Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Nicosia - Atlas Obscura

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Nicosia, Cyprus

Fairy Tale Museum

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

Nicosia, Cyprus

Cyprus Buffer Zone

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

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Nicosia International Airport

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

6 miles from Nicosia

Karaman, Cyprus

Saint Hilarion Castle

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

10 miles from Nicosia

Mitsero, Cyprus

Abandoned Mitsero Mines

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

17 miles from Nicosia

Mavi Köşk (The Blue House)

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

20 miles from Nicosia

Larnaca, Cyprus

The Zenobia Shipwreck

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

23 miles from Nicosia

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