Historical

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Visiting

The Timios Stavros Monastery church in Omodos, a cream stone church with a bell tower and red-tiled roofs

Timios Stavros Monastery

The courtyard of Kykkos Monastery in the Troodos mountains, stone arcades and a staircase to the church

Kykkos Monastery

A path through the Ayia Napa Sculpture Park lined with white stone sculptures among low scrub

Ayia Napa Sculpture Park

Hala Sultan Tekke near Larnaca, a domed mosque with a slender minaret among palm and cypress trees

Hala Sultan Tekke

The Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca, a stone Byzantine church with arched roofs and a bell tower on a paved square

Church of Saint Lazarus

The labyrinth mosaic of Theseus and the Minotaur in the House of Theseus at the Nea Paphos archaeological site

Nea Paphos Archaeological Site

A rock-cut tomb at the Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, a doorway carved into a sandstone outcrop among shrubs

Tombs of the Kings

The restored Greco-Roman theatre at Kourion, curved tiers of stone seats seen from above

Kourion Ancient Theatre

Cyprus Classic Motorcycle Museum

Cyprus Classic Motorcycle Museum

Ruins of Vouni Palace on its hilltop above the sea, low stone walls and steps beside a pine tree

Vouni Palace

The swan mosaic in the floor of the Soli Basilica, a bird in a roundel framed by a patterned border

Soli Basilica

The Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaca, a white two-storey house with blue shutters and a small balcony

Kyriazis Medical Museum

Apostolos Andreas Monastery on the Karpaz peninsula, a stone church with a white bell tower above stone steps

Apostolos Andreas Monastery

A rock-cut tomb at the Makronissos archaeological site near Ayia Napa, steps leading down to a doorway in the limestone

Makronissos Archaeological Site

Inside İncirli Cave in Northern Cyprus, white gypsum formations around a dark passage

İncirli Cave

MUSAN Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa

Saint Barnabas Monastery near Salamis, a domed stone church with a square bell tower and a garden courtyard

Saint Barnabas Monastery

The A. G. Leventis Gallery in Nicosia, a pale stone-clad modern building with its Greek name on the facade

A. G. Leventis Gallery

Cyprus Car Museum

The Morphou Archaeology and Nature Museum in Güzelyurt, a white two-storey building with an arched loggia and balcony

Morphou Archaeology and Nature Museum

Rows of tall marble columns with Corinthian capitals around the gymnasium courtyard at ancient Salamis, under a blue sky

Ancient Salamis

Stone wall of the Namık Kemal Dungeon in Famagusta's walled city, with a wooden door, a small barred window and an information plaque

Namık Kemal Dungeon

Entrance of the Derviş Paşa Mansion in North Nicosia: a blue double door under a wrought-iron fanlight in a yellow stone wall, with the museum's name plate beside it

Derviş Paşa Ethnographic Museum

The Venetian Column, a tall granite column topped with a globe, in the middle of Atatürk Square in North Nicosia under a blue sky

Venetian Column

Ağa Cafer Pasha Mosque in Kyrenia, a stone mosque with arched windows under a tiled canopy and a slim minaret, on a cobbled lane

Ağa Cafer Paşa Mosque

Entrance of the Peace and Freedom Museum near Kyrenia, a stone-clad doorway under a painted canopy

Peace and Freedom Museum

Kyrenia Harbour Antique Rail Museum

The white villa of the Blue House near Çamlıbel, with blue shutters, seen across its swimming pool

The Blue House

Two storeys of stone arcades around the courtyard of Büyük Han in North Nicosia, with bougainvillea and café umbrellas

Büyük Han

Stone entrance of the Mevlevi Tekke Museum in North Nicosia, with its iron gate and museum sign

Mevlevi Tekke Museum

The Venetian Kyrenia Gate in North Nicosia, a square stone gatehouse with a small dome, under a blue sky

Kyrenia Gate

The Tomb of Omar

Buffavento Castle

St. Hilarion Castle

The Karmi Bronze Age Cemetery

The Church of the Archangel Michael and the Icon Museum

The Church of Antiphonitis

The Shipwreck Museum

Bellapais Abbey

Kyrenia Old Harbour

Kyrenia Castle