While Northern Cyprus will continue to officially use the Turkish lira, in practice its merchants and hoteliers have been accepting a wide variety of foreign currency for years, and this will continue.
Starting January 1st, 2008, the Euro will be used in all transactions in Cyprus.
Have old Cyprus pounds sitting in a drawer? Now is the best time to convert them.
The permanent conversion rate for one Cyprus pound into Euros is 0,585274 to one Euro.
For more extensive information on the conversion, plus converters for everything from webpages to phone cards, see Cyprus' National Website for the Euro.
Compare airfares to Cyprus: Find Greek Airfares
Airport codes for Cyprus are:
Larnaca - LCA
Paphos - PFO
In Northern Cyprus:
Ercan - ECN
