Advantages: Ruins (and scenery, and wild flowers in Spring) Disadvantages: Ruined (or on the way to becoming so)
...It was saddening to find Northern Cyprus, which we had hoped might be at least to some degree protected from over-development by its diplomatic isolation, beginning to go the same way.
* History *
Where to begin? From neolithic times, Cyprus has had its fill of history and the resultant indigestion is felt acutely to this day. Practically everyone who was ever anyone around the Mediterranean has staked a claim to it at one time or another, usually ... ...limestone ridges that parallel the northern coast. Here they could be used as lookout posts on alert for invading fleets, as well as fortified refuges after any invasion. All entail a bit of climbing to be seen in full, and all more than repay the effort. St Hilarion, just inland from the port of Girne, is the most easily reached and has a well-preserved and well-presented interior. Kantara, the most remote, affords astounding views eastward over ...
torr 05.04.2007 (23.04.2007)
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