Karpaz Peninsula
The Karpaz Peninsula
Posted under Karpaz Peninsula by Lavinia Neville Smith
The Karpaz Peninsula | North Cyprus
There are still areas of Cyprus that have remained virtually unchanged for hundreds of years. Only the passage of time has left tell-tale marks upon the terrain and the shoreline. The wind has bent trees to its will and the salt spray has eroded cliff faces into...
Dipkarpaz
Posted under Karpaz Peninsula by Lavinia Neville Smith
Dipkarpaz | North Cyprus
This village is the centre of the Karpaz peninsula, it is here that a mixed community lives side by side just as they have done for hundreds of years. When the island divided in 1974 the majority of people residing in this area chose to stay put. There are Greek Cypriots...
Zafer Burnu
Posted under Karpaz Peninsula by Lavinia Neville Smith
Zafer Burnu | Karpaz
Continue along the track that goes through the monastery complex and the far end of the island is only a few minutes drive away. The breeze that never fails to cool, even on the hottest day, ruffles the two flags that fly from a high rock, while sea birds ride the thermals...
North Cyprus – Destination Karpaz!
Posted under Beaches, Cyprus Life, Famagusta, Karpaz Peninsula, Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus, Regions, Tourism, Walking & Rambling by Lavinia Neville Smith
No holiday to North Cyprus can be complete without a visit to the Karpaz Peninsula, this is the Cyprus of old, a land almost unspoilt by the savage hand of modern development, where Mother Nature still holds the reins of power; where donkeys, trees, flowers, and cereal crops dot the landscape as...
Carob Warehouses
Posted under Famagusta, Guzelyurt and Lefke, History, Karpaz Peninsula, Kyrenia, North Cyprus, Regions by Lavinia Neville Smith
Like sentinels along the Cyprus shore, stand the slowly crumbling relics of a wealthy past. These are the remnants of an ancient trade that once helped make Cyprus very rich. Dotted along the coastline, now abandoned and neglected, stand carob warehouses that are inexorably crumbling into a...
Panayia Kanakaria
Posted under Karpaz Peninsula by Lavinia Neville Smith
The route to the monastery church of the Panayia Kanakaria is easy. From the main road after Kumyali look for the signs and following the directions to Ziyamet, Gelincik and Kaleburnu. After about two miles the church complex is on the left. The main building is from the 6th century and there was...
