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by **sweetim** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:23 pm

Hello to all of you...

I would like to ask you people how it is with travelling on Cyprus. I mean, I didn't rent any hotel or stuffs like that, I am going to visit my friend in Kyrenia (Girne), so on the north side of Cyprus. I bought flight ticket to Larnaca, so I will need to drive to Girne by taxi. Do I need some documents to get a visa? Are there any problems for tourists who didnt rent any apartment or booked hotel room? I hope it will not be a problem for me to go there but I am asking just in case..

Thank you for answers.

by **halil** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:59 pm

sweetim wrote:Hello to all of you...

I would like to ask you people how it is with travelling on Cyprus. I mean, I didn't rent any hotel or stuffs like that, I am going to visit my friend in Kyrenia (Girne), so on the north side of Cyprus. I bought flight ticket to Larnaca, so I will need to drive to Girne by taxi. Do I need some documents to get a visa? Are there any problems for tourists who didnt rent any apartment or booked hotel room? I hope it will not be a problem for me to go there but I am asking just in case..

Thank you for answers.

you can come from larnaca to leadra palace gate by taxi.from leadra palace gate u can get another taxi to take you girne.yuo don't need visa just show your passoprt or identification card.you can get in.we have families in australia or england sometimes they are coming from larnaka.they stays more than a month.they never had any problems.
have a nice holiday .

by **Pubdog2** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:50 pm

You won't get through without a visa.
Pick it up at the crossing point.

by **observer** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:23 pm

My son has just done more or less what you propose doing.

Take a bus from Larnaca to Nicosia which will take you to Eleftherias Square. This is about a 15 min walk from the Ledra Palace Crossing. Or you can take a shared taxi which will take you right to the Crossing. Naturally, you can hire your own taxi but it's not cheap.

You don't need to get permission in advance to cross into TRNC. You just pick up and fill in a piece of paper with your name, passport number, and nationality. That will be stamped by the nice TC girls at the crossing point (they are nearly all girls) and will allow you to stay in TRNC for up to 3 months.

At the border (it's a border for the TRNC) ask the way to the Girne Gate where there is a tourist information office. It's about another 15 minute walk. They will help you (if you need help) and show you where you can catch a bus or a shared taxi to Girne. If closed ask anyone, for a Girne bus or dolmus (say dollmoosh). They gather less than a 100 metres from the information office.

If money is not an object, forget the above. You can take a taxi all the way from Larnaca to Kyrenia (Girne) but not every taxi driver wants to do it. I don't think that there are any shared taxis going across, nor regular bus services.

There will be no problem finding a hotel. Few are ever fully booked and most can be googled and contacted.

Enjoy your holiday

by **Salonikios** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:14 pm

I want to come but Cyprus is far too expensive.In 2 years time when i will join the army maybe i will be enlisted in (ΕΛΔΥΚ) and get the chance to see the island from close range.

Limassol is affiliated as a sister city with Thessaloniki.What's life there;As χαλαρά as here :?: