Watch out for the taxi's. We took one off the cruise ship and we all agreed to a metered ride. The driver drove for a couple of minutes then stopped and switched drivers. We didn't think much about it but when we arrived in the city he said it was a $30 flat rate. Our friends took a cab in front of us and there's was $10. The city was fairly nice and was mostly tourists shops where we were. I ...
In Limassol the ship again docked in an industrial port area so we had to take a shuttle to the main building. NCL collected the passports of all passengers the day before we arrived in Cyprus, and kept them until after we returned to the ship from visiting Cyprus. No reason for this was given beyond saying it was border requirements for Cyprus. However, we saw people on shore excursions from a ...
Bus 30 took us the 8 Km into town for 1.5 euros (5 euros for a day pass).
Limassol is a nice town but is spoilt by the graffiti everywhere. Walk along the sea front takes you past a small sculpture park. The central market is no longer there but you can get good coffee there for 3.5 euros. Cathedral and the other large churches are worth a quick visit. The castle does not look very attractive ...
We did a third-party tour that also took us into the northern (Turkish) part of Nicosia, going though the checkpoint with our passports. There's quite a marked difference between the Greek & Turkish areas. This is a big island and you'd need to spend weeks here to enjoy all of Cyprus. What we saw, we liked. The meal of various local dishes was excellent! ...
We were afraid to disembark here after receiving a letter in our cabin that we could get tested for covid here randomly. If you test positive you have to disembark and quarantine there. It is not a place I want to stay for 14 days, so just in case we stayed onboard. we were not refunded our prepayment for the excursion because we did not give 48 hour notice. My family members who went out really ...