Apostolos Andreas Monastery and Cape Zafer
A pilgrimage site at the very tip of Cyprus, restored in the 2010s, and the cape where the island fades into a chain of rocks.
Legend says the Apostle Andrew’s ship landed here and a healing spring appeared.
The buildings were restored in the 2010s in a joint Greek and Turkish Cypriot programme with EU and UN support.
The road continues to Cape Zafer, the island’s north-eastern tip, with the Kleides islets beyond.
Tips
- Dress respectfully.
- Dirt road to the cape — drive carefully.
- Spring water only into your own bottle.
Getting there
10 minutes past Golden Beach, at the end of the Karpaz road.
Prices, opening hours and entry rules change — check official sources before you travel.
Nearby
KarpazGolden Beach, KarpazKilometres of wild sand and dunes at the tip of the island: no hotels, just sea, turtles and wild donkeys.
KarpazAyios Philon and DipkarpazRuins of an early Christian basilica and a 12th-century church right by the water, on the site of ancient Karpasia.
KarpazKantara CastleThe easternmost of the three mountain castles — from its towers you see both coasts of the Karpaz peninsula.