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Would you go to Cyprus

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imcountingtothree123 · 18/06/2025 21:48

Due to go to Cyprus mid August. Would you go? Seeing stuff on the news that is worrying me but no idea whether it’s just the media scaremongering.

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Pushmepullu · 19/06/2025 00:02

No, I wouldn’t go to Cyprus in August, but that applies to any year as 40 degree temperatures don’t appeal.

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imcountingtothree123 · 19/06/2025 00:00

BashfulClam · 18/06/2025 23:32

Yep the tarantula and snakes thread put me off.

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imcountingtothree123 · 18/06/2025 23:59

Mylittlepea · 18/06/2025 23:30

Cyprus is beautiful but I wouldn’t go again in August because it was 36-38 degrees everyday and I would melt into a sticky mess the moment I left our our air conditioned villa. My makeup slid off my face even in the evening when going out for dinner at 8pm.

I know you mean the location - concerns about war etc but thought would give you my lighthearted view🥵😉

It will be hot but I don’t mind it!

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imcountingtothree123 · 18/06/2025 23:59

Pokemum76 · 18/06/2025 23:08

North or south?

Polis so West

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BashfulClam · 18/06/2025 23:32

Drangea · 18/06/2025 21:52

No because of the tarantula thread here from the other night

Yep the tarantula and snakes thread put me off.

AmelieSummer25 · 18/06/2025 23:30

My friends (adult) son is there at the moment for work (🙄🙄would love his 'job') he was at a (work- in finance) beach party last night. He has a great time, but he said it was 'weird' seeing the 'missiles' going over.

personally I couldn't enjoy a holiday there, like that, knowing people were being killed etc, seeing the missiles (or whatever) actually headed to kill people.

i know it's happening whether i go or not, but actually seeing it as you're sitting having a few drinks... no thanks.

Mylittlepea · 18/06/2025 23:30

Cyprus is beautiful but I wouldn’t go again in August because it was 36-38 degrees everyday and I would melt into a sticky mess the moment I left our our air conditioned villa. My makeup slid off my face even in the evening when going out for dinner at 8pm.

I know you mean the location - concerns about war etc but thought would give you my lighthearted view🥵😉

ninjahamster · 18/06/2025 23:21

My daughter came back from Cyprus yesterday. No issues.

Crazyworldmum · 18/06/2025 23:20

Off course . Cyprus has never been affected with any war in neighbouring countries .

Untery · 18/06/2025 23:14

Username12284949 · 18/06/2025 22:48

Going to Turkey in just under 3 weeks. Already nervous as it will be my first time abroad on my own with my children and I am a terrible flyer. Now this to worry about as well I wish I hadn’t opened this thread I thought my worries were irrational but seeing people saying they wouldn’t go is scaring me a lot.

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I think it’s easy to say “I wouldn’t go” when you don’t have a holiday booked there. I guess if you were booking a holiday today some people may avoid Turkey due to the very small risk. Because there are plenty other destinations. But in reality the risk in Turkey tourist areas must be tiny. There will be 1000s of British tourist s going there in the next couple of months

reversegear · 18/06/2025 23:10

Drangea · 18/06/2025 21:52

No because of the tarantula thread here from the other night

Ha ha my thoughts.. OP I have a holiday booked in September and just watching as I can still get my money back until the end of July. I’m on the fence.

xanthomelana · 18/06/2025 23:08

Yes I’d go. We were out there when France, USA and UK carried out air strikes on Syrian chemical weapon labs in 2018 and you wouldn’t even know anything was going on. My woeful knowledge of geography meant I didn’t realise how close the two countries actually are. If there’s any danger you won’t be allowed to fly anyway so the government must not consider it a risk at the moment.

Pokemum76 · 18/06/2025 23:08

North or south?

ladyofshertonabbas · 18/06/2025 23:07

Never going die to tarantula thread. Think that thread has damaged tourism there quite a bit. 😂

feistymama75 · 18/06/2025 23:05

My parents owned a house in Cyprus and we would spend a lot of time there when I was a child. I remember being a teenager swimming in the pool as the Gulf War got underway and seeing all the jets and naval ships going straight past.

Cyprus is in a very strategic position and some of the missiles fired between Israel and Iran were visible from Cyprus. A friend who lives there sent me a video the other day.

Personally I would wait a few more weeks and see what happens and then decide.

Badbadbunny · 18/06/2025 22:59

DeathlyGreenAngel · 18/06/2025 22:44

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t go. An EU member state with two British bases on it is not getting drawn into Israel/Iran.

Cyprus is flipping great. It has been in a major dispute with Türkiye since 1974. You can’t see the manned checkpoints and border posts from most of the coastal results but they’re definitely there. Nobody stopped going when Cyprus was in an active conflict so I can’t imagine why they’d stop when it isn’t.

US and British planes are being sent from Cyprus based into the war, so those bases could easily become a target.

Username12284949 · 18/06/2025 22:48

Going to Turkey in just under 3 weeks. Already nervous as it will be my first time abroad on my own with my children and I am a terrible flyer. Now this to worry about as well I wish I hadn’t opened this thread I thought my worries were irrational but seeing people saying they wouldn’t go is scaring me a lot.

DeathlyGreenAngel · 18/06/2025 22:44

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t go. An EU member state with two British bases on it is not getting drawn into Israel/Iran.

Cyprus is flipping great. It has been in a major dispute with Türkiye since 1974. You can’t see the manned checkpoints and border posts from most of the coastal results but they’re definitely there. Nobody stopped going when Cyprus was in an active conflict so I can’t imagine why they’d stop when it isn’t.

TimeForABreak4 · 18/06/2025 22:35

We are booked and will be going unless anything changes drastically before then.

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imcountingtothree123 · 18/06/2025 22:33

It’s not a package so flights and villa separate.

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Pippa12 · 18/06/2025 22:19

I would go. The world is an increasingly turbulent place, if Cyprus/Turkey are attacked all hell will break loose regardless of where you are.

Subbyhubby · 18/06/2025 22:16

I would go, but probably not take the kids

Namechangetry · 18/06/2025 22:10

Where teenage girls get put in prison for being gang raped while the rapists get to go home?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51026133

Never and the day after never would I ever go there.

The teenager covers her face as she arrives at court

Ayia Napa Briton returns home after false rape claim sentence in Cyprus

She lands back in the UK after being given a four-month suspended sentence in Cyprus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51026133

Elbowpatch · 18/06/2025 22:08

Yes.

I am going to Cyprus.

sparrowflewdown · 18/06/2025 22:07

No to Cyprus and Turkey.