Places with audio guides - Cyprus
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Church of Panagia tou Araka
This Middle Byzantine church near Lagoudera in Cyprus is renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved frescoes from 1192 and is one of the UNESCO monuments in the Troodos Mountains.
Girne Gate
A Venetian city gate from 1567 on the walls of Nicosia, later modified by the Ottomans. Today it serves as a tourist information center.
Museum of Barbarism
This memorial museum in Nicosia commemorates the violence of the Bloody Christmas of 1963 and the tragic fate of Major Nihat Ilhan's family.
Church of Panagia tis Angeloktistis
The Byzantine church in Kiti near Larnaca shelters a rare early Christian mosaic from the 6th century and the remains of an older basilica.
Bellapais Abbey
This Gothic ruin of a 13th-century Augustinian monastery above Kyrenia offers remarkable interiors, Lusignan history, and views of the sea.
Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Palace
A surviving Ottoman town palace in Nicosia from 1793, today an ethnological museum with fine decoration and a hammam.
Archaeological Site of Idalion
An ancient city in Cyprus with a palace, sanctuaries, and a new museum. Idalion was one of the important centers of the copper trade and the cult of Aphrodite.
St. Hilarion Castle
The best preserved of the trio of mountain fortresses in Cyprus, with a Byzantine core, Lusignan alterations, and views of the northern coast.