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Old 12 May 2007
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Hello
The border between North and south is not really closed.
I know that citizens of Republic of Northern Cyprus can pass to south and vice versa, the Citizens of the South can pass to North.

I am not sure if the citizens of European countries can enter from North to South? This needs to be checked.

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Thanks for all your replies so far, am looking at a few options on how to get to Cyprus...

My trip will be in Aug 2009 to attend my daughters wedding and decided to make a bike trip of it as well...

Still a long way off but enjoy doing the planning for these trips....

Antonis.....thanks very much for your kind offer, will probably be contacting you for info on cyprus at some time if thats OK......

Clive..
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Hi Pegasus,
Just wondering how you are getting on with your travel plans ? I have decided I would like to travel from Northumberland to Cyprus ( prob Limassol ) I will be travelling alone so this is a big thing for me, I plan to go in three weeks time. I thought about travelling by ferry from North Shields to Rotterdam, then down to Athens ( I have a Sat Nav ) then by ferry to Limassol. I was roughly guessing at 4 days to get there.

Be very interested in what you think ?

Cheers

el-keith
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Crossing from Turkey

Hiya Im planning a trip to Cyprus and found this from Tony Carr -

Arrived! I had a brilliant ride from Istanbul across to Ankara and then down through the Taurus Mountains (brilliant twisties after all the miles of highway) and breathtaking scenery. Total mileage on this leg was 638 Miles which took 14.5 hours. The weather east of Istanbul was very bad, torrential rain and a temperature of just 2 deg Centigrade. However, dropping down through the Taurus mountains the temp started to rise and was a very pleasant 20 deg at the port of Tasucu from where I embarked to Cyprus on a mainly freight ferry. The trip took 8 hours. Crossing the border from North to South Cyprus was the easiest crossing of all and took only 5 minutes.

Let me know if this is still any good as im planning for Mar 08 or ill work with you and we can come up with a route.
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Crossing the border in Nicosia is very straightforward and I've done it myself a few times. A word of warning. The standard of driving on the Greek side has to be seen to be believed. It's truly appalling. A lovely island though especially when you get away from the Brit invasion of Paphos.
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Old 27 Jul 2007
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Hello from Cyprus!

Hello Clive and other motorcycle friends,

when you come to Cyprus please contact me. Lets have a ...or more and lets exchange some motorcycle stories.
Cyprus is a beautifull island and the driving is not so bad....believe me, I have seen much worst )


Antonis
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Greece to Cyprus

Good news,
Louis cruise lines is operating a ferry that carries both passengers and vehicles.
check out and ask for details at Louis Cruises:Cruises from Greece, Italy, France, Cyprus . I dont know for how long this ferry it will be running but definetely during August and september.

see you
Antonis
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...the driving is not so bad....believe me, I have seen much worst )


Antonis
I have to second that notion

Try driving/riding in Lebanon or Syria and then we can discuss this again
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