Buffavento Castle in Güngör

You're standing at Buffavento Castle, high on the ridge of the Kyrenia Mountains in northern Cyprus. You're almost a thousand metres above the sea here. Have a look around: to the north, east and west the crags drop away steeply. Nobody could reach the castle from those sides. The name is Italian and means ‘defier of the winds’. If it's blowing today, you'll know exactly why.