North Cyprus has a very wild and unspoiled nature. On the one side you can see the impressive Beşparmak. On the other side there's the coast with the Mediterranean Sea. Our tourist guide described the island as "a beautiful extraordinary place get stucked in the 80s". There is no train infrastructure, no waste system. Lots of pretty places were very dirty unfortunately and I saw many street animals. It reminded me a lot of Egypt.
North Cyprus has very friendly people and an excellent food culture ( very very sweet!).
What I liked the most is that the people accept everyone. Most of the inhabitants are Sunnis but in every place there is a mosque and a church. The female inhabitants don't wear headscarves and long clothes. They kiss in public and woman are treated equal. In political issues North and South Cyprus are separated but in their hearts they belong together. The local people don't want a divide...like in Germany history. I saw greek restaurants next to Turkish coffee shops and the owners played cards together.
It is definitely a place to experience with its good and bad sides. If you want to discover culture except of beaches then it's definitely worth it.
A place we visited was Salamis, once the biggest and richest city of Cyprus. Today just a part is apparent - statures of emperors, thermal baths, an ancient theatre and a lot of columns.
