Agia Napa - Monastery

Agia Napa is the largest tourist resort in Cyprus, with a 27,000-person-bed capacity and more than 175 hotels and apartments of all sizes. Agia Napa attracts mainly young people from Great Britain and Scandinavia, who come to enjoy the beaches and the countless bars and clubs.

Whereas in summer thousands of young, party-loving tourists flock to the restaurants, clubs and bars, in winter there’s hardly a soul to be seen. All clubs and almost all the restaurants are closed.

The Agia Napa Monastery, built in the form of a medieval castle around 1500 AD during the Venetian period. The name Agia Napa (Holy Forest) comes from an ancient, forested area and a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary reportedly found in a cave.

The monastery is partially built underground and cut into the rock and the oldest sections trace back to the Byzantine era.