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Tour
of North Nicosia. Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly.
Conducted walking tour of North Nicosia. Meet 10.00 at the Kyrenia
Gate, or 10.30 at the Lokmaci crossing point.
More information. (Back to top)
Tour
of South Nicosia. Monday, Thursday and Friday weekly.
Conducted tour of South Nicosia. Meet 10am TIC Laiki Yitonia, South
Nicosia.
Monday.
The tour is conducted on an old wooden bus and takes visitors to two
of the most peaceful areas in Nicosia; the historic neighbourhood of
Chrysaliniotissa within the old city walls and Kaimakli area within
the Municipality of Nicosia.
Thursday.
This walking tour aims to give an overall picture of the city within
the walls and how it has evolved through the centuries.
Friday.
This tour, also partially by bus, aims to show the growth of the
city outside the walls from the 19th century to the present. Yet it
also encompasses the prehistoric past of the city that developed
along the Pedieos River and the excavations testifying to Nicosia's
uninterrupted cultural continuity.
Remember, if you are visiting south Nicosia, Turkish Lira is neither accepted or changeable. (Back to top)
Kyrenia
Market. Wednesday weekly.
Kyrenia municipal open air market. Here you will find fantastic
value on a vast range of goods, especially fruit, vegetables,
cheeses, yoghurts, oils and vinegars (often brought in from the
country by farming families), fish, footwear, clothing and all sorts
of odds and ends. (Back to top)
Famagusta Market. Friday weekly.
Here you can buy about everything you might need; clothing,
household items, flowers, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables. You
can also buy freshly pressed olive oil there, mostly made by the
vendor itself (and it does come very often in re-used bottles of
J&B, Bells or Teachers!). (Back to top)
Guzelyurt Market. Saturday weekly.
Everything from clothes, shoes, nuts, sweets, olive oil,
honey, home made cheese as well as fruit and vegetables are sold.
Produce is fresh, and local people are encouraged to sell the excess
from their own gardens. The market opens early, and continues till
about 1pm. It is situated on the main street opposite the museum and
church. (Back to top)
Friends Coffee Morning.
1st, 2nd 3rd and Last Wednesdays.
11am. Friends of those in Need coffee morning. The first 3
Wednesdays of the month will be at Ginko Restaurant, Namik Kemal
Square, Famagusta and is a social meeting. On the Last Wednesday,
it will be a fund-raising meeting at the Terrace Beach bar, Bogaz.
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Carpenters Market. Friday weekly.
Carpenters Craft & Farmers market, Karaoglanoglu. 10am to 1pm.
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Pegasos Market. Friday weekly.
Pegasos Friday market, Karaoglanoglu. The original Friday market.
10am - 2pm (Back to top)
Lambousa Market. Saturday weekly.
Chateau Lambousa Arts and Crafts Fair. 10am to 2.30pm (or later).
Stallholders include homebaked pastries and pies, homemade jams and
marmalades. CDs, DVDs and book stalls. A variety of clothing and
jewellery, antiques, paintings, sculptures and other arts and
crafts. (Back to top)
Moon Market.
Saturday weekly.
10am - 3pm. Saturday craft & general market at the Moon
Over Water, Iskele. (Back to top)
Children's Film Show. Saturday weekly.
2pm. Free film screenings for children (age 9 and up) at
Sidestreets, Nicosia. The films are sometimes in English, sometimes
Turkish. For information phone 0392 22 93070/71. Sidestreets is past
the post office, and opposite the law courts. (Back to top)
Free Concert in Nicosia, every Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Lefkosa Municipality Chamber Orchestra have free concerts in Lefkosa
every week
Wednesdays
Buyuk Han ( inside ) 11.30am – 1.30pm .
One week the wind trio, the following week the sting trio.
Buyuk Han square :11.30am – 1.30pm.
jazz orchestra.
Thursdays
Buyuk Han ( inside ) 11.30am – 1.30pm.
Pop orchestra.
Saturdays
Buyuk Han (inside) 11.30am – 1.30pm. Jazz
orchestra
Lokmaci gate :1pm – 3pm. One week the pop orchestra, the following
week the Latin orchestra. (Back to top)
Church Services, Every Sunday.
Both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches are represented
in North Cyprus. Sunday services are as follows.
St Andrew’s Church, Kyrenia (Anglican)
8am. Communion.
10am. Family Eucharist and Sunday School.
2pm. Turkish language service. (Held in the church hall)
5.30pm. Cyprus International Fellowship
5.30pm. 2nd Sunday, Communion at the Hermitage chapel
5.30pm, 4th Sunday, Evening prayer at the Hermitage chapel
St Mark’s Anglican Chaplaincy, Famagusta.
9.30am. Held at the Bogaz Hotel
11am. Communion (Except 1st Sunday, Morning Praise) Held at the Old
Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
5.30pm.Praise & Worship (Except 1st Sunday, Communion) Held at the
Old Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
St Elizabeth of Hungary R.C. Church, Kyrenia
12 Noon. Mass (Back to Top)
Turtle Nesting, June to August.
North Cyprus is one of the few turtle nesting areas in the
Mediterranean. Every year student volunteers study these animals,
and you can join them on one of their overnight expeditions. Numbers
are limited, so it is essential that you pre-book at their
headquarters, “The Goatshed” at Alagadi. For more
information on
turtles and their
nesting, follow the links. Follow their exploits by reading
their
2008 diary, or their
2009 blog. (Back to Top)
Famagusta Arts
and Culture Festival, 16th June to 3rd July.
The full programme has yet to be announced. For more
information
about the festival, follow the link. (Back to
Top)
Gypsy Devils,
Tuesday 30th June
9pm, Salamis amphitheatre. Performing as part of the Famagusta Arts
and Culture Festival. The repertory of the orchestra is very large
and diverse, going from Slovak, Russian, Hungarian, Greek, Gypsy,
Jewish or Roman etno music, to jazz standards, passing by operetta
and movie music. All the arrangements are made by three of the
members of the orchestra. Among the new projects are The Gypsy
Devils Symphony Session – a combination of gypsy style and full
symphony orchestra and the cooperation with the best Slovak DJs,
which will result in a unique concert production. The Gypsy Devils
orchestra is considered by the musical critics as one of the best
ethno and world music group in the world and is very much
appreciated by the general public as well. The evidence is dozens of
thousands CDs sold every year, and achievement of 2 gold and 2
platinum awards. (Back to Top)
Guzelyurt
Orange Festival, 26th June to 12th July.
The programme has yet to be announced. For more information
about the festival,
follow the link. (Back to Top)
Iskele Folk
Dance Festival, 1st to 14th July.
Programme TBA. More
information about the festival can be found here.
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Gonyeli
International Folk Dance Festival, 4th to 11th July.
Programme TBA. (Back to Top)
112 Quiz Night. Last Monday Monthly.
7.30pm, Waterfront restaurant, Lapta. Quiz night in aid of the ERB
fund. A 15YTL entry fee provides a chance to have fun, win prizes
and enjoy supper. (Back to top)
BARK coffee
morning. 1st Thursday monthly.
11am. Moon over Water, Iskele. (Back to top)
Charity Auction, Saturday 4th
July.
6pm, Tumbas Restaurant, Esentepe. Entrance 10TL. The auction will
contain a selection of promises. These include car servicing. Free
petrol, insurance, meals in local restaurants, golf lessons, pool
maintenance, and a family portrait from a local artist. All proceeds
to the Help Those with Cancer Association (Tulips).
Lambousa
Comedy Club, Saturday 4th July.
Celebrity Hotel, Lapta. Compered by Nick Wilty. Performances by
Mitch Benn, Vladimir McTavish and Louis Ramey. Tickets are £20, and
pre-booking is essential on 0533 845 2548 or 0533 862 4662.
Pop Concert,
Friday July 3rd
9pm Salamis. Turkish pop star Teoman rounds off the 13th
Famagusta Arts and Culture Festival. (Back to Top)