Car Hire in Larnaca - Getting to Larnaca

The main international airport linking Cyprus to the outside world is on the edge of town directly opposite Larnaca’s salt lake, servicing flights from most of Europe and the Middle East. Taxis will willingly take you anyway around the island but the usual tourist fee applies. Resorts tend to run their own shuttles. There is also an international airport at Paphos. During the summer there are many charter flights from Europe, many prefer the convenience of arrival on a package.

Crossing the border into Northern Cyprus is tricky, at best you can get a day pass (including car) but not the other way around. You cannot enter the island via one side and leave from another. Despite thawing relations between Turkey and its ‘Greco/Cypriot’ neighbours in the Aegean, the bitter taste of the ’74 invasion by Turkey still lingers in the mouths of most Cypriots. Border formalities are awkward and costly.

Car ferries leave Lemesos for Athens sometimes also Rhodes, Patmos or Crete, and Israel. Direct ferries to Greek islands are very limited unfortunately. From Northern Cyprus there are ferries to southern Turkey.