Varosha: the story of Cyprus’s ghost town — and what you can see today

Varosha: the story of Cyprus’s ghost town — and what you can see today

Varosha is a largely abandoned quarter of Famagusta on Cyprus’s east coast. Once the island’s leading seaside resort, it was sealed off by the Turkish military after its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of 1974. Parts have been open to visitors since October 2020, but access has not resolved the displacement of […]