Weekend Getaway to Famagusta - close to the Ghost Town

As we have a property website and dealing with buyers for Cyprus properties, Katia and I were given a villa for the weekend from a local developer in Famagusta.

We decided to go for one night and drove to Famagusta from Limassol.

After 1.5 hours we got to the villa which was great. It had 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, a private pool and a garden area.

Wonder what's in the tents outside the window

Catching a tan and checking messages

We were also surprised to find that at the back of the villa about 50m was a fence that was the border to the Turkish side. There was a Tower with two Turkish soldiers and they had a small house/bunker.

Little bit too close for my liking

A lot of controversy in the Cyprus newspapers about the opening of part of the Varosha beach on the occupied side. You can read about it here if you wish.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/10/10/turkey-opening-part-of-varosha-not-in-violation-of-un-resolutions-updated/

Only open to Turkish citizens. Ghost town in the background (46 years later)

For my next posts, I will show the 2 meals we had eating out at 2 restaurants and also the 2 beaches we visited whilst here