Cyprus
Things to do in Kyrenia
10 places6 stories1 routes
Sightlore has 10 places to explore in Kyrenia, and 6 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Kyrenia's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Bellapais Abbey
Bellapais Abbey (also spelled Bellapaïs) is the ruin of a monastery built by canons regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, in Northern Cyprus, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Kyrenia.
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Kyrenia Castle
Kyrenia Castle is a 16th-century castle in the north of Cyprus, built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification. Within its walls is a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals, and the Shipwreck Museum.
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Saint Hilarion Castle
Saint Hilarion Castle is in the Kyrenia Mountains of Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia.
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Buffavento Castle
Buffavento Castle is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements.
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Acheiropoietos Monastery
The Acheiropoietos Monastery was a medieval Byzantine Orthodox monastery in Lambousa near Lapithos, Cyprus.
Discovery routes in Kyrenia
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Kyrenia: St Hilarion, Kyrenia Castle, Bellapais and Buffavento
From the Acheiropoietos Monastery near Lapithos to Saint Hilarion Castle, Kyrenia Castle, Bellapais Abbey and Buffavento Castle.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Saint Hilarion Castle
Saint Hilarion Castle is in the Kyrenia Mountains of Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia.
Kyrenia Castle
Kyrenia Castle is a 16th-century castle in the north of Cyprus, built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification. Within its walls is a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals, and the Shipwreck Museum.
Bellapais Abbey
Bellapais Abbey (also spelled Bellapaïs) is the ruin of a monastery built by canons regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, in Northern Cyprus, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Kyrenia.
Buffavento Castle
Buffavento Castle is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements.
Boğaz Martyrs' Cemetery
Cemetery near Kyrenia built by Turkey in memory of Turkish Armed Forces soldiers and some Turkish Cypriot soldiers who died in the Cyprus operation.
Places of worship
Acheiropoietos Monastery
The Acheiropoietos Monastery was a medieval Byzantine Orthodox monastery in Lambousa near Lapithos, Cyprus.
Antiphonitis
Antiphonitis – more correctly the Church of Christ Antiphonitis – is a domed church in Cyprus, in Kyrenia District, located in the mountains near the village of Kalograia.
Nurettin Ersin Paşa Mosque
Mosque in Kyrenia built in 1999 in neo-Ottoman style, named after the Turkish general Nurettin Ersin.
Sourp Magar
Sourp Magar is located in a picturesque location on the Pentadhaktylos mountain range in Cyprus, at an altitude of 530 m. and about 1½ km to the west of Halevga or 11 km to the north-east of Kythrea.
Nature
Alagadi Beach
Natural beach east of Kyrenia, internationally important as a nesting site for sea turtles.
Explore Kyrenia with your camera
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