A wire fence on a Cypriot beach is all that separates Pavlos Iacovou from the hotel he owns but has not visited in decades -- now a sudden decision from Ankara could change all that. The tourist ...

Now a shell of its former self, this once glamorous destination is now a ghost town with a dark history, though it is once ...

On a Cyprus hotel reception desk, health questionnaires on the coronavirus sit mostly untouched near a bottle of hand sanitizer. From this week the sector will shut down completely as hotels have been ...

Ankara is planning to open the abandoned town of Varosha on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. "Yes there are preparations. Varosha will be ...

A once-glamorous holiday hotspot in Cyprus is now being described as one of the “world’s scariest” abandoned places. The area ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar (C-R) wave as they take part in a parade in the northern part of Cyprus' divided ...

06:13, Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Updated: 18:16, Fri, Jan 23, 2026 A once thriving seaside resort loved by the rich and famous has been reduced to crumbling hotels. Varosha in Cyprus was once popular with ...