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Reviews

• Great day trip

  Diana L,

  Mar 29, 2025

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  5.00

  Excellent local guide, very interesting itinerary, places where it is almost impossible to go on your own Totally recommended

• Great guide Sonya

  Elsa A,

  Nov 22, 2024

  - Viator

  4.00

  Olga, our guide, was great, as was our driver Theodore. It was interesting but sad to learn about the divided island. Salamis was great.

• Day trip

  Debbie M,

  Nov 1, 2024

  - Viator

  5.00

  Fabulous dat out. Guide was brilliant with lots of useful information. Ghost town was an amazing site. Only very slight downside was could have done with a bit more time in ghost town

• Dive into History

  Anneliese W,

  Oct 17, 2024

  - Viator

  5.00

  It was a memorable day indeed and we learned many things about Cyprus' history. The guide was amazing and contributed to our experience.

• Long Bus Ride with too many passenger pick ups

  CHRISTIANA M,

  Oct 10, 2024

  - Viator

  3.00

  I gave this tour only 3 Stars instead of Zero because we had a knowledgeable guide Evangelia who was also considerate of the harsh heat and kept us in the shade while keeping us informed with her loud speaker. She knew historical information for all attractions including the ancient site of Salamis. Otherwise the rest of the part of the bus tour was long and exhausting. I took same tour last year with MTS company which was much smoother with minimal passenger pick ups. Last year it started on a mini bus in Larnaca then met up with large Pullman Bus in Ayianapa and off we went to our attractions, smooth all the way. But for whatever reason MTS decided to separate itself from another company it used before and it was a mess. The minibus took us deep into Agianapa to switch to Pullman Bus then went on to pick up more passengers in Pullman Bus ( 10 additional stops) in Ayianapa and Paralimni and crossing the border at Derinia instead. We first visited the ghost town for a very short walk approximately 30 minutes then we went to ancient site of Salamis for approximately 45 minutes. The guided tour unfortunately was very short (30 minutes) and we saw very minimal of the site. We only had 15 minutes to see anything on our own or get a drink. The bathrooms at the sites unfortunately instead of being free require a fee. Salamis and St Barnabas required an entrance fee of 2 Euros each. We then proceeded to Monastery of St Barnabas which had a beautiful frescoe of his life and the frescoe also contained a beautifully decorated ancient column separating the panels. Dispersed around the upper walls were many column capitals imbedded in the structure. The guide did not explain how these ancient columns and capitals were used inside this structure. But it seems these beautiful capitals and column are from an earlier period structure. There are lots of icons displayed of various saints. There is also a small museum with Bronze Age Artifacts mostly from Mycenaean Period. Unfortunately we only had 30 minutes so I did not even have any time left to visit the Tomb of St Barnabas. We then proceeded to visit the walled old town of Famagusta where we had approximately 2 hours to relax, eat and spend time on our own. There is the beautiful Gothic Cathedral of St Nicholas that was converted into a mosque and worth visiting.