Ιστορικές τοποθεσίες, κάστρα, ερείπια, μουσεία και φυσικά θαύματα.
Byzantine-Crusader-Venetian fortress at the harbour entrance housing the Shipwreck Museum with a remarkably preserved 4th-century BC Greek trading vessel — the town's most visited attraction.
13th-century Augustinian Gothic monastery in the village of Bellapais (Beylerbeyi), 6 km above Kyrenia, with a beautifully preserved cloister, refectory and breathtaking sea views.
Fairy-tale Crusader castle perched at 732 m on the Pentadaktylos range above Kyrenia, with three tiers of towers, winding staircases and panoramic views to both coasts — said to have inspired Disney's Snow White.
The highest of the three Kyrenia mountain castles at 950 m, with dramatic ruins clinging to a cliff ridge and spectacular 360-degree views — a favourite for hikers and solitude seekers.
Crusader castle at the eastern end of the Besparmak Mountains overlooking both the north coast and the Mesaoria plain toward Karpaz — the least-visited of the three mountain castles but with equally breathtaking views.
One of the best-preserved medieval walled cities in the world, ringed by 3 km of Venetian ramparts with 15 bastions and packed with Gothic churches, Ottoman mosques and historic landmarks.
Vast archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Salamis, a few km north of Famagusta, featuring a well-preserved Roman theatre, gymnasium, baths, mosaics and marble-columned streets.
14th-century Venetian citadel guarding Famagusta's harbour, named after Shakespeare's Moor of Venice — climb the battlements for sweeping views of the walled city and sea.
Former Cathedral of St Nicholas (1298–1312), the finest Gothic building in the eastern Mediterranean, where Lusignan kings were crowned — converted to a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of 1571.
Restored dungeon in the garden of the Venetian Palace where the Turkish poet and playwright Namık Kemal was imprisoned from 1873 to 1876, now a museum displaying his personal belongings.
Renaissance palace built by the Lusignans c.1300 and used as the Venetian governor's residence — only the grand three-arched triumphal facade and back courtyard walls survive, modelled on Roman triumphal arches.
Ancient Orthodox pilgrimage monastery at the very tip of the Karpaz Peninsula, recently restored, dedicated to the Apostle Andrew — a spiritual destination with a miraculous spring and sea views.
Monastery near the Salamis ruins housing an icon museum with Cypriot artefacts dating to the 7th century BC, an archaeological collection and the tomb chapel of St. Barnabas, patron saint of Cyprus.
40 sq km protected nature reserve on the Karpaz Peninsula, home to ~1,500 free-roaming wild Cyprus donkeys, nesting sea turtles, endemic flora and the spectacular Golden Beach.
Former glamorous beach resort suburb of Famagusta, fenced off and abandoned since 1974 — a haunting, frozen-in-time quarter visible from the shore, partially reopened for guided visits along the coast road.
Ruined 14th-century Greek Orthodox basilica in Famagusta's walled city, once one of the largest churches on the island, with dramatic collapsed domes and walls scarred by cannon fire from the 1571 Ottoman siege.