Lonely Planet Cyprus

by Hellander, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781864500752
• ISBN10: 1864500751
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Table of Contents

The Author	6	(1)
This Book	7	(1)
Foreword	8	(3)
Introduction	11	(2)
Facts about Cyprus	13	(19)
History	13	(5)
Geography	18	(1)
Geology	18	(1)
Climate	18	(1)
Ecology & Environment	19	(1)
Flora	19	(1)
Fauna	19	(1)
National Parks	20	(1)
Government & Politics	20	(2)
Economy	22	(1)
Population & People	22	(1)
Education	22	(1)
Arts	22	(6)
Society & Conduct	28	(2)
Religion	30	(1)
Language	31	(1)
Facts for the Visitor	32	(31)
Highlights	32	(1)
Suggested Itineraries	32	(1)
Planning	32	(2)
Responsible Tourism	34	(1)
Tourist Offices	34	(1)
Visas & Documents	35	(1)
Embassies & Consulates	36	(1)
Customs	37	(1)
Money	38	(2)
Post & Communications	40	(3)
Internet Resources	43	(1)
Books	43	(1)
CD ROMs	44	(1)
Newspapers	44	(1)
Radio & TV	44	(1)
Video Systems	45	(1)
Photography & Video	45	(1)
Time	46	(1)
Electricity	46	(1)
Weights & Measures	46	(1)
Laundry	46	(1)
Toilets	47	(1)
Health	47	(8)
Women Travellers	55	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	55	(1)
Disabled Travellers	55	(1)
Senior Travellers	55	(1)
Travel with Children	55	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	55	(1)
Business Hours	56	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	57	(1)
Activities	57	(2)
Work	59	(1)
Accommodation	59	(1)
Food	60	(1)
Drinks	61	(1)
Entertainment	61	(1)
Spectator Sports	62	(1)
Shopping	62	(1)
Getting There & Away	63	(10)
Air	63	(6)
Sea	69	(2)
Organised Tours	71	(2)
Getting Around	73	(8)
Bus	73	(1)
Car & Motorcycle	73	(3)
Bicycle	76	(1)
Hitching	76	(1)
Local Transport	76	(1)
Organised Tours	77	(4)
THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
Lefkosia	81	(21)
History	81	(1)
Orientation	81	(2)
Information	83	(4)
Walking Tour	87	(1)
The Venetian Ramparts	87	(1)
Cyprus Museum	88	(1)
The Ledra Palace Hotel Crossing	88	(1)
Roccas Bastion	88	(1)
The Pafos Gate	89	(1)
Holy Cross Catholic Church	90	(1)
Faneromeni Church	90	(1)
The Green Line	90	(1)
The Bayraktar Mosque	90	(1)
Leventis Municipal Museum	90	(1)
Cyprus Jewellers Museum	91	(1)
The Ledra Museum-Observatory	91	(1)
The Omeriye Mosque	91	(1)
Dragoman Hatzigeorgakis Museum	91	(1)
The Archbishop's Palace	91	(1)
Makarios Cultural Foundation	92	(1)
Folk Art Museum	92	(1)
National Struggle Museum	92	(1)
Lefkosia Municipal Arts Centre	92	(1)
Panagia Hrysaliniotissa	92	(1)
The Famagusta Gate	92	(1)
Chrysaliniotissa Crafts Centre	93	(1)
Cyprus Handicrafts Centre	93	(1)
Places to Stay	93	(1)
Places to Eat	93	(2)
Entertainment	95	(1)
Spectator Sports	96	(1)
Shopping	96	(1)
Getting There & Away	97	(1)
Getting Around	98	(1)
Around Lefkosia	99	(1)
Ancient Tamassos	99	(1)
Monastery of Agios Irakleidios	99	(1)
The Mesaoria Villages	99	(2)
Places to Stay & Eat	101	(1)
Getting Around	101	(1)
Lemesos & The South Coast	102	(15)
Lemesos	102	(2)
History	104	(1)
Orientation	104	(1)
Information	104	(2)
Walking Tour	106	(1)
Lemesos Medieval Castle & Museum	106	(1)
The Hammam	106	(1)
Kebir Cami	106	(1)
Archaeological Museum	107	(1)
Folk Art Museum	107	(1)
Wet `N Wild	107	(1)
Places to Stay	107	(1)
Places to Eat	108	(1)
Entertainment	109	(1)
Shopping	110	(1)
Getting There & Away	110	(1)
Getting Around	110	(1)
Around Lemesos	111	(1)
Ancient Kourion	111	(2)
The Sanctuary of Apollon Ylatis	113	(1)
Kourion Museum	113	(1)
Kolossi Castle	113	(1)
Akrotiri Peninsula	114	(1)
Ancient Amathous	114	(1)
Beaches	115	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	116	(1)
Getting Around	116	(1)
The Troodos Massif	117	(15)
Troodos Central	117	(1)
Troodos	118	(3)
Platres	121	(2)
The Marathasa Valley	123	(1)
Pedoulas	124	(1)
Kalopanayiotis	124	(2)
Places to Stay & Eat	126	(1)
Getting There & Away	127	(1)
The Solea Valley	127	(1)
Orientation	127	(1)
Kakopetria	127	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	128	(1)
Getting There & Away	128	(1)
Pitsylia	129	(1)
Orientation	129	(1)
Hiking	129	(1)
Stavros Tou Agiasmati Church	129	(1)
Panagia Tou Araka Church	129	(1)
The Maheras Monastery	130	(1)
Fikardou Village	130	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	131	(1)
Getting There & Away	131	(1)
Larnaka & The East	132	(23)
Larnaka	132	(2)
History	134	(1)
Information	134	(2)
Walking Tour	136	(1)
Ancient Kition	136	(1)
Archaeological Museum	137	(1)
Church of Agios Lazaros & Byzantine Museum	137	(1)
Grand Mosque	137	(1)
Larnaka Fort & Medieval Museum	137	(1)
Natural History Museum	138	(1)
The Pierides Foundation Museum	138	(1)
Places to Stay	138	(1)
Places to Eat	139	(1)
Entertainment	140	(1)
Shopping	140	(1)
Getting There & Away	140	(1)
Getting Around	141	(1)
Around Larnaka	141	(1)
Beaches	141	(1)
Hirokitia	141	(1)
Lefkara	142	(1)
Chapelle Royale	142	(1)
Stavrovouni Monastery	142	(1)
Panagia Angeloktisti Church	143	(1)
Larnaka Salt Lake	143	(1)
Hala Sultan Tekkesi	143	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	144	(1)
Getting Around	144	(1)
Agia Napa	144	(5)
Around Agia Napa	149	(6)
Pafos & The West	155	(24)
Pafos	155	(2)
Information	157	(1)
Walking Tour	157	(2)
Nea Pafos	159	(1)
Agia Solomoni & Christian Catacomb	160	(1)
Agios Lambrinos Rock Cut Tomb	160	(1)
Hrysopolitissa Church & St Paul's Pillar	160	(1)
Fort of Pafos	161	(1)
Pafos Aquarium	161	(1)
Tombs of The Kings	161	(1)
Archaeological Museum	161	(1)
Byzantine Museum	162	(1)
Ethnographical Museum	162	(1)
Places to Stay	162	(1)
Places to Eat	163	(1)
Entertainment	163	(1)
Getting There & Away	164	(1)
Getting Around	164	(1)
Around Pafos	164	(1)
Polis	165	(3)
The Akamas Heights Villages	168	(2)
The Akamas Peninsula	170	(2)
Tylliria	172	(7)
NORTHERN CYPRUS
North Nicosia	179	(14)
History	179	(2)
Information	181	(1)
Walking Tour	182	(1)
Dervis Pasa Museum	183	(1)
Buyuk Hammam	183	(1)
Belediye Pazari	183	(1)
Cami Selimiye	183	(1)
Bedesten	184	(1)
Library of Sultan Mahmut II	184	(1)
Lapidary Museum	184	(1)
Cami Haydarpasa	185	(1)
Buyuk Han & Kumarcilar Han	185	(1)
Turkish Museum	185	(1)
Museum of Barbarism	185	(1)
Places to Stay	186	(1)
Places to Eat	186	(1)
Entertainment	186	(1)
Shopping	187	(1)
Getting There & Away	187	(1)
Getting Around	188	(1)
Around North Nicosia	189	(1)
Morfou	189	(1)
Karavostasi	190	(1)
Lefka	190	(1)
Ancient Soloi	191	(1)
Ancient Vouni	191	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	192	(1)
Getting Around	192	(1)
Kyrenia & The North Coast	193	(11)
Kyrenia	193	(1)
History	194	(1)
Information	195	(1)
Kyrenia Castle & Shipwreck Museum	196	(1)
Folk Art Museum	197	(1)
Organised Picnics	197	(1)
Places to Stay	197	(1)
Places to Eat	198	(1)
Entertainment	199	(1)
Shopping	199	(1)
Getting There & Away	199	(1)
Getting Around	199	(1)
The North Coast	199	(1)
Beaches	199	(1)
Hiking	200	(1)
Bellapais	200	(1)
St Hilarion	201	(1)
Buffavento Castle	202	(1)
Alevkaya Herbarium	202	(1)
Lapithos	202	(1)
Kormakitis Peninsula	203	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	203	(1)
Getting Around	203	(1)
Famagusta & The Karpas Peninsula	204	(15)
Famagusta	204	(1)
History	205	(1)
Orientation	205	(1)
Information	206	(1)
Things to See	207	(2)
Places to Stay	209	(1)
Places to Eat	210	(1)
Getting There & Away	210	(1)
Getting Around	210	(1)
Around Famagusta	210	(1)
Beaches	211	(1)
Ancient Salamis	211	(2)
Church of Apostolos Varnavas	213	(1)
Royal Tombs	213	(1)
Engomi	213	(1)
Bogazi	214	(1)
The Karpas Peninsula	214	(1)
Beaches	215	(1)
Hiking	215	(2)
Monastery of Apostolos Andreas	217	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	217	(1)
Getting Around	217	(2)
Language	219	(8)
Greek	219	(4)
Turkish	223	(4)
Glossary	227	(8)
Index	235	(4)
Text	235	(4)
Boxed Text	239