This centre is a sober reminder of the island’s ongoing separation. There is an audio-visual presentation and information about Famagusta but the real reason to visit is for the panoramic views (binoculars provided) across the bizarre barbed-wire no-man’s land to Varosia from the rooftop. The withered and empty remains of this one-time Mediterannean hot-ticket resort are a bitter and stark reminder of the ongoing separation.
Varosia’s residents fled the invading Turkish troops in August 1974 and now, entirely fenced off by the Turkish military, this once thriving resort with its glossy hotels, sits slowly crumbling into ruin.
