AGIA NAPA - PARALIMNI - PROTARAS

Ammochostos is a region of fertile red soil, old windmills, and fabulous beaches. The best-known is Agia Napa, the Mediterranean"s new centre of clubbing. Agia Napa"s nightlife is already legendary. But it also has a beautiful 16th century monastery and the breathtaking Cape Gkreko. North of that are the villages of Liopetri, known for its basket-making traditions Sotira, with its small 15th and 16th century churches and Dherynia with its Folk Art Museum and the Cultural Centre of the occupied town of Famagusta. The whitewashed inland town of Paralimni contrasts with its modern beach resort of Protaras, known also for its windmills spread in the fields among the hotels.