Years
and years ago there was a hunter a king of his own domain, who used to visit
me the forest of Ayia Napa with his hunting party and came across a came and
an entering fend an icon of saint Panaya (Mary mother of Christ) and on his
discovery made the came into a church and built a small church on top of the
caves and named it Ayia Napa which is: ΠΑΝ /ΑΓΙΑ-ΑΓΙΑ ΝΑΠΑ.
The come is still there and to visit is a must.
It
was a very poor village and the people where struggling to make ends meet, the
only income come from the fishing part. After the invasion in 1974 from Turkey,
Famagusta lost all the revenue from the tourist industry and agia napa was born
For the young we have the center of Ayia Napa that caters for their night life
with clubs, bars and it if this is not to your requirements we have the out
skirts that offers piece and tranquility again Napa. Being one of the most popular
tourist spots in Cyprus.
Over
the years Ayia Napa grow into a popular holiday resort with it's beautiful beaches
and tourist attraction it grower and grow in crystal blue sea and golden sands
in became popular and visited by many restaurant .to day it's also became well
known for it's a night clubs and bars to cater for all age groups. Ayia Napa
has so much to offer weather your young or if your interested in coulter there's
many places to visit and became the island is only a 1½ hours drive long you
can visit anywhere on a day trip you receive every thing from Cypriot hospitality
to a really enjoyable holiday and at flames restaurant this is our ultimate
good, good food, good service and great hospitality.
20
years ago Ayia Napa was a small fishing village with approx a population of
200,the name of Ayia Napa street from saint Panaya (Mary mother of Christ) a
small church in the center of the village was named after our (mother Mary)