Kyrenia (part two)

Dear readers,

as promised here comes part two of our trip to Cyprus. (Read part one)
We enjoyed the harbour city Girne very much. There were so many things to explore in the small city and we had to try out a lot of restaurants.

kyrenia part two
kyrenia part two

After spending a lot of time on the beach and in the harbour city Girne, we decided to book a historic sightseeing tour to learn more about this country. The tour contains a trip to two cities Salamis and Famagusta.

kyrenia part two
kyrenia part two
kyrenia part two

At Salamis you could visit the ancient ruin city.
Out tour guide tells us a lot of stories and myths about the place. As you know Cyprus is seperate in northern turkish half and southern greek half, but the history told us they were both connected somehow. And buildings like gyms and or vaporariums were influeced by the greek. Only 3% of the archeologic state was excavated, so that we just saw incomplete amphitheaters or broken buildings. Some of the statue were even stolen by british and swedish colonialists. However, it was really interesting. Part of the sightseeing tour in Salamis was also chapels and churches.

kyrenia part two

The second part was much more exciting than Salamis. Famagusta is known as a city for students. There were so many shops and restaurants, but we had to be part of the tour, so we didn't make a shopping tour. One of the things you always have in turkish countries are basars. There were a lot of possibilities to buy clothes very cheap, but I decided to buy accessories. Our tour guide also advised us to keep our hands of basar food. They have to be eaten fresh otherwise it tastes like shit.

kyrenia part two
kyrenia part two

The best part was the little trip to the ghost town in Famagusta with the most beautiful beach in northern Cyprus. I definitely had a caribbean feeling there, but because of the tour I didn't even thought about bringing bathing stuff with me. That was a real waste of a beautiful beach amid of a ghost town. The last part was to visit the old town of Famagusta. I really fell in love with this exciting city. The old town also offered a lot of shops, but I liked the Patisserie the most, so we stayed there until the tour ends. I never had so much opportunities to choose between sweets, cakes and icecream, therefore we had to try a lot of yummy stuff.

kyrenia part two

This was the most relaxing trip I've ever had. We'd done nothing but kept so many memories. As closure of the trip I could enjoy the sunrise in Istanbul as we were heading to Hannover. The last trip for the next months and I am recovered and ready to work and study again.

xo, RubyliXious

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4 comments

  1. Was für ein schöner Post Liebes! Sieht nach einem tollen Urlaub aus <3

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  2. Sehr schöne Bilder, Zypern möchte ich auch unbedingt nochmal hin :)
    covered in copper

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  3. I live in Cyprus and it is sad to see this lovely northern place being occupied by the turks. Yes, your guide was right, both comminities used to live together many years ago but then the turkish invasion happened and we (Cypriots) lost so many things. My dad's house is on the restricted area of Famagusta and we cannot even visit, imagine that.

    Have a nice day
    Yiota

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