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Picturesque Kyrenia thrives due to tourism and its historic harbour, benchmarking it as the Harbour City of Cyprus. This is located at the northern part of Cyprus. It has a beautiful castle on the eastern side with a 12th century chapel showing reused old Roman capitals. The cities harbour used to be lined with warehouses filled with fruits from the countryside waiting to be exported. These days the harbour is lined with restaurants and other buildings, and used for commercial shipping and ferries from the Turkish mainland.

Kyrenia’s history dates back to Prehistoric times of Cyprus during the Neolithic period, 5800-3000 BC. These were evident with the frescos and architectural designs of tombs, cemeteries and other structures found in excavations made around the city.

During the division of Rome into east and west, Kyrenia came under Byzantine rule and the Greek Orthodox Church in the Medieval Ages. The Byzantines fortified Kyrenia castle and until now, the castle still stands despite the countless attacks it endured over the years. The events of war will be appreciated more once tourists visit Kyrenia castle which showcases the Byzantine’s, the Crusaders’ and the Venetian’s rule over the city. And there are also the Byzantine castles of Saint Hilarion, Boufflavento and Kantara making the town impregnable from land and sea attacks.

Annual celebrations and festivities abound in the 1970’s with flower shows, yachting races, concerts and theatre performances. But only when the Turkish Empire took over Kyrenia did everything came to a halt. Genocide, looting and destruction of once beautiful Kyrenia were commonplace during those times. This has long ended although the city is still under Turkish rule.

With regards its economy, Kyrenia over the years has kept its stability. The Turkish Lira has grown due to a boom in the construction and education sectors of the island thus making properties available for real estate investors. Properties on the market are on average between from 35,000€ to 1,250,000€ depending on what one needs. These properties are houses or villas, apartments, land, and commercial properties.

Being in the Mediterranean, Kyrenia offers tourists and locals alike a temperate climate with dry summers and some rainy winters. Though, this can not hamper anyone from shopping along the business district of the city where shops offer Cypriot antiques and souvenirs to designer fashions. The most famous in the area is the Kyrenia Open Market.

The city also offers an excellent range of restaurants and hotels that suits anyone’s taste and budget. Even nightlife in Kyrenia is excellent with a variety of locations for tourists to try. This also extends to the variety of music played that makes everyone feel welcomed. Besides the nightlife, Kyrenia offers days of lush green paradise for nature lovers. The city holds over 1600 species of plants, 350 species of birds, and 26 species of reptiles and amphibians. The most famous of the plant species are the orchids, 32 species of which are abound everywhere.

So search for property for sale in Kyrenia now, and you may want to live there forever!

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