Kyrenia - Bellapais
 

. .Saturday 30.00 CYP
Drive in the morning to Nicosia and through the border checkpoint
crossing into the northern part of the island and head straight to the
12th century Abbey of Bellapais an exquisite example of Gothic
architecture.

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Explore these idyllic setting and enjoy a chat and some refreshments at the Tree of Idleness immortalised by Lawrence Durell in his cliassic Bitter Lemons. Drive through lush greenery and charming villages to the picturesque harbour of Kyrenia, unmatched by any other place in Cyprus.

The jewell of the Levant as it was once known it now boasts old colonical buildings by the quayside, a huge cylindrical castle a harbour used for pleasure boats and yachts an array of restaurants and coffee shops around its crescent shape. Ample time will be given for lunch and souvenir hunting A brief visit to the Kyrenia castle will take you over a dry moat right into to the main guard passing by the byzantine chapel of St. George. From the towers the veiw of the harbour is at your feet and St. Hillarion castle can be detected in the vicinty. The castle is now used as a museum and houses a 2300 years old single sail shipwreck considered to be the oldest ever found.
 
 
 

 

 

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