Roccas (Kaytazağa) Bastion

This bastion was unique throughout Cyprus in that it was the only place where Greek and Turkish Cypriots could eyeball each other at close quarters, pre-2003. Nowadays it's hardly an attraction, since it is so easy to actually cross over to the opposite side and eyeball each other face to face. It is interesting, however, as a reminder of the noncontact between the two communities that lasted for around thirty years.

It is situated about 200m south of the Ledra Palace Hotel crossing and is easily identifiable by the no-parking signs along the bastion walls. The UN buffer zone separating the two sides by a normally comfortable margin virtually disappears here for a stretch of about 200m, while the border of Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus ends at the very edge of this bastion.

If you are in North Nicosia you can easily reach the Turkish-held side of the Roccas Bastion.