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Cyprus Lives In Love And Strife.

Smithsonian

| July 01, 1999 | Wernick, Robert | COPYRIGHT 1999 Smithsonian Institution. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Despite ethnic tensions, today's tourists can't resist the past and present of this ancient Mediterranean crossroads for headline-readers the verdant island of Cyprus, tucked in the least-traveled corner of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of those flash points of ethnic conflict that periodically threaten the peace of the world. Almost daily, Greeks and Turks hurl insults and threats of doomsday missiles at each other across a long, thin line patrolled by a handful of United Nations troops. But for hundreds of thousands of tourists who sprawl upon its beautiful beaches in the shadow of crumbling fortifications of Greeks and crusaders, Venetians and Turks, Cyprus remains a ...

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