Old towns in Eastern Mediterranean Europe Voyage Tips and guide

Old towns in Eastern Mediterranean Europe outlines a list of notable old towns in Eastern Mediterranean Europe, which covers Greece, Cyprus and parts of Turkey, including the breakaway state Northern Cyprus.

Map of Old towns in Eastern Mediterranean Europe

• 37.97222223.7305561 Athens , one of the world's oldest cities, having been inhabited since 3000 BCE.
• 39.62388919.9213892 Corfu Town, dates back to the 5th century BCE, with much of the present city built when it was ruled by Venetian nobility between 1386 and 1797.
• 36.1727.923 Rhodes, the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe.

See Old towns in the Middle East#Turkey for the Asian side.

• 41.01138928.9502784 Sultanahmet — the Old City of Istanbul

• 34.67499733.0442865 Limassol, the old town is full of historic houses, both from the Ottoman period and the British colonial period.
• 35.172533.3656 Nicosia, with well preserved town walls, which cross over into the North.

• 35.11666733.957 Famagusta, the walled old centre dates from the 13th century, and several 14th century churches remain.
• 35.34027833.3191678 Kyrenia, the old centre is dominated by the castle built by the Venetians in 1540.

• Ancient Greece
• Old towns in the Balkans
• Old towns in the Middle East