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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 ...

... darn, an American size (King) bed and it is even a thick mattress. A very comfortable arrangement here at the Marriott Athens Ledra. Located in the area of Athens called Koukaki the challenge is the Metro station is about a kilometer north of the Hotel, ...

The marathon begins..... We arrived in Athens via a short plane ride and taxied to our hotel, Ledra Marriott. Quickly dumping our luggage, we started sightseeing immediately because of our short stay here. Since it was late in the day we chose to visit ...

... we complete this cruise, we will have completely sailed around the world on a ship. In Athens we stayed at the Athens Ledra Maririott. Our accommodations were a small suite in a new modern hotel in downtown Athens. The stay here will help us adjust to ...

... the same usage patterns and decay as the south side, and similar road blocks. We take a route to the west of Ledra Street, seeing interesting lanes, a major showroom for electric transport, then head back to the hotel for another afternoon rest. At ...

... as Adidas, Hugo Boss, Costa Coffee, etc.  I didn't feel like I was anywhere special or unique as I wandered down Ledra Street which is a pedestrian shopping zone. I still hadn't found what I was looking for but wasn't leaving Cyprus until something ...

... ; It was a public holiday, so there was nobody on the road. Once parked, we walked the traditional way in, over the old Ledra Palace Road entrance, where we entered the part of Cyprus that believes it is another country, had a piece of paper stamped, and ...

... much its own entity, thank you very much. Leaving the very modern southern Lefkosia, we passed through a series of checkpoints at Ledra Palace, edged in barbed wire and congested by UN owned SUVs. Greek Cyprus reminded us in posters on our way out all ...

... invasion.  On 3rd April 2008, as part of efforts to reunify the island, a symbolic wall dividing the two communities at Ledra Street was opened.  We took the opportunity to cross the border here.  The crossing is very simple if you are a ...

... s koalami, metuljo farmo, market placeom, ...), zopet zelo zelo turisticno joj joj :) aa, kupla sem si the real Aussie HAT - ja, tak iz ledra tko zgledam k na divjem zahodu - sam konj mi se manjka, sam je kul in ga vlecem s sabo na PNG v dez in med ...

... than planned.  We headed back to the hotel and got on the internet and learned that our hotel in Athens, the Marriott Ledra, had discounted rooms available for tonight.  We booked the hotel and then walked to the train station to buy tickets for ...