Cyprus Museum Nicosia

... expecting too much, those cities tended to be crowded and usually boring aside from having a smattering of vaguely interesting museums, but Nicosia had the potential to be different. Nicosia, was the last divided capital in the world. Since ...

... it was like brandy, I can admit that it was quite good, but a bit sweet for my tastes.  Anyway, I bought 2 bottles. The (museum)……his house was just perfect.  I have only seen these kind of houses in villages when I was very ...

... ) due to the fact that in 1974 Cyprus was invaded by Turkey, who took over and occupied almost 40% of Cyprus which includes part of the city of Nicosia. The UN sent in a Peace Keeping Force, which is still in place today, and they established a ...

... push 2 singles together for us (this is very common all over Europe). Thursday 4th January The whole of Cyprus is an immense open air museum, and the living past is everywhere. Relics and monuments of every period from the misty pre-historic days ...

... my fair share of Gyros, Souvlaki, Souvla (Kabobs), Baklava, Humus, and Halloumi Cheese (made from goats milk..very salty).   Cyprus is a small treasure, I think, hidden from a lot of the world.  It is a small island, although the third largest ...

... our lunch. We walk as far as the old town of – Laiki Yitonia, and also come to the green line that separates Cypriot Nicosia with the Turkish. The site below has every detail of the places we visited today, and a little about the history.  I ...

... located inside a large and beautiful cathedral, St. Sophia. It is very open and airy and full of tourists. After our day in Nicosia we returned to Kyrenia for some 10-pin bowling. Of course my boyfriend, Mr. Competitive, won the first round and came ...

... old hotel. Bombed out buildings and those riddled with bullet holes can be seen. We decided to stay in the Greek Side of Nicosia for the first night. We crossed the border and went from prayer beeds and the Call to Prayer, to crusifixes and church ...

... a centre for the cult of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and we saw a beautiful 1st century BC marble statue of her at the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia. No pix allowed but I bought the postcard ! On the way to Nicosia, we drove past citrus and olive ...

... 't have enough time to visit one of few good museums which are in Lefkosia, such as Cyprus Archaeological Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Byzantine Museum and Art Galleries etc. Lefkosia has an abundance of museums, galleries, ancient churches, historical ...