Apostolos Andreas Monastery.

What to see at Apostolos Andreas Monastery

• The spring at the heart of the monastery is said to have been struck from the rock by the Apostle Andrew, and it still flows where a chapel was built over it.
• The church dates from the 18th century, with a front added in the 19th, and was restored in a bicommunal project.
• The monastery stands near the tip of the Karpaz peninsula.

History of Apostolos Andreas Monastery

By the 12th century

The site is already fortified.

15th century

A small chapel is built where the spring water was found, and the water still flows there.

18th–19th century

Part of the present monastery is built in the 18th century, and its outer front in the 19th.

Visiting Apostolos Andreas Monastery

Allow about an hour, after a long drive. The monastery is about 18.7 km east of Dipkarpaz, at the end of Manastır Yolu, the road east from Dipkarpaz. A car park is mapped about 100 m away, and no bus stop within about 500 m.

Monuments near Apostolos Andreas Monastery

• Golden Beach and the Karpazabout 4 km south-westFour kilometres of dune-backed golden sand where green and loggerhead turtles nest.
• Agia Trias Basilicaabout 35 km westA three-aisled basilica of about 500 AD, its mosaic floor naming Heracleos.
• Kantara Castleabout 65 km south-westThe mountain castle where defeated kings and barons took refuge time and again.