Varosha, Maras Cyprus 4K - Walking Tour in Ghost Town Closed Maras/Varosha
An afternoon walk on a summer day in Ghost town Varosha/Maras, Cyprus. The tour starts at the main entrance of the Closed Maras and continues through the streets of the ghost town. The tour also covers abandoned buildings and shops, and ends on the beach of Varosha with golden sand.
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Varosha (Greek: Βαρώσια; Turkish: Maraş or Kapalı Maraş) is the southern quarter of the Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus. Varosha has a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census. The area of Varosha is 6.19 km2 (2.39 sq mi).
The name of Varosha derives from the Turkish word varoş (Ottoman Turkish: suburb). The place where Varosha is located now was empty fields in which animals grazed.
In the early 1970s, Famagusta was the number-one tourist destination in Cyprus. To cater to the increasing number of tourists, many new high-rise buildings and hotels were constructed. During its heyday, Varosha was not only the number-one tourist destination in Cyprus, but between 1970 and 1974, it was one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and was a favorite destination of such celebrities as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, and Brigitte Bardot.
Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish operation of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town.
Entry to Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varosha...
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