot sector generates three times its negihbour’s wealth. Both utilize their geographical situation to provide offshore centres for banking.

Cyprus is Nature
By: Erkan Kilim | 04/04/2008 | Destinations
The reward for turning your back on the beach is a glimpse of another Cyprus, one far removed in spirit from the heavily developed resorts that crowd sections of the coast. With scarcely a backward glance at the turquoise shimmer of the warm Mediterranean, the adventurous spirit heads for the hills.

Cyprus is Aphrodite’s Island
By: Erkan Kilim | 04/04/2008 | Destinations
Cyprus is a Mediterranean holiday island whose landscape, people, climate, and history offer visitors unsurpassed interest and charm, but it must guard against the overdevelopment that threatens some of its most scenic places. It must also work out a solution to the division between its Greek and Turkish communities.

Troodos and the Solea Valley – Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 01/04/2008 | Destinations
Leave the Lemesos –Pafos motorway at the exit for Ypsonas and Kouris Dam and head for the dam. Mount Olympus is ahead as you drive through wild olives and Aleppo pines to the west of the reservoir, following signs for Alassa. Go left onto the B8 to Trimiklini, a village thriving on the production of almonds and fruit. At the major crossroads, go right onto the E801.

Lemesos (limassol) - Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 31/03/2008 | Destinations
Leave the Limassol-Nicosia motorway at exit 24 and go onto the E128 to Germasogia. Tucked between a cliff face and a riverbed, this village’s narrow streets contain some fine old houses, several tavernas, and a country club.

Lefkara Area – Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 28/03/2008 | Destinations
This village, which has rural accommodation in renovated village houses, is to your left before you climb the chalky ridge to Lefkara. Go right at the signpost to Kato Lefkara and drive to the village centre. Wandering the meandering streets of the tiny village reveals good example of the area’s architecture: houses built with horizontal layers of limestone interspersed with pebbles.

Larnaka West Coast - Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 28/03/2008 | Destinations
The Hala sultan Tekke stands surrounded by palms and cedars overlooking the Salt Lake. It is one of the most important shrines in Islam and is reputed to be the burial place of Umm Haram, a relative of the Prophet Mohammed who was killed in a fall from her horse during an Arab raid in the 7th century AD.

Countryside Activities – Cyprus
By: Erkan Kilim | 26/03/2008 | Destinations
It is now possible to walk the length of Europe, thanks to the European E4 long distance path, Starting in Gibraltar, the path traverses Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece; then it is a short air trip to Crete and on to Cyprus.