MUSEUM OF THE PANCYPRIAN GYMNASIUM (MUSEE DU GYMNASIUM PAN-CHYPRIOTE)
A l'angle de la rue Agiou Ioannou et de la rue Thissio, Southern Nicosia
Museums
TRYPIOTIS CHURCH
Solonos 47, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Greek Orthodox church built in 1695. Gothic arches, Byzantine cupola, Venetian coat of arms, ...Read more
KORNESIOS HOUSE
Patriarchou Gregoriou 20, Southern Nicosia
Mansion to visit
A superb Ottoman-style mansion built in 1793 for the powerful Greek Cypriot Chatzigeorgakis ...Read more
CHURCH AND FANEROMENI SQUARE
Faneromenis, Southern Nicosia
Religious buildings
Large Greek Orthodox church erected in 1872, housing a highly venerated icon. And a beautiful ...Read more
POST OFFICE MUSEUM
Agiou Savva 3b, Southern Nicosia
Specialized museum
Cyprus Postal Museum. History of the island's postal services, exhibition and sale of stamps ...Read more
MEDIEVAL LAPIDARY MUSEUM
Zühtüzade Sk 2, Southern Nicosia
Museums
Small museum housing medieval carved stones from various Frankish and Venetian buildings in ...Read more
PLACE ATATÜRK
Atatürk Meydanı, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Nicosia-Nord's central square with a "Venetian column". Right next door stood the Lusignan ...Read more
MAISON DE DERVIŞ PAŞA
Beliğ Paşa Sk 44, Southern Nicosia
Specialized museum
Museum in a superb early 19th-century villa belonging to the wealthy merchant Hacı Ahmet ...Read more
ARABAHMET MOSQUE
Şht. Salahi Şevket Sk, Southern Nicosia
Mosque to visit
Superb late 16th-century domed mosque. The pavement preserves fragments of the tombstones of ...Read more
TURUNZLU MOSQUE
Beliğ Paşa Sk 20, Southern Nicosia
Mosque to visit
the "Mosquée de l'oranger" (Orange Tree Mosque) stands on the site of a previous mosque, ...Read more
NOTRE-DAME-DE-TYRE CHURCH
Şht. Salahi Şevket Sk 22, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Beautiful 13th-14th century Armenian Orthodox church in Gothic style. Superbly restored in ...Read more
MUSÉE DE LA MONNAIE CHYPRIOTE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF CYPRIOT COINAGE
1, rue Stasinou, Southern Nicosia
Museums
MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
Granikou 44, Southern Nicosia
Specialized museum
Private museum. Collection of over 400 motorcycles from 1914 to the present day. Many British ...Read more
CHURCH OF PANAGIA CHRYSALINIOTISSA
Chrysaliniotissis, Southern Nicosia
Religious buildings
Church dedicated to the "Virgin of the Golden Flax", considered the oldest Greek Orthodox place ...Read more
LEVENTIS PINACOTHECA
Anastasiou G. Leventi 5, Southern Nicosia
Fine arts museum
Superb collection of paintings by businessman Anastasios G. Leventis: Rubens, El Greco, Monet, ...Read more
AGIOS IOANNIS THEOLOGOS CATHEDRAL
Platia Archiepiskopou Kyprianou 2a, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This cathedral, dedicated to John, one of Christ's principal apostles, is the seat of the ...Read more
CYPRUS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Odysseos, Southern Nicosia
Museum of history and natural sciences
Private museum housed in a Carlsberg brewery. Exhibition on the fauna (naturalized animals), ...Read more
TURKISH CYPRIOT MUSEUM OF NATIONAL STRUGGLE
İstanbul Cd 13, Southern Nicosia
Specialized museum
Presents the island's history from the official Turkish angle, including the 1974 invasion. ...Read more
KYRENIA GATE
Girne Kapısı, Southern Nicosia
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
One of Nicosia's three gates in the 16th-century Venetian fortifications. A tourist information ...Read more
PANAGIA TON CHARITON CATHEDRAL
Agiou Marona 8, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This modern Catholic cathedral is the main place of worship for Cypriot Maronites (around 6,000 ...Read more
KASTELLIOTISSA
Agiou Marona, Southern Nicosia
Castles to visit
This "châtelet", which includes a beautiful stone doorway and a large vaulted room, is one of ...Read more
LEDRA/LOKMACI CROSSING POINT
Lokmacı, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Since 2008, this pedestrian-only crossing has been the only link between the southern and ...Read more
LEDRA PALACE GATEWAY
İkinci Selim Cd 37h, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The first crossing point opened between North and South, in 2003, just outside the Venetian ...Read more
HAYDARPAŞA MOSQUE
Kirlizade Sk 15, Southern Nicosia
Mosque to visit
Former 14th-century Catholic church of Sainte-Catherine, converted into a mosque in 1570. ...Read more
CYPRUS WALKS ETC
Plateon 34, Southern Nicosia
Natural site to discover
This "Fig Tree Cave" in Nicosia is considered the largest in Cyprus and the most beautiful in ...Read more
CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS AND RESEARCH (CVAR)
Ermou 285, Southern Nicosia
General museum
Severis Foundation Centre, which works to bring Cypriot communities closer together. Museum of ...Read more
FAIRY TALE MUSEUM
Granikou 32, Southern Nicosia
Specialized museum
This private museum offers activities in Greek and English for children on the theme of local ...Read more
HOLY CROSS CHURCH
Pafou 1, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Catholic church in buffer zone: entrance from south zone (near Paphos gate), building in north ...Read more
ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Archiepiskopou Kyprianou, Southern Nicosia
Palaces to visit
Official residence of the head of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, at the center of a complex ...Read more
AGIOS SAVVAS CHURCH
Eschilou 33a, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Greek Orthodox church founded in 1608. Many precious objects: icons, portraits of donors, ...Read more
MAKARIOS-III ART GALLERY
Archiepiskopou Kyprianou, Southern Nicosia
Fine arts museum
Museum of pictorial art. Paintings, drawings and engravings by Caravaggio, Delacroix, Poussin, ...Read more
PANCYPRIOT HIGH SCHOOL MUSEUMS
Agiou Ioannou 10-16, Southern Nicosia
General museum
A single museum with twelve rooms: archaeology, Gothic art, natural history, numismatics, maps, ...Read more
AGIOS KASSIANOS CHURCH
Agiou Kassianou, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Greek Orthodox church built of beautiful honey-colored limestone, renowned for its icons and ...Read more
MACHAIRA MONASTERY
Route Lazania-Vavastinia, Monastère De Makheras
Religious buildings
This monastery, located at an altitude of 1,423 m, owes its name to the knife placed on the ...Read more
POLICE MUSEUM
Aglantzia, Southern Nicosia
Specialized museum
Museum located next to the police headquarters retracing the island's most significant ...Read more
SAMANBAHÇE DISTRICT
Şaban Paşa Sk, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
A pretty residential estate built between 1917 and 1925 to house Nicosia's poorest Muslim ...Read more
NICOSIA SEGWAY STATION
Aischylou 77a, Southern Nicosia
Guided tours
This agency offers a two- and three-hour guided tour in English of the old town of ...Read more
ARAB DISTRICT
Şht. Salahi Şevket Sk, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
West of the old town. Pleasant lanes, places to visit and cafés overlooking the buffer zone ...Read more
FIKARDOU RURAL MUSEUM
Fikardou, Monastère De Makheras
Museums
Site to find houses reconstructed in their original state with period furniture, linen and ...Read more
FANEROMENI DISTRICT
Faneromenis, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This historically Orthodox neighborhood is home to many small old-fashioned stores, restaurants ...Read more
CHURCH AGION VARNAVAS KAI ILARIONAS
Peristerona
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This church dedicated to Saints Barnabas and Hilarion, located in Peristerona, is one of the ...Read more
CATHÉDRALE AGIOS IOANNIS
Place Archiepiskopou Kyprianou, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
AGIOS ANDREAS DISTRICT
Arsinois, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Neighborhood along the Paphos Gate, once home to Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Latin and Maronite ...Read more
AGIOS IOANNIS DISTRICT
Platia Archiepiskopou Kyprianoua, Southern Nicosia
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This "museum district" is one of the key areas of Greek Cypriot identity for the island's ...Read more
AGIOS ANTONIUS CHURCH
Patriarchou Grigoriou, Southern Nicosia
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This 18th-century Greek Orthodox church is best known for its surroundings: a pretty ...Read more