Walking City Tour Nicosia North

Our exclusive city tour is the most comprehensive guided walking excursion in the northern part of Nicosia. This exclusive tour is the ideal extension for those who spend their main holiday in the southern part of Cyprus and want an impression of what is happening on the other side of the Green Line.

NEW: on Wednesdays our tour is also offered in Italian due to high demand!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Bandabulya Municipal Market, Kuyumcular Sk, Nicosia Cyprus

Bandabulia was the first covered market built in 1932 during the British Period. Located right in the city’s old core, on today’s Green Line, Bandabuliya is the local market in the north part of Nicosia where you can find fresh fruits and vegetables and a wide range of goods, such as books, records, traditional sweets and souvenirs.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia Cyprus

Selimiye Mosque, built in the 13th century as the Saint Sophia Cathedral, lay in the heart of Nicosia and was once the coronation cathedral of the Lusignan kings. This cathedral, converted into a mosque in the late 16 th century, is considered one of the island’s most beautiful examples of Gothic sacral architecture.
The cathedral/mosque is closed for renovation at the moment. We will see it from outside.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Arabahmet Mosque, Nicosia Cyprus

The Arabahmet Mosque is situated in the Arabahmet Quarter, one of the historic and prestigious neighbourhoods within the walls. This quarter in the western part of the city of Nicosia used to be the centre of culture and business during the Ottoman and British eras. The residential buildings here reflect the architecture and tradition of those times.
Apart from the mosque, this quarter is now famous for its modern coffee houses, bars and restaurants on top of the city walls.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Buyuk Han, Nicosia Cyprus

The Büyük Han is the most impressive monument from Ottoman times in Cyprus. At the end of the tour this is a good place for a drink or a lunch. Normally we end our tours here, but for guests who want we offer to walk them back to the checkpoint - its only 5 minutes away

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Samanbahce Quater, Kaymakam/Mahmut Pasa, Nicosia Cyprus

Situated not far from the Kyrenia Gate, this small neighbourhood consisted of 72 tiny courtyard houses and was the first Social Housing Project in Cyprus. All houses were built using traditional building materials according to the traditional Nicosia-House plan. This charming neighbourhood, with its long narrow streets full of flowers and sleepy cats today, reflects Nicosia's way of life at the beginning of the 20th century.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kyrenia Gate, Ibrahimpasa, Nicosia Cyprus

The City of Nicosia, with its crooked and narrow streets, gothic cathedrals, mosques, courtyard houses and caravanserais, is surrounded by 16th-century walls. This circle-shaped city wall, with its eleven heart-shaped bastions and three gates, became the symbol of Nicosia, the last divided capital city in Europe. Porta del Providotore, known as the Kyrenia Gate, was one of the three entrance gates to the Walled City of Nicosia until the British Period. The Venetians designed the eleven-pointed star-shaped city according to the ideal city of the Renaissance.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: The Mevlevi Tekke Museum, Nicosia Cyprus

Located right next to the Kyrenia Gate, the 17th-century monastery Mevlevi Tekkesi was one of the most important religious buildings and places on the island and was house to the Mevlevi Order, the followers of Sufi mystic and İslamic theologian Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. Mevlevis are also known as whirling dervishes.

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