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The World’s 100 Best Beaches

Maraş Beach

Famagusta, Cyprus

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST BEACHES WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 68 2026
Maraş Beach

A sandy beach with clear, calm, shallow water and no stones, backed by the abandoned hotels and apartment blocks of Varosha. Visitors leave cars at the Closed Maraş entrance and walk 15–35 minutes, rent a bike or scooter, or take a shuttle.

Highlights

  • Fine golden sand, no stones
  • Clear, shallow, calm water
  • Abandoned Varosha buildings behind

Good to know

  • Shuttle from entrance about 100 TL return
  • Sun loungers around 150 TL per person
  • Loungers removed after mid-September; early closing

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