We were a bit unsure about coming to the North as we had always been in the South. We really found it great value in comparison to other parts of Europe as the Euro is so strong. The North is not so overdeveloped as the South and we really had a great time exploring all the sites. The food was fantastic with a great range from local peasant food to fine dining fusion cuisine.
Lyn's Penthouse was just as it said on the tin, everything was as described or better. The view of the mountains and the seascape was a perfect match for our pre dinner drinks from the roof top. With the French windows open the living area and the rooftop terrace become one area so it was great fun to prepare meals, BBQ and eat outdoors. The local shops and markets gave us so much lovely fresh food.
Lyn spent a lot of time on the email advising us on flights and answering our questions about the place. He arranged our pick-up and hire car so we had no hassle finding the address, there are no road signs and his agents Sadik and Trish met us when we arrived to show us around and give us the hire car. We had two punctures up in the mountains and Sadik came out right away to get us mobile and home in time for dinner. The apartment was clean with everything working and a well equipped kitchen for us foodies.
Lyn's guide to the area gave us some memorable meals. Niazi's is one of the best traditional Turkish Cypriot meals, but our favourite was the Lamb in the Well at Deniz Kisi, only known by the locals. We discovered restaurant 14 in the old town of Kyrenia which was our favourite. We took the advice in the guide and drank the local beer, wine and spirits, these were very palatable and very good value.
The Penthouse has a really handy location, we walked to main part of town with the shops and harbour side restaurants in less than 8 minutes. There is a very good corner store who will deliver and the major supermarket is 5 minutes walk away, but we always needed the car to carry our wine.
We will be back and will be taking friends with us this time as it was one of our more memorable holidays.