# 0 50 km Off the Beaten Track: Cyprus e0 25 miles
AGIOS FILON KORUÇAM (KORMAKITIS) PENINSULA A lovely, lonely outpost on the north coast of the Karpas Peninsula, where The last refuge of Cyprus’ dwindling ruined basilicas back onto empty Maronite community, with deserted sands. beaches and dusty villages that see PANAGIA TOU few outside visitors. KATO PYRGOS MOUTOULLA ZAFER BURNU One of the least visited of Cyprus’ A sleepy backwater tucked against (CAPE APOSTOLOS the north-south border, where locals painted churches, set in the •# ANDREAS) come to escape the hubbub, away pocket-sized village of AGIOS FILON from the coach-tour crowds. Moutoulla.
Karpas Peninsula STAVROS TIS PSOKAS MEDITERRANEAN SEA (AKDENİZ) Loved by Cypriots, but rarely explored KORUÇAM by visitors, this Tyllirian forest (KORMAKITIS) reserve is home to the last mouflon Lapta Kyrenia PENINSULA (Lapithos) (Girne) E (wild sheep) on the island. •# •# NORTHERN G •# CYPRUS N R A ZAFER BURNU (CAPE Çatalköy (Agios I A R E N APOSTOLOS ANDREAS) UN Buffer Epiktitos) K Y Famagusta Bay Zone Morfou Morfou Pointing like a spear towards Syria, Bay NORTH NICOSIA (Güzelyurt) the tip of the Karpas feels like the end •# (LEFKOŞA) •# Yeniboğazici KATO •# #_ (Agios Sergios) of the earth, and in Cyprus, it is. PYRGOS NICOSIA Akdoğan Famagusta (Lysi) •# (Gazimağusa) Chrysohou (LEFKOSIA) Geri •# MESARYA •# UN Buffer Akamas Bay T Y L L I R I A Peninsula •# Tseri Athienou Zone SOLEA •# Deryneia •# MARATHASA STAVROS Adelfi MESAORIA Dali KOKKINHORIA •# Paralimni •# Forest •# TIS PSOKAS PANAGIA TOU •# PITSYLIA •# Xylofagou Pafos MOUTOULLA Forest Larnaka •# Larnaka Bay TREIS ELIES •# Maheros KOKKINHORIA Forest •# Dromolaxia Coral Bay REPUBLIC OF •# Kiti DEKELIA Despite their proximity to Paralimni CYPRUS •# SOVEREIGN LANEIA BASE AREA and Agia Napa, the red villages of the (GREAT BRITAIN) Ammochostos region are a million Pafos •# Kato Pafos •# ANOGYRA miles from the commercialism of the •# coast. Ypsonas •# Lemesos Episkopi •# •# •# (Limassol) Kolossi Akrotiri Akrotiri Episkopi Peninsula Bay ANOGYRA B4ay 4 AKROTIRI SOVEREIGN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Just inland from Lemesos, this sleepy BASE AREA TREIS ELIES carob-producing village is a reminder (GREAT BRITAIN) of the old Cyprus – just sleepy streets A hidden pocket of the Troödos of stone-walled houses and lovely LANEIA Mountains, where the ruins of medieval bridges are dotted through peace and quiet. The postcard vision of a Cypriot the scented forests. village, with flower-filled streets, rustic tavernas and a handful of traditional village enterprises.