Protaras beaches, from Kapparis to Cape Greco

The Protaras coast is a string of beaches and coves, each with its own character, packed into a few kilometres. Choosing well makes a real difference, especially in August. Here they are by area, north to south, with what each one has. Everything else about the town is in Protaras.

Kapparis and the north

Kapparis, 6 or 7 minutes by car from the centre, has a small beach of sand and clear water, much loved by locals, who call it MMAD after a nearby police training centre. According to Visit Famagusta’s beach guide, a trail runs through it and along the clifftops to Skoutarospilioi, a deep-water beach framed by greenery, with sea caves you can swim to.

In the same area are Armyropigado, a small cove among cliffs next to a scouts’ camp, Glyky Nero and Potamia, which the region flags as dog-friendly. The most hidden is Pezounospilioi, which featured in the Netflix film Find Me Falling. You get down by a steep wooden staircase, there are no facilities at all and the region advises against it with young children.

Between Kapparis and Pernera

Agia Triada is a sandy bay with the chapel of the Holy Trinity, a small fishing shelter and a plastic-free beach label, with shallow water for children. Close by, Minas or Sirena is a narrow cove with a beach bar and restaurant, partly rocky underfoot, where turtles sometimes appear.

Pernera is a small bay of golden sand and shallow water, a kilometre from the centre along the promenade, good for escaping the crowds. Next door, Louma has fine sand and the blue and white chapel of Agios Nikolaos.

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Between Pernera and the centre

Green Bay, also called Nissia, has clear, shallow water and a seabed the region recommends for snorkelling and diving. A Neolithic settlement has been excavated nearby and, according to the same website, a cannon from an Ottoman-era ship wrecked about three miles offshore was recently recovered on the beach. Beside it are Vyzakia, a quiet cove among rocks, and Lombardi, below the Cavo Maris hotel, adapted for people with reduced mobility.

The centre and the south

Vrisi is the longest beach in Protaras, 1 km of sand in three sections, Vrisi I next to Fig Tree Bay, Vrisi II in the middle and Vrisi III just before Nissiotis pier. It has ramps, beach wheelchairs and a sea-access system, and it fills up early. Then come Fig Tree Bay, with its islet, Nausicaa, with three piers with ladders, and Xistaria, a small cove among eucalyptus trees a few hundred metres away.

Out at the cape is Konnos Bay, a sandy cove among pines that the region, like Fig Tree Bay, places among Europe’s top 25 on TripAdvisor.

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Blue Flags and getting around

Visit Famagusta says eighteen Protaras beaches held the Blue Flag in 2024 and that eleven are accessible. I couldn’t read the 2026 list in an official source, so I don’t give it beach by beach. OSEA routes 101 and 102 run along the coast from Pernera to Konnos for €2 a daytime trip. For a bed near your beach, see hotels in Protaras, and to compare with the neighbouring coast, Ayia Napa beaches. And if you want to look beyond the east, there is an overview in Cyprus beaches.

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