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Tier I. Must see.

The 10 monuments you should not leave North Cyprus without seeing.

  1. Bellapais AbbeyBellapais Manastırı · GirneThe great Gothic abbey of the island, above Kyrenia.
  2. Büyük HanBüyük Han · LefkoşaAn Ottoman caravanserai of 1572, still full of life.
  3. Famagusta Walled CityGazimağusa Suriçi · GazimağusaA Gothic city of churches inside Venetian walls.
  4. Kyrenia CastleGirne Kalesi · GirneA harbour fortress that holds a 2,300-year-old merchant ship.
  5. Kyrenia HarbourGirne Limanı · GirneThe most visited place in the north, by a wide margin.
  6. Lala Mustafa Pasha MosqueLala Mustafa Paşa Camii · GazimağusaA French Gothic cathedral with a minaret, the centre of old Famagusta.
  7. Othello CastleOthello Kalesi · GazimağusaFamagusta's harbour citadel, the castle named for Shakespeare's Othello.
  8. SalamisSalamis Antik Kenti · GazimağusaThe great classical city of the island, by the sea.
  9. Selimiye MosqueSelimiye Camii · LefkoşaThe Gothic cathedral of Nicosia, with two minarets on its west front.
  10. St Hilarion CastleSt. Hilarion Kalesi · GirneThree wards of a Byzantine castle climbing a mountain ridge.