Expat Living
Sarah Whittikar
Kyrenia City — Girne in Turkish — is the gravitational centre of overseas property buying in Northern Cyprus, and the inventory villages that radiate out from it (Çatalköy, Alsancak, Lapta, Edremit, Esentepe, Bahçeli) only make sense once you understand the city itself. The horseshoe harbour at sunset, with the Crusader…
Why St James Feels Different From the Moment You Arrive St James — the Platinum Coast — is the island’s most prestigious west-coast parish, and the badge is earned rather than borrowed. Mahogany trees arch over Highway 1, pink limestone houses sit behind coral walls, and the Caribbean here is…
Turkey keeps appearing on overseas buyers’ shortlists in 2026 because it combines four advantages that rarely sit together: lower day-to-day costs than the UK, several genuinely different lifestyle regions, a property market that foreign buyers can usually access directly, and multiple residency pathways. But “Turkey” is really four shortlists wearing…
