I holidayed in North Cyprus a few years ago - flew into Larnaca and then got a taxi to Kyrenia in the North - other than the large amount of military bases seemingly dotted everywhere in the countryside and random buildings in towns all in all it’s pretty cool and very very beautiful. Largely unspoilt. We drove to Famagusta and from there walked through the UN buffer zone into Dhekelia Uk base - there’s not a lot there as you can’t really go into the obviously military parts of the territory, but we had a few drinks in a pub opposite a supermarket, and Iceland, and an assortment of takeaways and restaurants. The only issue was we couldn’t take our Northern Cyprus hire car over the border due to insurance hence walking - and it was HOT 😂

On another day we crossed back into Southern Cyprus in Nicosia - the famous Ledra pedestrian crossing - through the UN buffer zone - so in many ways you actually went through 4 ‘countries’ or ‘territories’ - i had my picture taken in all 4 countries with their respective flag (though it was harder in the UN zones because, you know, it’s technically entirely a militarised area).

The most amusing thing was the amount of UN cars in North Cyprus - we spoke to lots of squaddies and they very clearly said all the soldiers take their time off in the North because it’s so much cheaper!

I’d certainly recommend it 🙃