Fodor's Expert Review Kyrenia Castle

Kyrenia Castle, overlooking the Old Harbor, is a 7th century Byzantine landmark that comes with an enthralling history of conquerors and kings, the Crusaders, and the Knights Templar. Later fortified by the Venetians in the 1500s, the castle is today renowned for its archaelogical exhibits and the Batık Gemi Müzesi (the Shipwreck Museum), whose prize possession is the remains of a Greek merchant ship that sank around 300 BC, one of the oldest-discovered shipwrecks.