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Famagusta District

Sea caves, white beaches and the painted churches of the red-soil villages.

4 museums
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In the free part of the Famagusta district, the villages of the Kokkinochoria grow potatoes in red soil near the beaches of Ayia Napa and Protaras.

Museums in Famagusta District

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

Places in Famagusta District

The story of Famagusta District

Ayia Napa grew around a Venetian-era monastery that still stands in the middle of town, with a medieval fountain and an old sycamore. The Thalassa Municipal Museum of the Sea shows ships of ancient Cyprus, including a copy of the Kyrenia ship, a merchant vessel that sank 2,300 years ago. Around Cape Greco, sea caves and natural bridges cut into the rock. In the red-soil villages of the Kokkinochoria, small churches keep their painted icons, and in summer the village festivals bring music and loukoumades.

  • 2,300years since the Kyrenia ship sank, now copied at Thalassa

Famagusta District through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 4th century BCA merchant ship loaded with almonds and wine jars sinks off Kyrenia.See it: Thalassa Municipal Museum of the Sea

What to do in Famagusta District

  1. 01

    Thalassa Municipal Museum of the Sea

    Ancient ships and the sea life of Cyprus.

    Ayia Napa1 hour
  2. 02

    Ayia Napa Monastery

    A medieval monastery in the middle of the town.

    Ayia Napa30 minutes
Getting there

Getting to Famagusta District

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

LCA
Larnaca AirportLarnaca · Nicosia · Limassol

Getting around Famagusta District

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

Hidden story

The ship full of almonds

A ship sank 2,300 years ago – with its almonds still inside.

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When divers raised the Kyrenia ship in the 1960s, they found hundreds of wine jars, millstones and about 10,000 almonds in its hold. Scientists used the almonds to date the wreck. A full-size working copy, the Kyrenia II, has sailed the Mediterranean, and another copy stands in the Thalassa museum.