The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Southern wall and archaeology
Nicosia
- 1
Famagusta Gate, Nicosia
Famagusta Gate makes Nicosia’s unusual circular fortifications tangible at ground level. Walking through or around the vaulted structure helps explain how the Venetian walls controlled movement into the city, while nearby bastions show the scale of the wider defensive plan. It is a useful starting point for understanding the old city as a fortified whole. The stop works especially well when placed beside nearby sites from the same region, because the contrast in landscape, architecture or historical period makes the wider character of Cyprus easier to understand.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Cyprus Museum
The Cyprus Museum provides the broad chronological framework that individual archaeological sites cannot offer on their own. Objects from different regions can be compared in one place, making it easier to understand shifts in settlement, religion, art and trade across thousands of years. It is particularly valuable before or after visiting Paphos, Kourion, Salamis or Choirokoitia. The stop works especially well when placed beside nearby sites from the same region, because the contrast in landscape, architecture or historical period makes the wider character of Cyprus easier to understand.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Ottoman and Gothic northern old city
Nicosia
- 1
Büyük Han
Büyük Han is one of the clearest surviving examples of Ottoman commercial architecture on the island. The enclosed courtyard makes its original function easy to imagine: travellers, animals and goods were gathered within a protected urban complex. Today the architecture remains the main reason to visit, and it pairs naturally with nearby Selimiye and the walled-city streets. The stop works especially well when placed beside nearby sites from the same region, because the contrast in landscape, architecture or historical period makes the wider character of Cyprus easier to understand.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia
Selimiye is one of the strongest architectural demonstrations of Cyprus’s changing rulers and religious institutions. The Gothic structure remains legible beneath later mosque adaptations, allowing medieval Lusignan architecture and Ottoman reuse to be read together. Its position close to Büyük Han makes the surrounding streets a concentrated study of Nicosia’s layered history. The stop works especially well when placed beside nearby sites from the same region, because the contrast in landscape, architecture or historical period makes the wider character of Cyprus easier to understand.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.