Saturday, March 7, 2009
Agia Napa, Republic of Cyprus
We based ourselves with Mike and Inga in Larnaka and caught a local bus to Agia Napa. It is known as Cyprus' top sun-and-fun destination. In June and July it is full of package holiday makers but when we arrived it was deserted. It was difficult to find a restaurant open while others had signs saying they were on holiday. Others had closed for the season while lots more were being renovated and the rest were looking for leasees or buyers. All were surrounded by more shops, restaurants, and apartments in various stages of construction.
There is a huge bar and night club area surrounding the Monastery of Agia Napa. There are 20 bars and 15 nights clubs to choose from. The bars go till 2am and then the nightclubs are full. The monastery was built in 1570 by the Venetians and has a 600 year old sycamore tree . It was being renovated while we were there.
There are all sorts of things to keep the package tourists entertained like the Napa Bungee, fast boat safaris, a marine life museum, water world fun park, and lots of boat cruises, and diving.
There was not much to keep us there other than the wait for the next bus out!