The Original Red Bus - 3 Hour Tour

3 Hour Tour - Divided Line

3 hr

From 10 euros

Agia Napa (Ayia Napa)|Protaras

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Description

Pick up: Ayia Napa - Protaras - __________________________________________ Divided Line Price List - Thursday & Sunday - Adults: €25 Children: €10 ( 3 to 11 years ) Infants ( Under 3 years are FREE ) __________________________________________ This is a 3 hour morning tour which takes you into the traditional villas, along the coastal areas and on to the Divided Line. We include free seasonal fruit at the halfway stop. The dividing line is also referred to as the Attila Line, named after the Turkish code-name for the 1974 military intervention: Operation Atilla. The Turkish army has built a barrier on the zone’s northern side, consisting mainly of barbed-wire fencing, concrete wall segments, watchtowers, anti-tank ditches, and minefields. The zone cuts through the centre of Nicosia, separating the city into southern and northern sections. In total, it spans an area of 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi), varying in width from less than 20 metres (66 ft) to more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi). Because of this, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nicosia remains the last divided capital in Europe. Some 10,000 people live in several villages and work on farms located within the zone; the village of Pyla is famous for being one of the few remaining villages in Cyprus where Greek and Turkish Cypriots still live side by side. Other villages are Deneia, Athienou and Troulloi. Some areas are untouched by human interference and have remained a safe haven for flora and fauna. A buffer zone in Cyprus was first established in the last days of 1963, when Major-General Peter Young was the commander of the British Joint Force (later known as the Truce Force and a predecessor of the present UN force). This Force was set up in the wake of the inter-communal violence of Christmas 1963. On the 30th December 1963, following a ‘high powered’ twelve hour meeting chaired by Duncan Sandys (British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations), General Young drew the agreed cease-fire line on a map with a green chinagraph pencil, which was to become known as the “Green Line”. This map was then passed to General Young’s Intelligence Officer who was waiting in a nearby building and told to, “Get on with it.” Intelligence Corps NCOs then copied the map for distribution to the Truce Force units. Further copies of the map would then have been produced ‘in house’ for use by Truce Force patrols.

The Original Red Bus - 3 Hour Tour

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