North Cyprus Holiday Journals

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Newbies in North Cyprus

Ever wondered what a North Cyprus holiday would be like? Exclusively for Cyprus44, two North Cyprus holiday newbies share their experiences of their first villa holiday in North Cyprus, from the delights of Bellapais Abbey to excavating sea turtle nests, supermarket shopping and seriously tasty North Cyprus restaurants! 

Our newbies chose a villa holiday in North Cyprus for a relaxing 10 days away in the sunshine in late September, enjoying daytime temperatures of around 28 degrees, perfect for lazy days by the villa pool or exploring North Cyprus on their air conditioned North Cyprus rental car.

Day 1 - Arriving in North Cyprus & the best villa transfer ever

Day 2 - Exploring our North Cyprus villa & the joys of supermarkets

Day 3 - Exploring Esentepe & 'dangerous' garlic prawns

Day 4 - Discovering Kyrenia & digging out sea turtles

Day 5 - Beautiful Bellapais & perfect peshwari nans

Day 6 - Lazy days and North Cyprus full kebabs

Day 7 - North Nicosia & lunch by the mosque

Day 8 - Birds, bacon & Alagadi Beach kite surfers

Day 9 - Ancient basilicas & healing springs on the Karpaz Peninsula

Day 10 - End of our North Cyprus holiday & why it was so enjoyable