| Daily tours to Gazimagusa (Famagusta) |
Tour start at 10:00 a.m from your hotel and it finishes at around 15:00 p.m Sites We will see today Magusa is the Turkish name for Gazimagusa and it has been used since the Ottoman conquest of 1571 Gazi mean war veteran or unconquered, Gazimagusa is an ancient site and has the most impressive array of historical buildings. The First Settlement here is thought to have been circa 275 BC, founded by Ptolemy Philedelphus of Egypt. Arab chroniclers wrote with admiration of the booty taken from Cyprus and expecially from Constantia ( Salamis, which was destroyed in 648 AD by the Emir Muawiya of Syria. The surviving inhabitants settled ni the nearby, small lagoon town of Arsinoe, the present day . The new immigrants renamed the town Ammochostos( hidden in the sand) which was corrupted to Famagusta.
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Price is given, on the request Price includes * All of the transportation * Entrance Fees * Lunch * Guiding |
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