Great excursion - We had a lot of fun on the excursion and found the guide very informative! The trip was well organized and we felt that we had enough time to see what we wanted to see and got great pictures! The fresh pomegranate juice was the best ever and the lunch at Petrak was delicious!

Well worth a visit - The guide was very knowledgable and spoke very good English . A lovely ladie. The trip was good value for money. I would definitely recommend.

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

Very impressive. - We had a very impressive day. The border crossings are not Anno 2024 actually, that this still exists now. I also know East and West Berlin... Famagusta is actually bizarre to see, really a ghost town. Our female Guide really knew a lot to tell, compliments because of that. Salamis Forest is beautiful. Then to the monastary of Barbados, small, but nice. Then back to Famagusta and be able to walk with free time.

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

D - Interesting trip. Varosha is sad to look at. I had expected more from Famagusta. Olga was a fantastic guide, 5 stars fo her!

Fascinating experience! - I found this trip to be extremely fascinating and very photogenic! It was a great opportunity to learn more about the history of Cyprus and its civilians, and is well worth a day trip. You get to walk around the (limited) parts of the ghost town that have been opened up since 2021, but there is a LOT you still can’t see unfortunately. You can go for a swim on the beach though, and there are plenty of great photo opportunities. But I would definitely say do your research before going to the ghost town, as it has such a tragic history and is still a very sore political topic with locals, so please be sensitive. It can be a fairly long day so would recommend to those who are thoroughly interested in history/ archaeology/ abandoned places. Make sure you bring plenty of water, and also cash as you need to pay €4 each for entrance to the Salamais ruins- which are stunning! You can see fragments of the marble left behind, which the Greeks covered their spa walls in, as well as surprisingly well-preserved mosaics and underfloor heating structures. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed this experience and would definitely recommend!

Take extra sandwiches for the dogs :) - Famagusta was really interesting. Seeing the sprawling empty buildings, hearing the stories of the invasion whilst the town was in full tourist mode, food left on the table as people evacuated was a complete juxtaposition of the people enjoying the beach and swimming in the sea. I enjoyed this part of the trip, but would probably have not bothered with anything else. Maybe I'm spoiled as I live in Greece and see lots of Churches and ruins, but it just didn't do it for me. Do take some sandwiches and water with you, but also try and take extra for the beautiful, gentle, stray dogs that you will encounter. We gave them our sandwiches and water from our hands, they were so thirsty and hungry they took everything they could. The tour guide lady was very good and very informative.

Long Bus Ride with too many passenger pick ups - 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.