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Be warned about hard pressure selling on Northern Cyprus cultural tour
While most of the trip went well and was enjoyable, the forced stop off at the Bufavento Jewellery completely clouded the holiday and cost us financially. This is a shame because otherwise the holiday and interaction with people on the trip was generally fine. There were some grumbles about the hotels and food but this did not bother us much. Bufavento engages in high pressure selling and if you are naïve about the real value of jewellery they will take you to the cleaners. Unfortunately, in our case RSD travel arranged the visit to the carpet warehouse and Jewellers when moving between hotels so it was not possible to avoid the experience. As will be seen repeated in other reviews, Bufavento oblige you to listen to an introductory talk after which you are taken into the sales room and immediately pounced upon by their salesmen and saleswomen and make it very hard to leave the room. The jewellery is very nice and probably good quality and the initial price may seem absurdly high. They will halve it and make it sound reasonable but it is only after you return home and obtain a valuation that you realise that you have been well and truly duped! To be fair the traders at the carpet and leather shops were less pushy in comparison to that at the Jewellers and that experience was much more acceptable.. So be warned!