FAMAGUSTA & NICOSIA Private Tour from Kyrenia

The monastery hosts also small but interesting archaeological museum with complete pottery pieces from various eras from 4000BC onwards.

It served various dominant powers over the course of its history, including Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, and Romans. At one point during the Roman period, Salamis was the largest city on Cyprus, where more than 150.000 people used to live in the 2nd century. The Roman theatre and the Gymnasium with thermal baths show us the high standard the inhabitants lived at that time.

cribed as an open air museum with its famous St. Nicholas Cathedral along with many other historical monuments.

Nicholas, which has since been turned into a mosque named Lala Mustafa Camii, is the most important monument in Famagusta.

After 1974, it came under Turkish control, the resort city now stands abandoned and is described as a ghost town.

e original gates in the Nicosia walls and was built in the 16th century by Venetians, as a part of the new city walls.

man Catholic cathedral converted into a mosque by Ottomans. It is the largest and oldest surviving Gothic church in Cyprus which makes it North Nicosia's most prominent landmark. Its fascinating history stretches back to the 13th-century. In the style of architecture, St. Sophia resembles the famous medieval cathedrals of France.

The 16th-century Great Inn is located in the traditional market centre within the City Walls of Nicosia and is the largest inn of the island. It is one of two remaining inns in the whole Cyprus that still retain its original shape and appearance.