Getting Around
To fully enjoy your stay in north cyprus and to explore the mountains and beaches, the villages and restaurants, we strongly recommend you have a hire car, for at least some of your holiday.
Hire cars are relatively inexpensive,about £20 a day including all insurance, and you'll feel at home driving on the left! The minimum age to hire is 21 but some companies have higher limits. A UK or International Driving Licence is required.
We can arrange a hire car for you, small, medium, large or jeep. Let us know what you fancy. Despite a large number of hire car companies operating in north cyprus, it can still be difficult to find a car in the season so we would always recommend booking in advance.
You can hire a car from some companies at Larnaca in the south, and take it into the north. The insurance is not valid in the north so you have to pay for extra insurance at the border. This will be third party insurance only which is very risky. If you have an accident which is your fault or damage the car in any way you will be liable up to the full value of the car. Also if the car breaks down you will have to sort out the problem yourself, the hire car company in the south will be unable to help. Consequently we don't recommend this.
Buses and Dolmus (shared taxis) run to all the main areas, they are very cheap but the stops aren't obvious and there are no reliable timetables.
Private Taxis with yellow TAKSI signs on the roof charge an official tariff which is reasonable but you can't flag them down, you have to go to a taxi stand.
There are no functioning railways.
There are organised sightseeing tours to be found but a hire car is by far the best way to explore the island.
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