🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on cities, food and value for money. Cyprus leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $90A normal day$130
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London4h 35m to Larnaca
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 Choose Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Cyprus guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 19 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.