Kyrenia
Lara (Vakıflar) Beach
Lara Beach | North Cyprus
Popular with expats is Lara (Vakıflar) Beach, 3km further along from Alagadi - Turtle Beach and signposted just before the large power station. There is no charge to park and swim. The somewhat scruffy dark sand beach is nonetheless generally clean, and there are...
Turtle (Alagadı) Beach
Alagadi (Turtle) Beach | Kyrenia
19km from Kyrenia is Turtle (Alagadı) Beach, where the Society for the Protection of Turtles (SPOT) has a small monitoring station, affectionately called the 'Goat Shed'. The twin sandy beaches here are generally undeveloped and are strictly speaking total turtle...
Vrysi (Acapulco) Beach
A short drive from Çatalköy Village is the private Vrysi (Acapulco) Beach, now looked after by the large five-star Acapulco Spa Resort Hotel, which caters for package tourists, but takes in casual guests as well. One of the finest sandy beaches on the island, due to it being private and...
Yavuz Çıkarma (Five Mile) Beach
One of Kyrenia's top swimming beaches, the Five Mile beach is located west of Kyrenia and is known as Yavuz Çıkarma (Five Mile) Beach, which is overlooked by the restaurant of the same name. This sandy cove has three names in Turkish. Altınkaya, after the rock next to it, is also the name...
Five Finger Mountains
Called Pentadactylos in Greek. Beshparmak in Turkish, and Five Fingers in English. These are the three names by which the mountain range, that runs parallel to the north coast, are known, and there is one particular part of the range that is truly the “Five Finger” mountain. According to one...
Kantara Castle
Kantara Castle | Famagusta
There are many different routes to his castle, all of them involve easy, if slow, drives up the mountain roads to the village of Kantara and from there follow the signs.
The documented history of Kantara coincides with that of Hilarion and Buffavento, and it saw its...
