Museums in Northern Cyprus

There are many museums and historical sites in Northern Cyprus. Our tours cover most of these. However if you wish to visit under your own steam the opening hours are;

Winter (from end of October until beginning April)

All sites 09.00am – 13.00pm 14.00pm – 16.45pm

Summer

Small indoor museums 09.00am – 14.00pm
Outdoor sites and larger indoor museums 09.00am – 19.00pm
St. Hilarion Castle closes at 17.00pm but the last entrance permitted is roughly 15.30pm as it takes about an hour to climb to the top.

Kantara Castle is open from 10.00am – 17.00pm as is Othello’s Tower (Famagusta) and Vuni Palace (Güzelyurt)
Buffavento Castle is open all day on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday only, summer and winter. (ACCESS TRACK BAD, JEEP REQUIRED)

Antiphonitis Monastery is closed Thursday and Friday, winter and summer. The track is bad down to the monastery.

5340 BC DATING OF EARLIEST POTTERY FOUND

900 BC EARLIEST DATE FOR WORKING OF COPPER MINES

583 BC FIRST COINS PRODUCED AT SALAMIS

300 BC KYRENIA SHIP SINKS

204 BC A CYPRIOT IS PLACED FIRST IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES

14 AD FIRST ROUND THE ISLAND ROAD

100 AD FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY AT SOLI

552 AD FIRST SILKWORMS BROUGHT TO CYPRUS

1191 AD RICHARD THE LIONHEART MARRIES BERENGARIA OF NAVARRE ON CYPRUS