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Protaras has clear sky-blue waters and sandy beaches, the most well-known of which is Fig Tree Bay. Building on the success of Ayia Napa , located about 10 km (6 mi) southwest, it has expanded into a modern holiday resort of considerable size with tens of high capacity hotels, hotel apartments, villas, restaurants, pubs and associated facilities.
Protaras Psimolofou: Nicosia ... Area [2] Name Name Gerolakkos: Lefkoşa: Nicosia: ... List of city names pre- and post-1974 (set the code map in your browser to Greek)
Paralimni (Greek: Παραλίμνι) is a town within the Famagusta District of Cyprus, situated on the island's east coast.Since the Turkish invasion in 1974, it has increased in size and status, primarily due to the migration of refugees fleeing from the north.
The southernmost conclusively identified feature on the map is a stretch of Brazilian coastline including Cabo Frio (Kav Friyo on the map), possibly the earliest depiction of Rio de Janeiro, and likely the area around Cananéia, labeled Katino on the map. [95] Information about this area is attributed to recent Portuguese voyages, [96] and the ...
Resorts in the island's east and southeast, such as Ayia Napa and Protaras, rely almost solely on tourism and attract the overwhelming majority of their tourists from March to November; tourist destinations in the west and southwest, such as Limassol and Paphos, are supported by other industries and thus remain open to tourism even during the ...
A 1209 the area encompassing the cape has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it is a key migration site for large numbers of raptors and other birds. It forms a migratory bottleneck for red-footed falcons , pallid harriers , honey buzzards and common kestrels , as well as supporting breeding ...
Fig Tree Bay is a beach in Protaras, Cyprus. It was named Europe's third best beach by TripAdvisor in 2011, [1] though it had dropped to 13th place by 2013. [2]
Although it is administered as part of Paralimni, it actually lies between Paralimni and Protaras. [1] Kapparis is a relatively new location in the tourism industry, offering a quieter alternative to nearby Ayia Napa and Protaras, and has undergone heavy construction work to implement the appropriate infrastructure. [1]