Ayia Napa is one of the most popular resorts in Cyprus. The resort attracts tourists with its heavenly beaches and water sports. Ayia Napa is ideal for active holidaymakers. The city is also renowned for its nightlife.

Ayia Napa Beaches
The Ayia Napa coastline is dotted with Blue Flags, a mark of quality for the cleanest and safest beaches.

The local beaches are stunningly beautiful—white and turquoise during the day, and dazzling orange at sunset. Tourists can enjoy catamarans, surfing, diving, fishing, jet skis, yachts, speedboat rides, and more.

Nissi Beach is the best beach in the resort. For a more relaxing holiday, head to Gresian Bay, Makronisos, and Lanta beaches.

What to Bring Back
Embroiderers from Lefkara will offer you their exquisite lace. Lefkara lace makes an expensive but unique gift, but you won’t find anything like it anywhere else in the world. Also, look for silverware in Lefkara.

Most villages in Cyprus have pottery workshops where you can buy clay souvenirs—coffee sets, jugs, amphoras, etc.

Ayia Napa Attractions
The resort’s main historical attractions are the Ayia Napa Monastery and the Makronisos Rock Tombs, located near the beach of the same name.

The Museum of the Sea offers exhibits of unique objects found on the seabed off the coast of Cyprus. In the eastern part is the Kavo Greco National Forest Park. Near Ayia Napa is the city of Famagusta, where tourists can explore the closed quarter of Varosha. This “ghost town” was once a popular tourist destination, but today resembles the set of a post-apocalyptic film.