Famagusta
Famagusta
Posted under Famagusta by Lavinia Neville Smith
Famagusta | North Cyprus
Originally called Ammochostos (hidden in the sand), the town’s origin dates from about 275BC when it was settled by people from Egypt. The population increased and the port was established as the harbour of Salamis silted up and became unusable. Called Gazimagusa by the...
North Cyprus – Destination Famagusta!
Posted under Famagusta, History, Living in North Cyprus, North Cyprus, Salamis, Tourism, Walking & Rambling by Lavinia Neville Smith
Of the two main holiday destinations in North Cyprus, Famagusta and the surrounding area come second in popularity to Kyrenia. But it was not always so. Prior to the partition of the island in 1974, Famagusta was one of the “Hot” spots for tourism. The long sandy beach that stretches...
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...
Salamis
Posted under Salamis by Lavinia Neville Smith
The partially excavated site of the ancient city of Salamis, has fascinated archaeologists for hundreds of years and it is the most important archaeological site on the whole of Cyprus.
Nestling on the shoreline of Famagusta Bay, the remains of this once glorious and powerful ancient city...
Enkomi
Posted under Salamis by Lavinia Neville Smith
The remains of this copper producing city were first discovered in 1896, but as the first excavations produced evidence of burials, it was thought that this was just an extension of the Salamis necropolis. In the 1930’s it was excavated again and the outline of a town emerged, and with it the...
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