As you sit beside the pretty Venetian port while watching the boat on the clear Mediterranean Sea, you're happy to choose Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus during the summer break. ]
Northern Cyprus is the unspoiled nature of the Mediterranean, a country where the sun shines 300 days a year and the locals are happy to welcome you to their homeland. In northern Cyprus you can enjoy the tranquility, the tranquility of stunning beaches, high mountains, ancient ruins or medieval monuments, or enjoy the water sports, scuba diving or paragliding experience. Choose Kyrenia as your base and stay in the nicest town of Northern Cyprus and is the ideal starting point for discovering this stunning and beautiful country.
Kyrenia or Girne, as the locals call it, is located around the almost impossibly perfect Venetian port. During the day, the cafeteria and restaurant waiters invite you to sit and relax for a cup of coffee or baklava or for a comfortable lunch from the fresh sea around the harbor walls. After an afternoon browsing, the shops in the medieval streets coming from the harbor from the old town will probably return to a well-earned dinner. Try the Carob Restaurant, an old 19th-century crunchy warehouse that has been converted into an elegant restaurant. Dinner on the rooftop terrace is absolutely essential for romantics and lovers of great sunsets!
Discover the streets and explore the local restaurants offering an excellent Cypriot Turkish menu at a lower price than you can find around the harbor. The Kyrenia owners of the famous Niazi restaurant claim to have created "full kebeb" with a variety of charcoal-grilled kebabs and accompanying snacks. Cypriot Turks believe that a really hungry person takes a kebab in Niazi!
Fortunately, Kyrenia is such an interesting city that will soon be making appetites for good food! The Kyrenia Castle is guarded above the port, and with the prospect of its battleships it is worth to climb the reinforced gates and ramps. The castle also houses the stunning Shipwreck Museum, one of the oldest shipwrecks. Go up the mountain and away from the sea and here you can pray the Djafer Pasa mosque in 1570. You literally go in history; the ground is covered with gingerbreads under the foot of the catacombs cut off from the limestone cliff.
In the maze behind the harbor, shopping is rewarding, simply because you never know exactly what you can find! Northern Cyprus is a unique and historic lace, basketball and excellent brandy. You may want to find the Lusignan Arts and Café bar where you can buy Cypriot wood carvings in the art gallery or suppress your thirst by the owner's mother in the concessions with refreshing lemonade.
Kyrenia is one of the best beaches in Northern Cyprus where golden sand is covered in shallow water, ideal for sunbathers and water sports enthusiasts alike. From Kyrenia you can easily visit part of Northern Cyprus. most famous sights. Just a short drive to the beautiful village of Bellapais and its famous ruinous August abbey, immortalized by the author of "Bitter Lemons" by Lawrence Durrell. The village is a nice place to stop and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere, but it does not sit for too long under the Soul Tree or you will never get up again!
Choose Kyrenia in North Cyprus for your summer vacation and enjoy the best in the Mediterranean without having to offer the many amenities, high-cost or high-rise buildings of other quiet resorts!