Famagusta Viewpoint — Attraction in Deryneia

Highly recommended to anyone visiting Cyprus and wanting to learn about the Turkish invasion in 1974. The owner Nicos and his family were greatly impacted from the invasion as the family had a thriving business in Famagusta. We watched a bunch of videos before arriving here so we can be better informed. The viewpoint entrance is typically 2.5 euros, but why not combine it with a drink for 4? It comes with a nice cafe where you can watch a short video of the invasion, a small museum displaying all the photos and timeline, and a viewpoint where you get a great view of the UN building and the ghost city of Famagusta. Pictures and videos are allowed from the viewpoint. Let’s support the owner of this cafe and turn something tragic into...

Interesting place to see the one side of a story. Definitely worth spending time there, see the ghost town from the rooftop. (There should be tourists trips to Famagusta from the occupied territories)

However I don’t find much on “why” the turks took the territory, why this war happened at the first place?) it’s wrong what turks did to the island but it’s not fully right what greek Cypriots did to the Turkish minority. There is no richt or wrong side, both were involved. It’s just a sad fact that the island is divided from that time.

Both greek and turks do same thing but a little different - gyros is rotating one side, kebab - the other side 😅 hope one day the island will be...

The view point charges a small entry free which includes use of their binoculars, an information video to watch and access to the mini museum them have put together. You can also opt for one of their packages which includes either a drink, drink and cake, or drink and sandwich for just a few euros more.

We had home made Madeira cake and cans from the fridge. The binoculars we were given were good and we spent a long time looking out over the area, constantly spotting different things.

The film they show you is very informative, as is the museum which includes photos, newspaper clippings, and letters to...