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Cyprus Tourist guide

Cyprus Tourist guide. Facts. Cyprus has an intense Mediterranean climate with the typical seasonal rhythm strongly marked in respect of temperature, rainfall and weather generally.

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Cyprus Tourist guide

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  1. Cyprus Tourist guide

  2. Facts Cyprus has an intense Mediterranean climate with the typical seasonal rhythm strongly marked in respect of temperature, rainfall and weather generally. Hot dry summers from mid-May to mid-September and rainy, rather changeable, winters from November to mid-March are separated by short autumn and spring seasons of rapid change in weather conditions. And the capital is called “Nicosia”

  3. Typical foods Typical food includes: Yemista are stuffed vegetables all kinds, favourites in every Cypriot family. Especially in summertime you will appreciate the interesting taste of this Mediterranean speciality. You can order the great number of stuffed vegetables as starters or as main dishes. They can be hot or cold.

  4. Foods Continued… • Tzadziki Dip - A yoghurt, cucumber and mint dip that you will find in most restaurants, served along with tahini, olives and salad. • Kefalotiri - Cheese Hard rinded cheese, comes in large rounds, you buy a wedge of it. Nice texture and quite strong. • Halva - Sweet Sesame seeds pulp and sugar melded into a square, sometimes with nuts, or vanilla flavouring. A little goes a long way.

  5. Figures • Total Area • total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus) land: 9,240 sq km water: 10 sq km • Population • 780,133 (July 2005 est.) • Languages • Greek, Turkish, English • Literacy • total population: 74.45 years male: 70.79 years female: 78.31 years (2005 est.) • Religions • Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4% • Life Expectancy • total population: 77.65 years male: 75.29 years female: 80.13 years (2005 est.) 

  6. Figures continued Currency • Greek Cypriot area: Cypriot pound (CYP); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish lira (TRL)  • Republic of Cyprus: purchasing power parity - $15.71 billion north Cyprus: purchasing power parity - $4.54 billion (2004 est.) • Labour Force Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.) • ExportsRepublic of Cyprus: $1.094 billion f.o.b. north Cyprus: $49.3 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)    • ImportsRepublic of Cyprus: $5.258 billion f.o.b. north Cyprus: $415.2 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) • Natural Resourcescopper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment   

  7. Flights Edinburgh Airport is serviced by an express bus service (Airlink no.100) which takes approximately 25 minutes to/from the city centre. Road access to the airport is easy from the two-level junction on the A8 midway between the Gogar and Newbridge roundabouts.

  8. Flights Continued Edinburgh to Paphos

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