Karpaz in one day
A long day, but the island’s best: a castle above two seas, wild donkeys and Golden Beach.
- Day 1
Karpaz peninsula
Leave at 7–8 am, Kantara Castle, Ayios Philon and lunch in Dipkarpaz, a swim at Golden Beach, Apostolos Andreas and the cape. Drive back before dark or stay in a beach bungalow.
Prices, opening hours and entry rules change — check official sources before you travel.
Places on this route
KarpazKantara CastleThe easternmost of the three mountain castles — from its towers you see both coasts of the Karpaz peninsula.
KarpazAyios Philon and DipkarpazRuins of an early Christian basilica and a 12th-century church right by the water, on the site of ancient Karpasia.
KarpazGolden Beach, KarpazKilometres of wild sand and dunes at the tip of the island: no hotels, just sea, turtles and wild donkeys.
KarpazApostolos Andreas Monastery and Cape ZaferA pilgrimage site at the very tip of Cyprus, restored in the 2010s, and the cape where the island fades into a chain of rocks.