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Getting from Ercan to Kyrenia, Nicosia and Famagusta

From Ercan you can reach all three cities within an hour, but the three roads are nothing alike. Nicosia sits 23 kilometres away at the end of a dual-carriageway ring road. Kyrenia is 43-44 kilometres, and with the Kyrenia Mountains pass in between…

Planning & Transport

How to Get to North Cyprus: Flights, Ferries and Crossing from the South

The plane landing at "Ercan" and the ship sailing from "Taşucu" both set out from the same country — Turkey. Anyone asking how to get to North Cyprus has three lines on the map: a flight, a ferry…

Planning & Transport

Can You Enter Cyprus with Just an ID Card? Passport and Entry Rules

You've bought the ticket, there's no time left for a passport appointment, and you're searching whether Turkish citizens can enter Cyprus with just an ID card. The short answer is yes — the long answer depends on which type of card you hold.

Planning & Transport

Crossing Points from South to North: Ledra Street, Metehan and the Others

There are nine crossing points between the south and north of Cyprus — and not all nine open to everyone. A tourist with an EU passport crosses in a few minutes, a Turkish Cypriot shows an ID card and walks through. For visitors from Turkey with a chipped…

Planning & Transport

Ercan Airport Guide: The New Terminal, Services and Tips

Anyone who last landed at Ercan before the summer of 2023 wouldn't recognise today's building. The old terminal has closed to passengers, replaced by a structure six times its size with 128,000 square metres of indoor space, and passenger…

Planning & Transport

Best Time to Visit Cyprus: Month-by-Month Climate and Sea Temperatures

Someone strolling along Kyrenia harbour in February and someone sitting at the same table in August are not experiencing the same island. In one, the sea is 15 degrees with ten rainy days a month; in the other, the water has warmed to 29 and…

Planning & Transport

3-Day North Cyprus Itinerary: A Kyrenia-Based Plan

This plan is written for a reader staying three nights in Kyrenia with the car parked outside the hotel. You wake up in the same bed every morning, return to the same harbour every evening, and unpack only once. The order is built around each stop's closing…

Planning & Transport

1-Week North Cyprus Itinerary: The Whole Island

Step off the plane at Ercan and you are right in the middle of the island. The airport sits east of Nicosia, and both Kyrenia and Famagusta are about forty to fifty minutes away. So where do you spend the first night? How do you shape a one-week North Cyprus itinerary?

Planning & Transport

A Weekend in Cyprus: The 48-Hour Itinerary

Leaving work in Istanbul on Friday afternoon and sitting down to dinner at Kyrenia harbour the same night is possible on the summer schedule: the AJet flight departing Istanbul Airport at 18.55 lands at Ercan at 20.25. Squeezed into two nights…

Planning & Transport

Honeymoon in Cyprus: Route and Hotel Recommendations

Of the 21 properties in Etstur's honeymoon category, 14 are in Kyrenia; of Tatilsepeti's 28 hotels, 20 are in Kyrenia too. Bafra ranks second on both lists, with Famagusta and Iskele trailing behind. For a Cyprus honeymoon…

Planning & Transport

North Cyprus with Kids: A Family-Friendly Plan

Merit Park's kids club stays open until 02.00 on Friday and Saturday nights and closes at midnight the rest of the week. For a family shopping for a hotel for a Cyprus holiday with children, the first yardstick is therefore not the star count but the club's hours…

Planning & Transport

Public Transport in North Cyprus: Buses, Shared Minibuses, Taxis

The bus from Nicosia to Famagusta doesn't take cash. The shared minibus from Kyrenia to Famagusta takes nothing but cash. That's why the Cyprus public transport network can't be explained with a single rule: every…

Planning & Transport

SIM Cards and Internet in North Cyprus

In North Cyprus your phone connects to one of two networks. KKTCELL has been running on Turkcell infrastructure since 1999. In addition, Telsim is owned by "Vodafone" and the company has been active on the island since 2006…

Planning & Transport

Is North Cyprus Safe? 15 Questions Tourists Ask Most

Myanmar, Iran, Sudan and Ukraine appear on the Turkish Foreign Ministry's travel advisory page — North Cyprus does not. For anyone asking whether North Cyprus is safe, that's the first official…