Cyclops Cave and the chapel of Agioi Anargyroi

The north coast of Cape Greco packs a legendary cave, a chapel perched over the sea and a rock arch into a small area. You can walk it all in a morning. Here’s what’s there and how to get there. The whole park is covered in Cape Greco.

The cave of the legend

The area’s tourism site, Visit Famagusta, says this large sea cave near Konnos beach takes its name from Greek mythology. Legend has it that a family of cyclopes, shipwrecked on the island after a storm, made it their home. There’s a picnic area nearby.

You reach it along the 2.4 km circular trail from Konnos Bay, easy and about 45 minutes long, which follows the coast through the pines and passes several natural caves, the Cyclops Cave being the best known. No official source I’ve seen covers getting inside the cave from land, so in a rough sea I wouldn’t go down onto the rocks.

Diving by the cave

The region lists it among the cape’s dive sites. It has easy entry from the shore, Neptune grass meadows and fish such as damselfish, sea bream, groupers and barracuda, plus octopus, moray eels and turtles. Depths range from 7 to 40 m, so it suits both certified divers and training dives. Close by, towards Protaras, is the Roman Harbour site, with a maximum depth of 18 m.

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The chapel of Agioi Anargyroi

On the same cape, the chapel of Agioi Anargyroi is dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian, the Anargyroi, two doctors who healed people without charging. Visit Famagusta records several versions of the tradition. In one, a storm swept their boat into a cave that later became a chapel. In another, the saints lived there as ascetics. Today’s blue and white chapel was built on the sheer rock above the cave, and steps lead down to the sea.

Services are held on 1 July and 1 November. It’s a popular spot for wedding photos, and the water below the chapel is good for diving. The 2.3 km Agioi Anargyroi loop starts here, through juniper scrub, and has a picnic area.

The Kamara tou Koraka arch and getting there

A kilometre from the chapel is Kamara tou Koraka, the cape’s natural bridge, some 50 ft high and 23 ft wide, about 15 m by 7 m, whose name recalls the crows that once nested around it. OSEA routes 101 and 102 stop at Konnos Beach and Kavo Gkreko, for €2 a daytime trip. The Ayia Napa sea caves are on the other side of the cape, and for somewhere to sleep, look at hotels in Protaras.

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