Country Info
- Nicosia
- Capital
- Cyprus Pound (CYP)
- Currency
- 762,887
- Population
- CY
- Country Code
Nicosia Slideshow
Top Hotels in Nicosia
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Cyprus Hilton Nicosia
108 reviews -
Park Nicosia Hilton
63 reviews -
Holiday Inn City Center Nicosia
60 reviews -
Classic Hotel Nicosia
49 reviews
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Castelli Nicosia
18 reviews
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Cleopatra Hotel Nicosia
22 reviews
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Centrum Hotel Nicosia
46 reviews
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Almond Business Suites Nicosia
20 reviews
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Asty Hotel Nicosia
41 reviews -
City Royal Hotel & Casino Nicosia
3 reviews
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Averof Hotel Nicosia
12 reviews
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Rimi Hotel Nicosia
3 reviews
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Sky Hotel Nicosia
5 reviews
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Makris Hotel Nicosia
Nicosia
Travel Blogs from Nicosia, Cyprus
Pafos to Polis
This is a top pick! ... out and I pass the sign telling me I'm now in Akamas. It is beautiful. I cycle alongside Lara Beach, one of the few in Cyprus where turtles still come ashore to breed. The road again becomes a dirt track and this time its for real. Imagine a road with ...
Nicosia
This is a top pick! ... carriage way, so I pushed the bike under the road bridge along a pebble river bed and got onto the carriageway in the direction I hoped Nicosia was. I found the city easy enough, as ye do, but it was a bit of a mission to find the hostel. It being a ...
The Sandbags And The Gladrags
This is a top pick! ... in Dublin, so he and I said goodbye to the new Mrs. Kelly and the rest of my family and caught a bus up to Nicosia (a.k.a. Lefkosia...again with the multiple names). This is the capital of Cyprus and of Northen Cyprus - the only 'divided capital' in ...
IN LIMBO, ON A HOT, DRY ISLAND
This is a top pick! ... side, you can see a sign that reads: "Our Demand - For the Turkish Army and Settlers to Leave Cyprus!" On a pedestrian shopping street in Greek Nicosia, I laid out some of my stories and advertised them at a Euro apiece. Meanwhile, I sat quietly ...
Divided City
This is a top pick! ... had given up. Not long after, well after a Turkish coffee hit, I walked from the country that doesn't exist and into Cyprus Cypriot Nicosia The walls here are amazing. First you have barbed wire, and then, as this is a Venetian town, ...
North Cyprus
This is a top pick! ... of the UN. Turkish-Greek relations have always been at least a little bit strained, but despite recent diplomatic progress, the Cyprus issue still remains a problem. In fact, no travellers of non-Cyprus origin can enter Greek Cyprus from North Cyprus and ...
Cypriot Detour
This is a top pick! ... my hotel. -- Nicosia, the last divided capital in the world. Early the next day I headed west, 60km, to Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. I wasn't sure what to expect of Nicosia. Like most capitals, I wasn't expecting too much, those cities tended to ...
Just What I Was Looking For
... option on this island for the Ryanair crowd like me! Forty-five minutes later I was in downtown Nicosia (Lefkosa locally in Greek), and realized the importance of this place shortly after arrival. A political division and its ...
New Home Sweet Home
We are home now. If all went well, we arrive in Nicosia on the 16th (15th in ...
cyprus
Arrivee aux Etats-Unis Chypriotes : air conditionne a fond, macdo livre a domicile, voitures omnipresentes, pas de transports publics, driving thru pou tirer des thunes au guichet, pas de chomage, tout pour le business et impots alleges... Mais une ...
Good times in Ayia Napa
... lot more stressful and on the go). I am living with my cousins Mario and Rita in Lefkosia which is the capital of Cyprus (aka Nicosia). Lefkosia is located towards the centre of the island and is home to about 200,000 people. It has the unenviable legacy ...
Cyprus
... After disembarking the Ferging ferry in Northern Cyprus with shouts of glee and wails of excitement, we hitched a ride to Nicosia and crossed over onto the Greek side to meet my cousin Simon, his lovely wife Clare and adorable son ...
Setting Off
... will take me through all the cities and countries I have lived in my life- Houston, Washington DC, Bishkek, Kuala Lumpur, Nicosia and, unofficially, London. That was not the initial goal but it works out that way. Friends and circumstance attract me ...
A FIKARDOU HOUSE - 2 videos Cyprus
THE CYPRIOT TRADITIONAL HOUSE AT FIKARDOU We are walking through the narrow alleys of the village, and I am taking photos. After the morning rain, the sun is out and everything looks so shiny and clean. It is an excellent moment to take photos, but ...
Snow at last! Then a sobering reality check.
... ) 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 ...
10000 Years of History and Civilisation
Wednesday 3rd January We are up at 3.30am for our 7am flight from Manchester International to Paphos International, Cyprus, and once again we are thankful to Tony for getting our tired butts out the door and delivered to the airport on time. It's a ...
Early Rise
2 days ago we had booked up for the craziest day-trip we'd heard of - Cyprus to Cairo!. We were in Pathos, Cyprus, for a well earned rest; no excitement or activity, just rest, sun and chill. Then the bouncy, happy, excited Duracell bunny (often known ...
The Turkish-Cypriot Hospitality of an Old Woman
A DREAM COMES TRUE! My friends drive me to Nicosia as Antonis has to meet some people. He has some business and me and Christalla patiently wait for him to finish. We are waiting for hours I can admit and we have plenty of time to get to know better ...
WAITING FOR THE TAXI TO COME ON MY BIRTHDAY
... when the taxi left, but had to pick one or two other passengers from their houses, so it was already quite late when I reached Nicosia. Dimitri is expecting me at a certain spot that we agreed to meet, and he drives me to our friend’s house ...
Cyprus
... in the world. Barbados is #1 and I think Las Vegas was 4th or 5th. Also, what do you call a person from Cyprus? - a) Cyprissian b) Cypriot or c)Cyprussian - The answer is 'Cypriot' pronounced 'sip'- 're'- 'ought' Who knew? I'm in Beirut, Lebanon now ...
Yassas! Eimai apo stin Nicosia!!
... is affiliated with Greece and Greek culture. It is its own island southeast of Greece. Also, the capital of Cyprus is Nicosia. It is also referred to as Lefkosa. Because the country is owned by Turkey and Greek government, Nicosia ...
Yassas Kupros...It's Been Nice.
... 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 ...
INTERESTING SPOTS IN NICOSIA- one video
... 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 ...
A Stroll in the Old City of Nicosia -Ledra Street.
The Capital of Cyprus - Nicosia Foreigners can get confused as one place can have several different names. You see, Greeks call the capital Lefkosia, the British call it Nicosia, and the Turks call it Lefkosa. What hurts most for us Cypriots is the fact ...
TIPS ON TAXIS, BUSES, AND CLOTHING IN CYPRUS
... so good if you arrive at the check in just after the coaches unload and spend an hour queuing. Another useful item of Cyprus travel information concerns the whole business of hire cars and some of the common mistakes holiday makers tend to make. ...
Feeling hot, hot hot.
Made it. A fairly painless flight apart from the expected scrums at check-in and the uber-serious security; my bag went through so many x-ray machines this morning that its still glowing slightly. Discovered an interesting Russian currency trick at ...
TRADITIONAL DANCING IN CYPRUS-videos
TRADITIONAL DANCERS This will give you an idea of what happens at a traditional Cypriot dinner party. After the festival, we have a dinner party, all the choirs together. Cypriot traditional dancers open the programme, and finally we are all dancing and ...
A walk through time
... Kolossi, site of one of the best preserved French, or Lusignian, castle-fortifications in the country. After Richard conquered Cyprus, the Knights Templar eventually persuaded him to sell it to them; to finance their purchase, they levied heavy taxes on ...
Die geteilte Hauptstadt
Ankunft: 27.04.2011 07:00 Uhr Limassol Abfahrt: 27.04.2011 14:00 Uhr Limassol 27.04.2011... Da wir nur bis um zwei Uhr in Limassol, Zypern, liegen, müssen wir früh aufstehen. Um sechs stehen wir schon unter der Dusche, und um sieben sind wir bereits ...
A city divided
... 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 ...