This tiny mountain village on the southeastern outskirts of Kyrenia (4 mi/6 km away) in Turkish Cyprus, overlooking the northern coast and is home to the beautiful 13th-century Bellapais Abbey.
Many famous people have lived in this village, including Lawrence Durrell and photographer George Lanitis. The Tree of Idleness that Durrell describes in his memoir, Bitter Lemons, still stands.
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