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Northern Cyprus
Very much agree with Brian's review. We were on the same tour of "The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as he was, albeit at different hotels. Our guide was affable until he began demanding suitable tips for himself and the driver. He told us our holiday was cheap because the government was giving the hotels subsidies and the carpet, jewellery and leather factories were sponsors. Having spent nearly two hours waiting to leave the jewellery factory, a significant number of our group rebelled and refused to enter the leather factory, instead having a pleasant lunch in a nearby restaurant. The remainder of the group didn't have a lunch break until nearly 4.00pm in Kyrenia. We enjoyed many of the visits, especially Bellapais, the Roman ruins at Salamis and the cities of Nicosia, Famagusta and Kyrenia. The amount of litter almost everywhere was appalling, particularly at the so-called Golden Beach where we alighted from the coach to be confronted by a mass of beer cans, empty bottles, cigarette packets and assorted plastics surrounding overflowing litter bins. We would have liked to wander around Kyrenia on the final day but the Riverside Resort Hotel was a good 20km away and the advertised hotel bus refused to take us. The Hotel Manager responded to our complaint with extreme discourtesy and blatant untruths. We shall not be returning to Northern Cyprus and will certainly not be using Rsd Travel again