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Private airport transfer · from £100

Larnaca Airportİskele

The fastest-growing coast in the North: kilometres of shallow golden sand and a new generation of beach resorts.

Distance
≈77 km
Typical drive
70–90 min
Crossing
Beyarmudu / Pergamos · Deryneia
Prices from
£100

The final price depends on your destination, the number of guests and the hour. We confirm it on WhatsApp before you book — no hidden fees.

İskele

What's waiting for you

İskele and Long Beach have changed more in the last decade than anywhere else on the island. The draw is simple: a very long, very shallow, golden beach, and resorts built right onto it.

One honest caveat before you book. Several of the biggest names here — Caesar Resort and Courtyard among them — are apartment resorts rather than conventional hotels. They are large, well kept and full of pools, but you are booking a serviced apartment, not a hotel room. Others, like The Arkın İskele, are hotels in the ordinary sense. It is worth knowing which you have chosen.

We cross on the eastern side and follow the coast road north through Boğaz. Beyond İskele the road empties out towards the Karpaz.

Why the exact address matters more here

İskele and Long Beach have grown faster than anywhere else on the island, and the growth is mostly apartments, residences and resort complexes strung along kilometres of coast. Many of them are new enough that signage is thin and the blocks look alike.

So on this route more than any other, "İskele" is not an address. Give us the complex name and block — Caesar Resort, Grand Sapphire, a specific tower — and the drop is at your door. Without it, the last five minutes of a ninety-minute journey become the slowest, usually at the worst possible hour.

The beach is the whole point

The draw is simple and genuine: a very long, very shallow, golden beach, with resorts built directly onto it. That shallow water is why the area fills with families — you can walk a long way out before it gets deep.

Practically, it also means there is not much of a town in the way most visitors expect. Restaurants and shops cluster around the resorts and along the main road rather than in an old centre, which is worth knowing before you plan to "walk into İskele" for dinner.

Where we drop you

We drive to any address — a villa, a marina, a friend's door. These are simply the places our guests ask for most.

  • Grand Sapphire Resort & Casino

    Resort & casino

    Long Beach

    Long Beach resort and casino, built around a very large lagoon-style pool complex.

  • The Arkın İskele Hotel

    Beach resort

    İskele

    Five-star beach hotel in İskele, roughly ten minutes from central Famagusta.

  • Caesar Resort & Caesar Blue

    Resort residences

    Long Beach

    Not a conventional hotel — an apartment resort on Long Beach with a large pool complex and spa. Worth knowing before you book.

Hotel names are listed for orientation only. We are not an agent for any of them, and we take no commission on your stay.

Worth your afternoon

Long Beach

Kilometres of shallow golden sand — the reason this stretch of coast has grown so fast.

İskele Icon Museum

The little domed church of Panagia Theotokos in old Trikomo, now a museum of Byzantine frescoes and icons.

Boğaz fishing harbour

A working harbour where the day's catch goes straight to the tables on the quay.

Gateway to the Karpaz

From here the road narrows and empties out towards the wildest peninsula on the island.

Questions about this route

How much does a taxi from Larnaca Airport to İskele cost?
A private transfer on this route starts from £100 per vehicle (up to 6 guests), not per person. Send us your hotel, the number of guests and your flight on WhatsApp and we confirm the exact price before you book — no hidden fees.
How long does Larnaca to Long Beach take?
Roughly 77 km and 70–90 minutes of driving, plus the crossing at Beyarmudu or Deryneia. The spread in the range is mostly the final stretch along the coast to your specific complex.
What address should I give for a residence complex?
The complex name and block or tower number, not just İskele or Long Beach. The developments are large, new and closely spaced — the name is what gets the car to the right entrance first time.
Is Long Beach good for families?
That is its reputation, and the reason is the water: it stays shallow a long way out. The resorts are built onto the sand rather than across a road from it, which removes the usual walk with children and bags.

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