The Residence at Bellapaix Kyrenia

Hi Had a fantastic holiday I went on the net, and I am not a tech whiz kid by any means but my son told me he had hear about this fab new site www.my-holidayrental.com it was so easy to use and it has not got so many properties that you lose your way but its got enough to pick from I picked Cyprus and called a really nice gentleman that owned the villa we booked and our holiday was my best ever, I will try Spain next and will always use www.my-holidayrental.com

Mrs Ann Fletcher

... interested in visiting the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, known as Europe’s last divided city since 1974 when the Greek Cypriot National Guard ousted the president provoking Turkey to send troops to protect their interests on the island. Since then, a Green Line has divided the Turks in the north and the Greeks in the south.

Highlights of Cyprus

1. At the Cathedral of St. John in Nicosia, we saw the most amazing paintings ...

... nicosia is the capitol for both the greek and turkish half of cyprus and is one of the last remaining divided cities in the world. after visiting berlin last month, it was kind of erie to actually experiance no mans land and checkpoints running through the middle of a funtioning city centre.

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ayia napa ruckus, limassol, .....

... an "illegal" border crossing. We wouldn't want any evidence in our passports, would we? For some reason that stamp into the Turkish part could actually cause someone to be denied into back into Cyprus if the passport were ever to be checked.

To cross I had to register with the Turkish border police and get my stamp. Then leaving the "country" I had to present the piece of paper and my passport again to show that I was leaving. Can I count this ...

Spent a week in a resort hotel in the city of Limmosal. Toured the entire island except for the Turkish portion on the top third of Cyprus.

Most of the tourist signs are in 1) Greek 2) Russian and last but not least 3) English.

This ...

... I drove to the wedding in Hazels red convertible mercedes which looked stunning with ribbons all over it. But my face was a picture!! I was 1 minute late and I was sooo flustered because of this!! 1 flaming minute!! for goodness sakes!! I can laugh about it now thank god. My bridesmaids and flower girl and my uncle did an amazing job and I walked down the aisle with my Uncle to Eva Cassidy's "You Take My Breath Away" it is stunning. As soon as I saw David my heart melted and my ...

... the night there, and drive all the way to our residence early the following morning.

Unbelievable what we could see. The fire had reached the last bushes down the sea.

And this trip ends here unexpectedly.

We spent 4 months working on the house, cleaning and having it painted again.

It was a nightmare, but we survived. This incident made us stronger.

... to him "G'day Mate, you going all right?" His facial expression did not alter, but as I continued to stand there almost frozen to the spot, he slowly moved the rifle so that it was now pointing just to the right of me, and still he made no attempt to smile or reply. At that point I slowly walked away, and while I was never threatened or had the rifle pointed at me directly, I was left in no doubt that this was serious business and that even after 30 years there was a sharp edge to those involved!

... chains, t-shirt stores, and lots of people wanting to get very drunk. It was slightly fun to wonder around and just eb thankful that i didn;t want to be a part of any of it. We wondered into the old abbey at the center of town and caught a free concert of music and dance from the 1400's, a great anecdote to everything else in town. After that we were ready to find a safe place to sleep outside. OUt of habit, we started heading to the beach when I ...

Hey! How u doin' ?? It's been a while since ive written to you. I have to say i really enjoy Cyprus. The lifestyle over here is very relaxed (unlike Athens which was a 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 ...