Famagusta Mini Bus

Book online 1^st May to 15^th October OR 1^st April to 31^st October at our office at Agias Mavris 60, Ayia Napa.

“Explore with Us an indepth history of Ghost-town Famagusta”

A half day Safari into the spine-chilling Ghost-Town of Famagusta.

Famagusta was once upon a time be Key and the Heart of Cyprus, the hub of the Mediterranean, the port that merged East and West, where the spice routes met the silk roads, where pilgrims and merchants met Kings, knights and crusaders; where Greek, French, Armenian, Genoese, Venetian, Jewish, Syrian, Catalan, Pisan, Turkish and Arab merchants lived side by side, each in their own quarter, celebrating within their own traditions, their own religions.

A city adorned with 365 churches, one for every day of the year. A city, or rather now a living museum.

The trip begins with a visit to the Famagusta Cultural Center, where we can view the abandoned city from just a short distance away. We will see a short movie about Famagusta before the invasion and its evacuation in 1974. We then proceed crossing the border and drive along the fence which surrounds this once glamorous city, before arriving to the area part of Famagusta notorious as the “Ghost City” where you will witness the empty hotels along the coast line and have a chance to walk barefoot along the golden-sandy beach in the crystal clear waters of Varosia.

A guided tour inside the fortified walls of Famagusta and some free time giving you the chance to maybe see the remains of the Latin Church of St George, the Greek Church of St George, Arsenal (Martinengo Bastion), Othello Castle (Venetian governor of Cyprus), St Peter and St Paul Church, St Nicolas Cathedral originally (now known as Lala Mustafa Pasa Mosque), Nestorian Church (of St George the Exiler), remains of St Francis church and the remains of the Venetian Palace before we start heading back to the hotels.

Important Notes:

– Clients must have with them their Passports or their EU National Identity (ID) Cards! Only the citizens of European Union Countries are allowed to use their National Identity (ID) Cards to cross the checkpoint. All other nationalities must use their Passports for crossing. Only original documents can be used for crossing. Photocopies of the original documents or other forms of identification (e.g., driving licenses, temporary residence permits, etc.) cannot be used for crossing.

– Armenian, Syrian, Nigerian and Turkmenistan citizens cannot join these two excursions, unless they have a special visa!

– Ukrainian citizens living in Cyprus with a refugee status cannot join these two excursions as they are not allowed to cross the border.

– Greek citizens that have the old National Identity (ID) Cards which are handwritten with a pen, cannot join these two excursions. Greek citizens must have with them either a new National Identity (ID) Card or their Passport to be allowed to join these two excursions.