Bogaz

Bogaz is a beautiful costal village on the southern edge of the Karpas peninsular. It has a handfull of restraunts, a small sandy beach and quaint fishing harbour.

Karpas Peninsular (The Pan handle)

The Karpas peninsular or panhandle is the easternmost point of Cyprus where the land tapers into a thin strip. The beaches here are both sandy and rocky, the most famous of which is the Golden Beach, a 5 mile, unspoilt, sandy beach where turtles come to lay their eggs. The surrounding land being supplied by underground water is used to grow tobacco and is rich in pine & cyress trees. At the end is the Monastery of Apostolos Andreas

Monastery of Apostolos Andreas

Apostolos Andreas Monastery is situated just south of Cape Apostolos Andres (Cape of Saint Andrew, which is known to the Turkish Cypriots as Cape Zafer), which is the north-eastern most point of the island, in the Karpaz peninsular.

The Monastery is dedicated to Saint Andrew (Apostle Andreas). According to the holy books, he was the first person to be called for induction to priesthood by Jesus Christ, His title was O Protoklitos meaning:‘the one first called.

The monastery is one of the pilgrimage centres of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. It was once known as 'the Lourdes of Cyprus', served not by an organized community of monks but by a changing group of volunteer priests and laymen.

An enormous modern plaza of pilgrims' lodgings frames the slightly older monastery buildings wrapped around the central church. Below, the modern church steps lead down to a square, vaulted chapel, three baptismal basins fed by a sacred spring and an old wharf. It was on this site that it was said St. Andrew briefly landed in Cyprus on his final missionary journey back to his palestinian homeland. His footfall revealed a spring whose waters miraculously healed the blind captain of his ship.