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City of Destination

More than thousand years old capital of the country remains in the mind of visitors coming every year. Lying in the centre of the island have easy reach to the other towns and a day in the city will be a day well spent. The old walled city is unique and definitely the place to head for first. To walk through the old city is to step backwards in time. Narrow streets and old houses with ornate balconies jut from weatherbeaten sandstone walls, and craftsmen in small workshops practise trades unchanged for centuries. Encircled by strong fortress walls built by the Venetians in the 16th century, the enchanting old city is scattered with buildings and monuments of historical interest as well as little shops, cafes and tavernas. The Lefkosia jewellery Museum, the Museum of the History of the Cypriot Coinage and the Municipal Arts Centre, are all worth a visit. "Laiki Geitonia" - Folk Neighbourhood - is a pedestrian section which has been carefully renovated to evoke the atmosphere of past days. The two main streets of Old Nicosia, Lidra and Onasagorou, are lined with shops of every type, and both streets are pedestrian-only. The Leventis Municipal Museum of Lefkosia, with an imaginative presentation of the capital's history, was awarded the title "1991 European Museum of the Year". Another award winner is the renovated "Pyli Ammochostou" - Famagusta Gate - one of the original entrances to the old city, which won the Europa nostra award for its restoration. Not to be missed, is the unique Cyprus Museum, housing the island's most important collection of Cypriot antiquities and treasures from the Neolithic Age to the Roman Period.

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