Travel information: getting to Cyprus

Most visitors to Cyprus will arrive into the Republic of Cyprus, whose legal entry points are Larnaka and Pafos airports and Larnaka, Lemesos, Latsi or Pafos ports. There is an airport in the Turkish-occupied north of the island, Tymbou (Ercan) but there are currently no direct flights here, as the region is not recognised by the international community; flights must arrive via Turkey. If you are planning to arrive into the north, check in advance with the Cypriot embassy in your home country whether or not you will be allowed to cross to the south.

By air

Note that the airports are still often referred to internationally as Larnaca and Paphos, respectively.

Larnaka International Airport

77 778 833, www.larnaca-airport.info. 5km from Larnaka (45km from Agia Napa, 50km from Nicosia, 70km from Lemesos, 140km from Pafos).
If your holiday package doesn’t include transfers from the airport, taxis are available 24 hours a day outside the terminal building.

A bus service to all major towns exists, but is infrequent and somewhat unreliable. Kapnos Airport Shuttle (77 771 477, www.kapnosairportshuttle.com) runs regular services to the Filoxenia Hotel in Nicosia, from where you can hop into a taxi to your final destination. The service costs €7 and runs 5.30am-11pm (from Larnaka) and 5.30am-midnight (from Nicosia).

Pafos International Airport

77 778 833, www.pafos-airport.info. 15km from Pafos (180km from Agia Napa, 130km from Larnaka, 145km from Nicosia, 65km from Lemesos).
Taxis are available 24 hours a day outside the terminal building, and there is a regular bus service into Pafos.

Taxis

See Getting around Cyprus

By boat

Most passenger cruise liners arrive at Lemesos Port, the main port on the island. It is also is linked by ferries to Greece, Israel, Egypt and Lebanon. It serves a large number of cruise liners which use the port as a base or stopover. Note that the ports of Kyrenia and Famagusta in the Turkish-occupied north of the island are officially designated as illegal points of entry.

Car hire

See Getting around Cyprus

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