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AYIA NAPA & PROTARAS

 
Twenty years ago, Ayia Napa was a sleepy fishing village, noted for its ayianapa.jpg (55781 bytes)16th century monastery.  Today, it is arguably the busiest of all the seaside resorts and has been intensively developed to provide accommodation and services to the thousands of visitors who throng the area in the summer.
The Protaras area is dotted with windmills and visitors tend to cycle rather than walk or drive along the narrow roads.  Not far from Cape Greco is the Church of Saint Elias perched high on an outcrop of rock, close to which a very attractive holiday village has been built.