Nature
Cape Greco National Forest Park
Wind-carved sea caves, blue holes and a network of clifftop and coastal trails on the island’s south-east horn, with a tiny white chapel above the water.
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East Cyprus · Ayia Napa & Protaras
Profitis Elias Church
Viewpoint · Protaras
A little whitewashed chapel perched on a rocky hill above Protaras, reached by a stone stairway of roughly 150 steps. The climb is short but sweaty in summer, and the reward is a sweeping free view over the resort coast — especially good at sunset, when it does get busy. The trees near the top flutter with wish ribbons left by visitors.
Plan your visit
Visiting Profitis Elias Church
The little stone church of Profitis Elias crowns a rocky knoll above the centre of Protaras, reached by a stairway of some 150 steps. It's the resort's best free viewpoint — the Famagusta coastline unrolls below, from Fig Tree Bay towards Cape Greco — and the church itself is still in active use.
Getting there
The stairway starts directly off the main Protaras strip — you can't miss the hill; most Protaras hotels are within walking distance.
Parking
Free parking pockets at the foot of the steps and in the streets behind; arrive before the sunset rush in summer.
Best time to go
Sunrise if you can manage it, sunset for the colour-and-crowds version. The steps are exposed — avoid midday in July–August.
More around Ayia Napa & Protaras
Beach
Konnos Bay
A sheltered horseshoe of fine sand and glass-clear turquoise between two pine-topped headlands — the prettiest swim on the east coast, reached on foot from the cape.
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Beach
Fig Tree Bay
The icon of Protaras: powder sand, shallow warm water and a little islet you can swim out to, named for the lone fig tree that has stood here for centuries.
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