Now Rauf Denktas, the Turkish Cypriot President, has found a way of trying to open it. He says refugees from Kosovo could stay there. It's a complete time capsule of 1970s hotel decor, all orange and brown wallpaper. Varosha was the Greek quarter of Famagusta. When the Turkish army invaded in 1974 in response to a Greek Cypriot coup, Varosha's inhabitants fled.
Locals say they left so quickly there are still clothes in the houses.
Although it is now in Turkish Cypriot territory, Varosha has been closed ever since. Turkish and UN troops patrol the site. It should never have been closed. It's just wasted there, and homeless people could use it. But the Greek Cypriot government doesn't agree.