Excursion to Cyprus

sla019 · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: Excursion to Cyprus

A private visit in last autumn has convinced me that it be time to
explore the antiquities of Cyprus together with a group of my
students. So, I have a couple of questions and would be grateful for
any reply:

1. To the Cypriot Greek members of this list:

-- Is there any public transport between Corallia Bay and Paphos /
Ktima? (We will be baed in C.B. for a couple of days and want to visit
the antiquities of phaphos form there)

-- Is there a reduction on the entrance fee to archeological sites
(Ancient Paphos, Curium, Amatous) for students?

-- Could you recommend a reasonably priced hotel in Southern Nicosia
(unfortunately, my travel agent can't)

2. To the Cypriot Turk members:

-- I understand that there is a dolmush service beetween Nicosia and
Kyrenia. What about public transport between Nicosia and Famagusta?
And between Nicosia and Salamis?

Alternatively, could you recommend a bus company that could provide
transport for a Nicosia -- Salamis -- Famagusta -- Nicosia day trip?

Thanks to everybody who is willing to give me some advice!

Fritz Heberlein

Dr. Friedrich Heberlein
Dept. of Classics
University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Eichstätt, Germany
sla019@ku-eichstaett.de

erolz · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

Hi sla019 and welcome to the forum

There are 'dolmush' mini vans or dolmush taxis between Kyrenis/Girne and Nicosia and Nicosia and Famagusta. I am not sure about Famagusta / Salamis, but probaly there are. You would need to know where the 'destination' of the dolmush is, that goes past salamis and ask them to drop you there.

As far as arranging a bus for travel ion the North I would recommend contacting Kaleidoskop Tourism in Girne. They are a travel agent but I am sure they would be happy to just help arrange such transport in the North for you. They also speak german (if thats any help). They can be reached on 009039281561 and are really nice Smile

Hope that helps

brother · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

Hi sla019 and welcome to the forum welcome

At the entrance of 'famagusta' just before the roundabout on your right there is a bus terminal and a company called 'Gocmen' and 'Itimat' i believe they both do tours of cyprus especially around the famagusta region all the way to Salamis and Bedis.

Bullika · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

or you could just get a taxi

respiridus · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:31 pm Post subject:

respiridus · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject:

OK according to this there's a bus service to Coral Bay every day, between 8:00 and 19:00 (or 23:00 in the summer), every 20 minutes.

depurple · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

Also have plenty of Film and plenty of sunscreen and enjoy Cyprus unique history:Stretching some 10,000 years:
Places of interest:
Chirokitia
Amathus
Curien
Kiti & Teke
Tombs of the Kings
Salamina
Kyrenia Castle
BUT the Cyprus Tourist Office at the Airport has everything you need including a shovel to do your own digging! Only joking!

city · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:57 am Post subject: Re: Excursion to Cyprus

sla019 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

Thank you everyone for your helpful replies!

Fritz Heberlein

respiridus · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:

Regarding fees, a forum member has just said that, since 2004, there is an entrance fee for all archeological sites under the Republic of Cyprus control, except for Sundays.

I'm not sure if it's true or not, though.

respiridus · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject:

OK, according to the Cyprus Turism Organization web site, there's an entrance fee of 75 cents for archeological sites. You can also buy day cards for 2.50 CYP, and weekly cards for 5.00 CYP.

http://www.visitcyprus.org.cy/