Car Hire Nicosia

Nicosia is the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, located in the Interior of the island. It is the last obtaineilte capital of the world. In 1974 was the Republic of Cyprus split by war, where away the northern half of the Greek-ruled southern half and in the internationally not recognized themselves?Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus? converted. The border runs through the middle of the Cypriot capital and is as?Green line? known. It consists of barricades and barbed wire and guarded by soldiers of the UN troops. The airport also lies in the UN protection zone has been closed.

The old town is in the Greek as well as in the Turkish part in need of clean-up and often in poor condition, although already begun with the renovation of historic buildings. The southern, Greek managed part of the old town has a rich cultural life, with restaurants, bars, small cottage industry and traditional shops, which are spread mainly around the area of Famagusta gate. To the pedestrian street, the from the Platia Eleftherias to the?Green line? draws, are modern, exclusive shops. Featured buildings in the southern part are the Faneromeni Church and the John Cathedral by 1662, the icon Museum and archaeological museum. Visit various museums, the Arabahmet and Selimiye mosques and Caravanserai in the Turkish North. A five-kilometre Venetian fortification with eleven bastions extends to the old town of Nicosia.