Original Red Bus Varosha Ghost Town Tour Open Top bus from Ayia Napa Protaras

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Original Red Bus Varosha Ghost Town Tour Open Top bus from Ayia Napa Protaras

Name: Red Bus Open Top Varosha Experience Ayia Napa Protaras
SKU: RED-VAR
Price: 35.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

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€35

Starts 09 May

Once in a lifetime opportunity to see this abandoned city. English commentary, free time to explore. Scroll down for full info.

Your pick up location

Ayia Napa areas

Protaras / Pernera / Paralimni

Other areas - (We will let you know the best location for you to meet the bus)

Ticket options (Pay the rest on the bus)

Adult Ticket - Cost €35, Deposit €7 (-€28)

Child ticket (3-12 years) - Cost €15, Deposit €3.50 (-€31.50)

Infant (0-2 years) FREE (Infants must be sat in between 2 paying passengers) (-100%)

Date you would like to book - Starts 09 May Please choose a Tuesday or Friday only

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Original Red Bus Varosha Ghost Town Tour Open Top bus from Ayia Napa Protaras

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Product Details

The Varosha ghost town of Famagusta is completely unique in the world and for the first time in 50 years, you can visit. Following the opening up of Varosha - the ghost town of Famagusta, this tour is the best way to see inside the abandoned holiday resort which has been deserted since the 1974 Turkish invasion.

Available at least twice a week from 09 May to October. Please book at least 2 days in advance.

Highlights:

Explore Varosha ghost town
View the abandoned hotels from the beach front
English guide and commentary
Open Top red Bus Tour

Availability / Schedule

This tour runs from 09 May until 25 October.

This tour runs on Tuesdays and Fridays. At busy times additional days will also run as needed.

Description

The Varosha Experience tour is designed to allow you the maximum time to explore this deserted holiday resort.

In the 1970's Famagusta was one of the most glamourous holiday resorts in the Mediterranean. Visited by film stars, royalty and the rich and famous of the world, there were chic hotels, disco's, designer shops and all the modern and upmarket entertainments you might find in a large holiday resort. After the Turkish invasion of 1974 this area became a no-mans land, sealed off from the world with only a few Turkish soldiers and UN peacekeepers allowed in.

The 5 star hotels sit abandoned, luxury cars still sit in showrooms and nature has reclaimed the resort that was bereft of people, cars and life for so long. In 2020 the Northern Cyprus administration decided to open up selected parts of Varosha and for the first time tourists could enter and walk down the palm lined streets and peer into the dusty shop windows.

The Original Red Bus Company pride themselves in offering great knowledge and adding humour to our tours. Within the first year of this tour it was awarded “Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence” adding to their other awards.

You will be collected by a big red double decker bus and taken to the crossing point to the north of the island. Your passports will be processed by Immigration quicker than any other company at this crossing point, on average it takes us 7 minutes.

Once you clear passport control the guide will provide you with information about Varosha, including how Varosha came about, hotel information, what to expect, what to see and the facilities available in the deserted resort. This is the only company to provide their own map which helps with navigation and additional information about relevant buildings. Red Bus staff will be in the resort armed with 2-way radios ready to give you assistance if required, again we are the only company to offer this customer care.

Once in the empty resort you are allowed to view wherever you want within the clearly demarcated areas governed by the authorities. Because this tour gives you more free time than any other company you have enough time to explore the streets, have a snack or a swim on one of the two designated beaches.

This tour solely concentrates on the holiday resort of Varosha and therefore gives you maximum time to understand more about it.

It's a poignant and thought provoking place to visit with the haunting evidence of the sudden abandonment of this once glitzy and bustling resort, all too clear to see. Varosha was only opened up to visitors a few years ago and it is unknown what the future holds for it. We highly recommend you take this opportunity to visit Varosha before decisions are made about what will happen to it.

Please note: Cash is not accepted in Varosha, any drinks/snacks purchased must be paid by credit or debit card only.

Pick up points

This tour picks up from selected points all over Ayia Napa and Protaras areas (including Pernera, Kapparis and Paralimni)

Your nearest pick up point may be a short walk from your hotel.

Your exact pick up time and location will be noted on your confirmation.

Pick up times from Ayia Napa and Protaras are between 08.30 and 10.00, depending on your pick up location. Returns around 2pm.

Please be waiting at the pick up point 10 minutes before the time stated in case the bus is running early.

Who can go on this tour

This tour is restricted to passport holders from the following countries -

All 27 EU countries, the UK, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.

Other passport holders cannot go on this tour unfortunately.

Your passport / EU ID card must be with you on the day of the trip.

Booking

Book this tour with a deposit to secure your places.

The balance can be paid on the bus on the day of the trip in cash.

Please book at least 48 hours in advance. For last minute bookings, please contact us and we will do our best to book you on this tour.

At times of high demand we may need to offer you an alternative date if the tour is fully booked. We ask that you give us a second choice of date in case your first choice is already fully booked.

If you are booking for more than 4 people, we will need to collect the rest of the balance before the trip. In this case we will give you a payment link or arrange for the balance to be collected from you in resort.

What is included

Includes a guided sightseeing tour by open top bus

Includes free time in Varosha

Includes live commentary in English on the bus

Includes pick up from your hotel in the Ayia Napa / Protaras areas.

What is not included

Lunch and drinks are not included.

Seating

The tour takes place on an open top, double decker red bus. Upstairs seating is first come, first served. Please book in advance to secure upstairs seating.

Seating is also available downstairs.

Know before you go - Important Information

Passports / EU ID cards are required to cross into the North. Only passport holders from the EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland can go on this tour.

The tour bus is not wheelchair accessible.

Upstairs seating is first come, first served. Please book in advance to secure upstairs seating.

Children are welcome on this tour. Ages 3-12 receive 50% discount. Children aged 2 and under go free.

Pick up times are between 08.30 and 10.00 depending on your location.

Book with a deposit and pay the rest on the bus.

Groups of more than 4 people will need to pay the balance before the day of the trip. We will give you details of how to do this on your confirmation.

Cash is not accepted in Varosha, any drinks/snacks purchased must be paid by credit or debit card only.