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In another thread I read that Söner "did" Salamis "the long way" and walked back via the beach. Too bad, Söner!
You missed several old and certainly the latest excavations.
Next time print my map and fully enjoy the ancient site!
Download a free, printable hi-res map here:
▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb_webpages_ ... ap/04.html ].

Thanks Dutch-Cypriot, But the walk along the empty beach was amazing, loved it. But will definately print off your map and follow your route, but not in July when next out, as will be too hot, but definately towards end of year on third trip.Thanks again.

Soner where did you start and end the walk back along the beach ? I would like to try this beach walk.
Trying to get my bearings here did you end the beach walk at the entrance of Salamis or where ?

Thanks for posting the map Dutch will def take for referral next time we visit.

kiplet, where you see the Basilica of Campana Petra there is a path that leads to the beach. I turned left on the beach and walked back to the car park. When I did this it was totally deserted and walked barefoot along the coast. Quite a long walk so would not advise it on a really hot day.

I have received some email requests for the password of the Salamis map and will reply tonight with a bulk email with the free password. - Hans Doeleman

Note: The map of Salamis is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the designer/publisher, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased/received or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law.
 Any unauthorized distribution or use of the (map (text, photographs, graphics or anything else of the content) may be a direct infringement of the publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.

Thanks Dutch.

Why do you need a password to look at a map?

To download a high resolution image of the map.

@ Deniz1: (...) Why do you need a password to look at a map? (...)

▶ Because I designed and produced the map and I want to keep an eye on what happens with my material. I've made thousands of maps in my life (http://www.cartographics.com) and several times people used a map in commercial enterprises (magazines, newspapers, travel folders etc) without any payment. That's why I only send free hi-resolution maps (300 dpi)* - with a password - to people with an existing/permanent email address.

* Maps on the Internet are low-resolution (72 dpi on a Macintosh) and hardly fit to print for personal use and certainly not fit for commercial print.

I hope this makes it clear for you.

Hi Hans

I have an old map of kantara castle my grand father found it in a bottle on a deserted beach in polis about 60 years ago, we believe its a treasure map and x marks the spot, for some strange reason the writing is in bulgarian. Obviously when i arrive in north cyprus i hope to find the treasure, and obviously i cant say to much on a public forum. My question for you is do you have a detailed map of the area around kantara castle so it can be compared to my map, or are your maps on a larger scale for towns and districts.
Thanks

HI Dutch
Thanks for the map
went there two years ago with friends in the middle of August wonderful place, but pity we didn't have your map followed the signs and had to give up after 2 hours totally exhausted & dehydrated even though we took 8 litres of water with us for 4 people it was very very dusty as well as incredibly hot

Any one doing the walk take plenty of water, there are no pit stops

ok thanks for that dutch.

@ stevenscott: (...) I have an old map of kantara castle my grand father found it in a bottle on a deserted beach in polis about 60 years ago, we believe its a treasure map and x marks the spot, (...)

▶ An old story, but still a nice one! There are hundreds of stories about treasures around Kantara castle, Buf(f)avento Castle, St Hilarion castle etc
(see: "Medieval Cyprus eMagazine, ▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/index.html ] ).

Here's more romance about your grandfather's finding ( ):

"The superb Castle of Kantara, the Hundred Chambers, which,
seeming to hang in mid-air, dominates this end of Cyprus, has
been often visited and described. Buffavento stands higher, and
St. Hilarion can shew more perfect ramparts and turrets, but
neither recalls so strangely a forgotten age, neither seems to be
so thickly peopled with its ghosts, as this lonely ruin on its pillar
of rock. No painter's wildest fancy has pictured anything so
fantastic as these Cyprian Castles, and, standing at the foot of
the last steep leading to the gate of Kantara, and involuntarily
recalling the fairy-towers of romance, the traveller might imagine
it the stronghold of a Sleeping Beauty, untouched by change or
time for a thousand years! It is best seen from the north-west
where the precipice is sheerest, the winding paths seem to cling
most dizzily to its face, and the ruins of the interior cannot be
seen; but once within the outer gate the illusion partly vanishes
in view of the broken battlements, although man and horse can
still find shelter in many of the chambers." ("Devia," p. 101.)

In the Cyprus folklore is a curious story of the "queen" (the
mysterious fairy of the Levant) who sits on a certain rock or stone
amongst the castle ruins, viewing the sea and land, for what purpose
does not appear.
[ more ]

[ continued ]

The usual mythical treasures are supposed to be waiting
discovery by the venturesome shepherd who penetrates within the
realm of enchantment."



Less funny: through the centuries gold diggers and other adventurers have destroyed many walls and other places of and in the castles - all searching for the treasure that was never there...

So your not going to tell me where i can hire a kango drill and metal detector from lol. They do look amazing though.

Requests for the password (above) are still coming in - the offer now REALLY expires Monday morning (May 14, 10 am).
Use the email address mentioned above if you want the hi-res (printable) map of Salamis.
Have a nice day at Salamis, the ancient capital of Cyprus!
Listen to the whispered tales of vanished people in now ruined buildings...

i tried to email for password but it bounced back is your in box full ?

People who requested the free Password for my map of Salamis have received email - later than intended but we had a long power cut in Yeşiltepe (Alsancak).

Kind regards,
Hans Doeleman, Yesiltepe (Alsancak), Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus/KKTC
(Journalist, cartographer & Cyprus history consultant)
Founder of the "Medieval Cyprus Fellowship"
Publisher of the "Medieval Cyprus eMagazine": http://www.allcrusades.com/index.html
Mob.: +9 0533 864 5433, Skype: dutch_crusader, Facebook: Hans Doeleman
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Thanks for the map, it's certainly going to make Salamis more accessible the next time we visit