My favourite place in Cyprus, whats yours?

[IrishCypriot]

Without question, there is nothing more enjoyable or beautiful for that matter than to sit by the Marina in kyrenia/Girne chilling out with over a beer. That for me is an amazing experience. I love coming over the mountains with the sea in view and coming down into the town. It is great. I think if I had to pick a single place out this would be it. On the other hand, having grown up in Ireland where our culture is to go away an get drunk for two weeks, again Cyprus is a winner with Ayia Napa!! People living in Cyprus do not know how lucky they are to live on such a beautiful Island with two amazingly different Cultures. Its a shame there is a division. My father was born in Larnaca and in the 60's his family moved to Lefkose/Nicosia. After the division his family lived and still do today in Northern Cyprus. I am proud to be a decendant of a Cypriot. Some day I hope to make my home in Cyprus. Has anyone ever been to Ireland? Trust me when I say, if you have not, you have not missed much!!

[Bananiot]

You are not doing Ireland justice. I have been to Ireland and I fell in love with the people and the place.

[Birkibrisli]

[brother]

[lionfish]

irish cypriot you are a plonker !! obviosly cypriot 90% irish 10%.
ireland is a beautiful place especially the west coast which is stunning.
in the cities the people are the most friendly in the world, cypriots second of course so ignore cypriot irish and if you ever get a chance to visit dont miss it.. slaince! the chicks aint bad either

[IrishCypriot]

First of all, im not a plonker lionfish and I dont appreciate that language. I suppose when you live in a place long enough you grow tired of it, well some people any way and I happen to be on of them. I dont question the beauty of Ireland, but at the same time I lived here in 1987, I live here now in 2007. In that time, Ireland has changed from a very Poor country with no infastructure to a power house economy, with that brought huge changes not least in the people. I find Ireland a much more ignorant place today then it was 20 years ago and I not saying all Irish are but it has changed so much, some say for the better, others say for the worse. I think Ireland has lost its character, its not the 40shades of green, nor the little men with red hair and green coats. Ireland has grown up. Yeah, there are still great places in Ireland but my overall perception has changed so much with Ireland because the Irish culture changed over night.

I live in Dublin, I have been here for one year. Before that I lived in Belfast during the last 5years of the Irish Troubles and before that I lived in a town called Cashel in Co Tipperary. For me, Dublin has become one of the most ignorant places on earth. I remeber when it was friendly here, but people are too concerned with getting from A-Z as quickly as possible. I live in a quite part of Dublin, in an area called Harolds Cross. I have a park near my house and I have a Dog Racing track very close to me which is good fun to go to.

Nobody has actually told me what there favourite place in Cyprus is???? Your all more concerened with telling me im wrong and that Ireland is beautiful!!

Differnent cultures, yes, I suppose its more to do with new generations of people growing up on different sides of the border, Ok, I admit that I have only been to Cyprus once since the border has been open but I have been on both sides many times. In the north I see, particularialy with the older generation, a people very content with life, who are living their lives as if nothing has happened where as on the South, the same generation are much more opinionated and far more active in life pre 1974. I remeber crossing the border and old women mourning the sons sat on the south side, in the north there was none of that. Also, with the younger generation, I see the northerns a lot like the younger turks in coastal areas of turkey. Maybe that is changing again? But I have been to turkey and I see great similarities. With South cypriots, they are like they always have been, they are very active in the social night life scene with tourists in places ayia napa, perhaps the northerns were not like this because of the sanctions and no real growth oportunities for an ayia napa in the north. I dont know. I do see a difference but that has solely been because of the border. Two Cypriot peoples who co-existed have lived in seperate ways for the best part of 40years, that is bound to change people, there way of lives and culture, particularily in the south where they have had huge economic income in comparison to the north. I may be wrong, but this is just my opinion and I do not mean to offend any one and if i do please let me know.

If you want to know more about me or my family please ask. Also, is everyone who wrote replies living in Cyprus here?

[Birkibrisli]

[erolz]

[Birkibrisli]

[brother]

My favourite place in the North is Girne/Kyrenia and Kaplica/Dhavlos and in the South i used to love Limassol as a child.

[Crash Test Dummy]

best place in Cyprus...Hmmmm......

really got me thinking...will get back to you

[stavrizatz]

Favourite place hmmm... dificult to answer but I'll say the high peaks of Pentadaktylos mountains.

It will be easier to answer the least favourite: on an old building in the old part of Lefkosia looking at Ayia Sophia that became a mosque and in the background the flags on the Pentadaktylos!

Turkish settlers in North, another thing that makes me wonder... how many are they, official sources say they are approximately twice as many as the Turkish Cypriots. Friends of mine say they fear that turkish settlers are more than four times the Turkish Cypriots and now Erolz you say that you believe Turkish Cypriots are more than the settlers! Does anyone know?

[erolz]

[depurple]

In the North!
My favorite place in Cyprus is Ayios Helirions Castle and also Koufi Petra!
The beach in Arkotissa is also fantastic:

In the Sth!
It is Ayia Napa: I love sitting on the beach and perving at all the naked women!
I just dig a 12 inch hole in the sand and lay face down with my Elvis Mirror Sunglasses on!
What a buzz!
cheers!

[stavrizatz]

Erolz wrote: