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Cyprus has found its way onto National Geographic’s reading list, and this time the essential holiday packing begins with a novel.

A seven-night escape to Larnaca inspired by Elif Shafak’s  The Island of Missing Trees  has been included among  seven literary retreats recommended by  National Geographic  Traveller UK  for 2026. 

Under the rather lovely title “Fig trees and vine leaves”, the Cyprus retreat appears alongside literary journeys to Provence, Yorkshire,