Centers of the cities provide options for historical sightseeing. You can visit many museums and historic buildings. You could easily spend a number of days just touring around the town, so be sure to schedule a few days just to visit the center of the interesting city. Once you have satisfied your cultural and historic bent, you may want to loosen up with some nightlife. The city has many shops, both large and small to satisfy your shopping urge.
An increasing number of tourists are now looking at the option of city center apartments for their stay. These apartments proffer a variety of locations to suit the needs of different people. These are ideally suited for people wanting to have a quiet break away from city routine humdrum.
Apart from this, apartments also go easy on the pocket are therefore preferred by majority. A long stay in a hotel would undoubtedly be quite expensive while the same in an apartment would be much cheaper. People also like the exclusivity provided by these apartments. Different rental apartment choices are available to suit individual tastes. These options range from small one room ones to swanky ones fully loaded with top-notch facilities.
The third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia), Cyprus is geographically situated in the eastern Mediterranean and just south of the Anatolian peninsula (or Asia Minor) of the Asian mainland; thus, it is commonly included in the Middle East (see also Western Asia and Near East). Turkey is 75 kilometres (47 miles) north; other neighbouring countries include Syria and Lebanon to the east, Israel to the southeast, Egypt to the south, and Greece to the west-north-west.
Historically, politically and culturally, however, it is closely aligned with Europe – the Greek Cypriots in the internationally recognised Government controlled area with Greece and the Turkish Cypriots in the illegally occupied North with Turkey. Historically, Cyprus has been at the crossroads between Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa, with lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, and British influences. Thus, it is generally considered a transcontinental island.
The central plain (Mesaoria) with the Kyrenia and Pentadactylos mountains to the north and the Troodos mountain range to the south and west. There are also scattered, but significant, plains along the southern coast.
The climate is temperate and Mediterranean with dry summers and variably rainy winters. Summer temperatures range from warm at higher elevations in the Troodos mountains to hot in the lowlands. Winter temperatures are mild at lower elevations, where snow rarely occurs, but are significantly colder in the Troodos mountains, where there is sufficient snow for a seasonal ski facility.