Lefkosha(Nicosia):
1) St. Sophia Cathedral (Selimiye Mosque):This is the earliest and perhaps the finest of the Lusignan churches, built by French architects and Queen Alix of Champagne (Hugh I's wife) in the same style as Chartres and Rouen Cathedrals in France.  Following the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century, it was transformed into a mosque with the addition of two minarets.
2) Mevlana Tekke: It is immediately inside the Girne Kapisi (Kyrenia Gate).  Built in the 18th century as a cloister of Dervish brotherhood, it houses an ethnographical museum.
3) Buyuk Han and Kumarcilar Hani: These are magnificent examples of Ottoman architecture.
4) Dervish Pasha Konagi (Mansion): A beautiful Ottoman house, transformed into a museum, recently renovated to its former glory.
5) The National Struggle Museum: Located in Mucahitler Sitesi near the Girne Kapisi (Kyrenia Gate), this museum gives you a good idea about the Turkish Cypriot people's struggle for independence.  Weapons used during 1963-1974 period and those captured from the Greeks can be seen here.

Gazimagusa(Famagusta):
Ruins of Salamis1) The Ruins of Salamis: Only a few miles North of Gazimagusa, you can find the remnants of the ruins of the antique city of Salamis abandoned to the encroaching sand.  It was built in the 11th century BC by Achaean and Anatolian settlers who were soon joined by the refugees who finally abandoned Enkomi-Alasia in 1050 BC.  Salamis is a great site.  The most impressive remains are the theatre and the gymnasium.  The others are the palaestra (vast exercise ground with marble columns), the sudatorium (or sweating room) and the calderium. The excavations are scattered over a square mile of scrub and acacia.
2) Othello Tower: A visit to this tower which keeps guard on the port is a must.  It is said that the drama which inspired Shakespeare took place in Famagusta.
3) St. Nicholas Cathedral: It became the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque in the 16th century, after the Ottoman conquest.  It is a replica, with yellow stones, of the Reims Cathedral in France.
4) The Monastery of St. Barnabas: It houses a church built in 1756 and the National Museum of Antiquities with objects, especially potteries, discovered at Salamis and Enkomi-Alasia.
5) Ayios Philon: This is a 4th Century complex which consists of a peristyle court, a bishop's palace, a basilica and other few buildings.  They were built on the foundations of earlier Roman and Hellenistic structures.  In the 12th Century, a Byzantine church was erected on the site of the earlier Christian basilica.

Guzelyurt(Morphou):
Soli1) Soli: A lovely road, along the coast, takes you to the discovery of the antique city of Soli with beautiful mosaics and a theatre.  The famous statue of Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, was discovered here.  Soli was a great city, founded in the 6th Century BC.  It was at its most importance during the Roman occupation of Cyprus, and was destroyed during the Arab invasion in the 7th Century.  A Swedish archaeological expedition excavated the Roman amphitheatre in 1930 and an early Christian Basilica and mosaics came to light during the later work by Canadian teams.  Much work remains to be done over the huge site.
2) The Vouni Palace: It was built in the 5th century BC, at 820 feet above sea level; the view is absolutely breath-taking.

Guzelyurt(Morphou):
3) Archaeological Museum: Contains exhibits from the neolithic period until the Lusignan period.
In spring, the light breezes scatter the white orange blossoms from which you can smell the fragrance around the town, while in other seasons the golden oranges and lemons shine on the trees.  It is an ideal picnic spot for those who want to escape from the noise and rush of city life and to spend the day in the peace and quiet of the natural surroundings.