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

Phaneromenis 70

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

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

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