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Nicosia: Last Divided City, Tour combining South & North 20% OFF
Nicosia, Cyprus, Europe
$64.13
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Overview
The Nicosia: Last Divided City tour invites you to explore the rich history bridging the Greek and Turkish sides of this divided city. Starting in the UN-controlled area, participants will encounter significant landmarks that tell the story of a divided yet hopeful future.
- 🏨 The Ledra Palace Hotel serves as a silent witness to history, now functioning as a headquarters for UN peacekeepers.
- 🟩 Walk along the infamous "Green Line," the UN-controlled buffer zone dividing the city, and see everyday life along this historic boundary.
- 🕌 Visit the Selimiye Mosque, formerly the Cathedral of St. Sophia, showcasing the city's complex heritage and architectural beauty.
- 🏛️ Explore the Buyuk Han, Cyprus’ best-preserved Ottoman caravanserai, now a vibrant arts center with galleries, workshops, and cultural performances.
- 📜 Witness the medieval Venetian Walls encircling the Old City, a remarkable fortification that leaves a lasting impression.
- 🚪 See the Kyrenia Gate, one of three historical entrances to the Old City, reflecting over a thousand years of history.
- 🎭 Discover the Kumarcilar Han, a smaller caravanserai known as the Gambler’s Inn, which features a monumental carved gate and arts and craft shops.
- 🏪 Walk around the Bedesten, an important historical building that has transformed from a church to a covered market over its thousand-year history.
- ☕ Take a break to savor Turkish coffee as the call to prayer echoes, absorbing the blend of old and new within the walled city.
- ♿ Wheelchair accessible with nearby public transportation options available for convenience.
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Nicosia: Last Divided City, Tour combining South & North
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- We will take a small break and sit down with a Turkish coffee as the call to prayer echoes and soak up the merging of old and new that permeates this side of the walled city.
Meeting point
The address is Markou Drakou Avenue, 1102 Nicosia.
The parking lot where we will meet is situated to the west of Nicosia. It is located near the Green Line, just before the Ledra Palace Checkpoint on the right side. On maps, add "Ledra Palace Crossing Point"
Return details
Ledra Street checkpoint
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Buyuk HanCyprus’ best-preserved example of Ottoman caravanserai architecture. The Han was built to provide accommodation for travelers from Anatolia and other parts of Cyprus. Today the Great Inn has been revived as a thriving arts center, consisting of several galleries and workshops, and has once again become the hub of North Lefkosia's Old City bustle. Folklore dance shows, piano recitals, and drama displays are also common nowadays within the walls, and this attraction is a must-see when visiting Nicosia.
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Selimiye CamiiWe shall explore the most prominent landmark in Lefkoisa, the Selimiye Mosque, a cross between a French Gothic church and a mosque, its fascinating history stretches back to the 13th century. Selimiye Mosque historically known as the Cathedral of Saint Sophia is a former Roman Catholic cathedral converted into a mosque. It is the the largest surviving historical building in Lefkosia, sources claim it “may have been the largest church built in the Eastern Mediterranean in the millennium between the rise of Islam and the late Ottoman period.”
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Medieval Venetian WallsYou will see the Venetian walls and how they form a border around the Old City. They are so unusual that once seen on a map, they will never be forgotten as a design synonymous with the unique shape of this ancient fortification.
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Kyrenia GateYou shall witness one of the three gates in the Venetian walls that encircles the old city of Lefkosia, providing access to the city from the north. For over a thousand years, Lefkosia was a walled city, from the Lusignans through to the Ottomans. During the Renaissance era, the Venetians reconstructed great walls around the capital threatened by an impending Ottoman Empire.
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Kumarcilar HanThe Kumarcilar Han also called the Gambler’s Inn,it is also known as a caravanserai. Built around the end of the 17th century, it is much smaller and modest when compared with Büyük Han, but nonetheless typical of an Ottoman inner-city commercial inn. A monumental carved gate at the entrance dates to before the Ottoman conquest, and experts believe that the structure stands on a much earlier building, possibly the ruins of a monastery. This Han has been fully restored today and is used as an attraction with arts and craft shops.
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Bedesten - Eski Ayanikola KilisesiWe shall walk around the Bedesten, one of the most important historical buildings in Lefkosia, reflecting the multicultural life and diverse past of the city. The Bedesten has a long history spanning more than one thousand years. Originally built as a church in about the 6th century, it was expanded and rebuilt between the 12th and 16th centuries and converted to a covered market during the period of Ottoman rule.
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Nicosia: Last Divided City, Tour combining South & North 20% OFF
Nicosia, Cyprus, Europe
$64.13
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they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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