Nicosia North City Walk: Comprehensive Walking Tour for Complete Northern Nicosia Experience
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Nicosia

Our exclusive city tour offers an in-depth walking exploration of northern Nicosia. It serves as the perfect addition for those vacationing in the southern part of Cyprus and wish to get a glimpse of life beyond the Green Line.

NEW: Owing to popular demand, we now also conduct our tour in Italian on Wednesdays!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bandabulya Municipal Market - Bandabulia was the first covered market built in 1932 during the British Period. Located right in the city’s old core, on today’s Green Line, Bandabuliya is the local market in the north part of Nicosia where you can find fresh fruits and vegetables and a wide range of goods, such as books, records, traditional sweets and souvenirs.
What's Included
  • Guided tour of Nicosia with an enthusiastic local expert
  • Insightful exploration of the city’s ancient and recent history
  • Engaging stories about everyday life in Europe’s last divided capital
  • Refreshments including tea and coffee during the tour
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • In case you have to cross the Ledra Street checkpoint to reach the starting point, please make sure you bring your travel document!
Location
Lokmaci Crossing meeting point
Ledras
In front of the restaurant ORCHESTRA on the northern side of the LEDRA STREET / LOKMACI checkpoint
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lotta_world_to_see
Mar 29, 2024
Great walking tour! - Finding tours when travelling solo in Cyprus has been a bit of a challenge (unless I want to pay a full group fee) but Franz took me on a solo (or in this case a private) tour around the old town of Nicosia. He is very knowledgeable and well connected and knows the city and its history well. As a surprise bonus I got to also see a dancing dervish performance and that was the cherry on top! Thanks Franz! I will definitely get in touch when planning any future Cyprus excursions.
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Burgenerc
Mar 22, 2024
Educational tour in a cozy atmosphere - An excellent tour through the northern part of Old Nicosia with a lot of historical and cultural background knowledge. Not strictly didactic, but easy to digest and easy going. The two hours went by far too quickly. It was very pleasant and in a friendly atmosphere; You would have wanted to add another two hours! Thank you! Christopher
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Anna_m
Mar 21, 2024
Excellent way to see the city - Our guide Nelin was excellent. She explained the history of the divided city and country very clearly. This was an excellent way to see the north side of the city and to hear stories from someone who grew up there and really knew the place was amazing Absolutely recommend this tour
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Bernard_b
Mar 20, 2024
Enjoyable and educational overview of Northern Nicosia - Engaging, knowledgeable guide took us to interesting neighborhoods and sites, explaining the architecture and history along the way. We couldn't have done anything like this ourselves. Highly recommended.
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Richard_r
Feb 3, 2024
Historic Lefkosa brought alive - Nelin was a great guide- very informative and personable. Her being a native Cypriot, she was able to bring Lefkosa alive for us. Highly recommended
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Kelly
Dec 7, 2023
We loved our tour guide... - We loved our tour guide and she spoke very good English. We learned a lot about the different types of architecture from the different periods of the life of Nicosia or Lefkosa. It was great walking in the market and also learning about the caravanserai, an ancient roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. We tried Turkish coffee and a tea with cinnamon and clove made by the owners of the cafe in the caravanserai. We shared the tour with 3 siblings from Germany. It was quite a pleasant day. We clocked about 12,000 steps on our watches with pedometers.
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Eckhardt
Nov 2, 2023
Nicosia North on foot - Very interesting tour, competent guide. City history beyond the main sights. Highly recommended
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Pioneer47821438788
Oct 24, 2023
A must - Thank you for the very interesting and informative tour. We came with little knowledge of the city and learned how rich the historical and architectural history of the city of Nicosia is. A must for every visitor to the city.
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Ignacel926
Oct 12, 2023
A fantastic tour in North Nicosia!!! - It was a very pleasant and educational city walk in North Nicosia. The history, the split in the middle of Nicosia, What the Covid has done to people and the changes this has brought about. The guide Franz is highly recommended. He explains in a simple way how the situation in North and South Cyprus arose. Highly recommended as a tourist. (Only you will get lost).
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Nabilan283
Oct 10, 2023
Great tour - Excellent tour, Frank gave a really thorough and even handed guide to the history which I thoroughly enjoyed.
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