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Napa city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A fishing village that became a club resort, with the best sand in Cyprus, sea caves along the cape, and an underwater sculpture forest offshore.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303992","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"medium","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"93 | Sculptures in the underwater museum\r\n\u20ac1.50 | Bus to Cape Greco\r\nJun\u2013Sep | The season, and it is everything","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A resort with better bones than its reputation","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Ayia Napa was a fishing village until the 1970s and is now a club resort with a reputation built in the garage music years, which it has spent the last decade trying to broaden.\r\n\r\nThe beaches are the reason it grew: Nissi Beach and Makronissos are the best sand in Cyprus, pale and shallow with water that genuinely is that colour.\r\n\r\nAround the cape, the Ayia Napa Sculpture Park and the underwater Museum of Underwater Sculpture \u2014 93 works sunk in a bay at 8 to 10 metres, planted as an artificial reef \u2014 are both unexpected and worth the trip.\r\n\r\nCape Greco national forest park, ten minutes east, has sea caves, cliffs, walking trails and none of the noise.\r\n\r\nThe season is June to September and the town closes almost entirely outside it. Three or four days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Bus from Larnaca airport 45 minutes, about \u20ac5\r\nGetting around | Walkable centre. Buses to the beaches and Cape Greco\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nSeason | June to September. Much of the town is shut the rest of the year\r\nWater sports | Everywhere along Nissi and Makronissos\r\nDriving | On the left","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"The square and the strip, the beaches west, or the quieter harbour side.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"The square and the strip | Nightlife | The centre around the monastery and the club streets. Loud until dawn in season. | 34.9880 | 33.9990 |  | \nNissi and Makronissos | Beaches | West of the centre: the best sand on the island, beach clubs and a bus or twenty-minute walk in. | 34.9840 | 33.9700 |  | \nHarbour and Kryou Nerou | Quieter | East towards Cape Greco, with the fishing harbour, calmer beaches and sleep. | 34.9860 | 34.0110 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Nissi Beach is the famous one \u2014 pale sand, shallow turquoise water and a sandbar to a small island \u2014 and it is packed from ten in the morning in season. Makronissos, a little further west, has the same water with more space.\r\n\r\nThe Museum of Underwater Sculpture is 93 works by Jason deCaires Taylor sunk at 8 to 10 metres in a bay east of town, forming an artificial reef of trees and figures. Snorkelling trips and dives both run out to it.\r\n\r\nCape Greco national forest park, ten minutes east, has sea caves you can swim into, cliff jumping spots, a natural rock bridge and coastal trails with no development.\r\n\r\nThe sixteenth-century monastery in the middle of the town square is a genuinely peaceful survivor, and it is free.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Nissi Beach | The best sand in Cyprus, and full by ten in season\r\nUnderwater sculpture museum | 93 works at 8\u201310m, by snorkel or dive\r\nCape Greco | Sea caves, cliffs and trails, ten minutes east\r\nThe monastery | Sixteenth century, in the middle of the club square, and free","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Every beach is free, including Nissi and Makronissos \u2014 only the loungers cost.\r\n\r\nCape Greco national forest park is free, with the sea caves, the rock bridge, the cliffs and the walking and cycling trails.\r\n\r\nThe Sculpture Park on the coast road east has around 200 works in an open-air setting and costs nothing.\r\n\r\nThe monastery in the town square is free and is a genuine curiosity in the middle of the nightlife.\r\n\r\nThe coastal path from the harbour east towards Cape Greco is free and takes about an hour.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"All the beaches | Free. Only loungers are charged\r\nCape Greco | Free park with caves, cliffs and trails\r\nSculpture Park | Around 200 open-air works on the coast road\r\nThe coastal path | An hour east from the harbour","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_food_body":"The strip has the full-English and pizza economy, and it is exactly what it looks like.\r\n\r\nThe harbour has the fish tavernas, at \u20ac18 to \u20ac30 for a whole fish, and they are the better option in town.\r\n\r\nMeze is available everywhere at \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 a head, and the versions in the village tavernas at Liopetri and Sotira inland are considerably better than the versions on the strip.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 on the strip and less at the harbour, and cocktails run \u20ac9 to \u20ac14 with the usual happy hours.\r\n\r\nSelf-catering is common here and the supermarkets are cheap.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"The harbour | Fish tavernas at \u20ac18\u201330, and better than the strip\r\nVillage tavernas | Liopetri and Sotira inland, for real meze\r\nThe strip | Full English and pizza. Exactly as advertised\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac4\u20136, cocktails \u20ac9\u201314","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"This is why most people come. The square and the streets off it are wall-to-wall clubs and bars, running from about eleven until six in the morning through the season, with international DJs in July and August.\r\n\r\nThe crowd is overwhelmingly young, British, Scandinavian and Israeli, and the promoters on the street are relentless.\r\n\r\nBeach clubs at Nissi run daytime parties, and the two scenes join up in the afternoon.\r\n\r\nCocktails are \u20ac9 to \u20ac14 with heavy happy hours, and drink prices on the strip vary wildly \u2014 check before ordering a round.\r\n\r\nOutside June to September almost all of it is closed, and the town is a quiet, pleasant seaside village.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"The square | Clubs from 23:00 to 06:00 through the season\r\nNissi beach parties | Daytime, joining the night scene in the afternoon\r\nCheck prices first | Drink pricing on the strip varies wildly\r\nOut of season | Almost entirely closed","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Buses from Larnaca airport take 45 minutes for about \u20ac5, and Paphos airport is two and a half hours away \u2014 book flights into Larnaca if you can.\r\n\r\nThe town is walkable, and buses run west to Nissi and Makronissos and east to Cape Greco and Protaras for about \u20ac1.50, with a day pass around \u20ac5.\r\n\r\nIn season a road train and open-top buses do the same routes at tourist prices.\r\n\r\nQuad bikes and scooters are rented everywhere and are the single most common source of injury here.\r\n\r\nDriving is on the left.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Larnaca airport | 45 minutes, about \u20ac5. Paphos is two and a half hours\r\nLocal buses | About \u20ac1.50 to the beaches and Cape Greco\r\nQuads and scooters | Everywhere, and the main cause of injuries\r\nDriving on the left | As across Cyprus","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Ayia Napa costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Expensive in July and August and cheap either side. Dorms are \u20ac18 to \u20ac45 with a sharp summer peak, a meal \u20ac12 to \u20ac25, and cocktails \u20ac9 to \u20ac14.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac50 to \u20ac90 in season, considerably less in May or October.\r\n\r\nClub entry runs \u20ac10 to \u20ac30 for bigger nights, and beach loungers \u20ac8 to \u20ac15 a pair.\r\n\r\nThe beaches, Cape Greco and the sculpture parks are free, which is most of what makes the place good in daylight.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac18\u201345, with a sharp August peak\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac50\u201390 in season\r\nClub entry | \u20ac10\u201330 for the bigger nights\r\nDaylight is free | Beaches, Cape Greco and the sculpture parks","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"The town is safe, and almost all the harm here is self-inflicted or vehicle-related.\r\n\r\nQuad bike and scooter accidents are the main cause of injury, usually involving inexperienced riders, alcohol and the left-hand side of the road. Many travel insurance policies exclude quad bikes entirely \u2014 check before you rent.\r\n\r\nDrink spiking and inflated bar bills both occur on the strip. Watch your drink, agree prices before ordering rounds, and be wary of promoters offering free entry plus drinks.\r\n\r\nCliff jumping at Cape Greco causes serious injuries every summer; depths vary and the rocks are not forgiving.\r\n\r\nThe sun here is strong and days start on a beach. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Quad bikes | The main injury here. Many insurance policies exclude them\r\nDrink spiking and bill inflation | Both occur on the strip. Watch both\r\nCliff jumping at Cape Greco | Serious injuries every summer\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Caves, a ghost town and the quieter resort next door.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Famagusta and Varosha | 1 hour | Tour via the crossing, \u20ac35\u201360 | A walled Venetian city in the north, with the sealed resort suburb of Varosha, abandoned since 1974 and partly reopened. |  | 1303965","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"June to September for the resort, May and October for the beaches without the noise.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The season here is genuinely short and the town closes almost entirely from November to March, which is worth knowing before booking a spring trip.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 17 | 1 | Closed. Mild and empty\r\nFebruary | 17 | 1 | Still closed\r\nMarch | 19 | 2 | Quiet. Cape Greco is beautiful and empty\r\nApril | 23 | 3 | Reopening. Warm days, sea still cool\r\nMay | 27 | 4 | Excellent. Beaches without the crowds\r\nJune | 31 | 5 | The season opens properly. Hot and busy\r\nJuly | 33 | 5 | Peak. Clubs at full volume and prices to match\r\nAugust | 33 | 5 | Busiest and priciest weeks of the year\r\nSeptember | 31 | 5 | Superb. Warmest sea and the crowds easing\r\nOctober | 28 | 3 | Excellent value, still swimming, half shut by the end\r\nNovember | 23 | 1 | Closing down\r\nDecember | 18 | 1 | Closed. Mild and quiet","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A summer club season, and a flood festival in June.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/cyprus\/ayia-napa\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Club season | June to September | The square | International DJs and daily beach parties, running from about eleven until six. |  | \nKataklysmos | June | Harbour | The Cypriot festival of the flood, with water throwing, boat races and stalls. |  | \nAyia Napa Festival | September | Monastery square | A local festival of music and dance around the old monastery, at the end of the season. |  | \nMedieval Festival | October | Monastery square | Jousting and street performance in the old square, after the clubs close. |  | \nTurtle nesting | Summer | Nearby beaches | Loggerheads nest on some quieter beaches east of the resort. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros, in season.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"July and August run well above these figures. May and October are roughly half for the same beaches.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 18 | 14 | 3 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 35 | 28 | 5 | 35\r\nComfortable | 70 | 55 | 10 | 60","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A seasonal scene concentrated near the square and the beaches, largely closed outside summer. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Ayia Napa","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/cyprus\/ayia-napa\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Ayia Napa travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is Ayia Napa only about clubbing? | In July and August the square largely is. But the beaches are the best in Cyprus, Cape Greco next door has sea caves and cliff trails with no development at all, and there is an underwater sculpture museum offshore. In May and October you get all of that without the noise.\r\nWhat is the underwater museum? | 93 sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor sunk at 8 to 10 metres in a bay east of town, forming an artificial reef of trees and human figures. Reachable by snorkel trip or dive.\r\nWhen is the season? | June to September, and it is genuinely short \u2014 much of the town closes from November to March. May and October are open enough to be worth it and considerably cheaper.\r\nShould I rent a quad bike? | They are the main cause of injury here, usually involving inexperienced riders, alcohol and driving on the left. Many travel insurance policies exclude quad bikes entirely, so check your cover before renting.\r\nWhich airport should I fly into? | Larnaca, 45 minutes away by bus for about \u20ac5. Paphos is two and a half hours and a much worse option.\r\nIs it expensive? | In July and August yes \u2014 dorms to \u20ac45, cocktails \u20ac9 to \u20ac14, club entry \u20ac10 to \u20ac30. In May or October it is roughly half that for the same beaches.\r\nWhere should I stay if I want to sleep? | The harbour side east of the centre, or Protaras twenty minutes away. The square and the strip run until six in the morning through the season.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Ayia Napa hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Ayia Napa | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/cyprus\/ayia-napa\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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