Updated: May 2025 It’s usually easy to visit Northern Cyprus, including getting a 30 day visitor visa upon arrival and organise a flight. North Cyprus has an open-door policy to visitors from almost all the countries of the world, in keeping with the wonderfully welcoming personality of the Turkish Cypriot culture and the international atmosphere of…
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4 years ago, contracts were signed for a 5-year expansion programme for North Cyprus International Ercan Airport (flight code ECN) close to the Cyprus capital Lefkosa (Nicosia). This is due to be completed sometime in 2020. Visitors taking flights to Ercan airport can see a huge difference from the airport they arrived a few years…
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You can also listen to this article. New TRNC government statistics have seen North Cyprus tourism increase significantly in the last 12 months – with increased numbers arriving from diverse areas including Europe(France and Germany both up by 25%), North America (Canada and USA up by 10 and 20%), Scandinavia (Finland up by 50%) even …
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NCI Discounts on Self-Catering Holiday Accommodation Options – Kyrenia area If you are coming on an extended combined holiday/property viewing visit to North Cyprus, you may well prefer to rent a self-catering apartment, villa or bungalow, rather than a hotel. As a service to our North Cyprus International (NCI) property viewing guests, we have researched…
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You can also listen to this article. My travels in North Cyprus… Monday, afternoon on the beach in Larnaca near the airport, finally around 5pm the haze clears, I watch the planes land, Christina arrives from Amman and we go north, pass NICOSIA/LEFKOSIA the border is easy going, hostilities have abated, all is relaxed, straight…
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You can also listen to this article. If you visit just one area of Northern Cyprus it is most likely to be one of the 5 Best Places to Visit in Kyrenia, well-known town of Kyrenia (in Turkish – Girne) and nearby Bellapais (Turkish – Beylerbeyi) on the North Coast of the island just 15 minutes…
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You can also listen to this article. North Cyprus, like adjoining Turkey, is a secular Muslim country. This means that Islam is not enforced (the country welcomes residents and visitors of all religions or none) yet there is a strong, peaceful and very spiritual Muslim presence making North Cyprus ideal as a Europeanised Muslim holiday…
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You can also listen to this article. North Cyprus Cheap Flights | Booking and our top tips! It’s that time of year – and our NCI Live Chat is buzzing with questions about how to book North Cyprus cheap flights from the UK and other countries for holidays and property inspection trips. Perhaps you are…
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With its three marinas, North Cyprus is well and truly “on the map” as an international yachting and marina destination. This month of June, the North Cyprus Marinas and the yachting press will be buzzing with excitement as a large fleet of around 80 yachts making up the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally will sail into…
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