Specialist Package Holidays and Tour Operators for North Cyprus
February 5, 2009 by Essential Ed
Filed under Package Holidays, Tourism
If you are looking for something different whilst planning a trip to North Cyprus and you enjoy the great outdoors, then there are a growing number of specialist tour operators adding itineraries to accommodate the likes of the walkers, bird watchers and divers amongst us.
North Cyprus has so much to offer those who love an environment orientated holiday, and the world seems to be taking a stand of sorts against mass tourism these days, so it’s nice to see that there are companies who are grasping all that is beautiful about this part of the island and promoting its unique qualities in terms of nature and the environment. Read more
Walking Groups in North Cyprus
January 30, 2009 by Essential Ed
Filed under Land Activities, See & Do
If you want to see the best of North Cyprus you can get to appreciate the landscape via the healthy option of a good bracing stroll across the mountains and lowlands, and there are a few organisations who have sought to accommodate people’s desire for walking and hiking too. Read more
Flora of North Cyprus
January 20, 2009 by Essential Ed
Filed under Nature, North Cyprus Guide
Pic courtesy of Dietmar Schuphan
North Cyprus has a huge variety of stunning flora, much of which you can see in any garden or field. North Cyprus is also home to many species of orchids, with visitors and eager botanists coming from far and wide to find them on the hillsides and mountains in the spring.
Springtime, or anytime after February, is special in North Cyprus with many plants and trees bursting into bloom, and you can often walk through carpets of anemones, rock roses and other colourful flowers such as iris and narcissi. Festivals in North Cyprus include a Tulip event held yearly in Tepebaşı which is a village located between Kyrenia and Güzelyurt on the north west of the island. There is also the very popular Ozanköy Flower Show in May time every year. Read more
Herbarium, North Cyprus
January 20, 2009 by Essential Ed
Filed under Nature, North Cyprus Guide
North Cyprus has its own Herbarium, located at the Alevkaya Forest Station up in the mountain area between Esentepe and Değirminlik on the east coast. The first Herbarium in Cyprus was actually located in Lefkoşa, and its collection was built over many years during the British colonial era, but it was subsequently cut off from North Cyprus in the divisions of 1974.