Is it safe to come to Cyprus? Isn’t it dangerous now, because of the war? Should I cancel my holiday in Cyprus?
From all of this, the only question I don’t have the answer is if you have to cancel your holiday. If you’ve changed your priorities, then you know better.
But when it comes to safety and Cyprus, my opinion is that it is a very safe place and my guess is that it will stay like that, at least for the near future.
The war happening now in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon is affecting the island life, but not to make it unsafe and insecure.
There are plans to evacuate civilians through this island because it is the closest and safest country from the conflict area.
Also, there are extra security measures at the airports for one year almost.
And for sure there are political talks and plans to react depending how the situation will evolve, but these things don’t affect every day life to a point you can say it is not safe to live here.
Bombs in the area?
Maybe you will think that some bombs will come to the island by mistake. Then let’s check the map.
Google Maps says a 40 minutes flight to get from Larnaca to Beirut. Then on Google we will find out there are 200 km between the two cities.
Now, since Cyprus is an island in Mediterranean Sea, and it is not on the path of the war we have in the area, then, I am not thinking at this point that bombs will fly over my head when I sit at the beach.
Cyprus is EU, safe as any other country
If the island distance to the conflict zone did not convinced you, them maybe you will have to remember that this land, at least a big part of it, it is part of European Union. Which means there are some rules.
One of this rule I think it says that if you attack one of us, then you attack all of us.
So, if, by any chance, Cyprus will be caught in the war, then you can forget about being safe anywhere in EU.
British military bases, British soil
Probably a few remember that here on the island we have two pieces of land that belong to UK since 1960, when Cyprus got its independence from the British Crown. One is in Dhekelia and the second one is the already famous Akrotiri, next to Limassol, where there is also a military airport.
So, to a simple math, if you hit British soil, you hit NATO. Not good again for all the other countries part of NATO.
Considering all of the above, I feel as safe here on this island as I would feel if I was living in Spain, Greece or any other EU country.
You can see here the history of Cyprus – Cyprus, from the first Mycenaean occupations to the current Turkish occupation