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This is the heart of the town, surrounded by trendy bars and cafés. For most visitors it’s where the evening starts – and ends.

This beautiful medieval monastery is surrounded by massive defensive walls. There is an eight-sided fountain in the middle of a cloistered courtyard, entered via an arched gateway.

Working fishing boats bob on the water alongside private yachts and large day-cruise ships in Agia Napa’s old fishing harbour – a little enclave of pre-tourism Cyprus, on a headland between two long sandy beaches, and a respite from the town’s brashness.

This award-winning fun park offers wild, wet thrills for all ages, with various pools, water slides and roller-coaster rides. There’s a shallow pool for toddlers, as well as two restaurants, a bar and a gift shop (see Waterworld).

About 2 km (1.5 miles) west of the town centre this lovely long stretch of white sand is one of the island’s busiest and liveliest beaches in high season.

Makronissos, also known as Golden Sands, is a long sandy stretch 1 km (half a mile) west of Nissi (and linked to it by a walkway and cycle path). It has a sweep of fine sand and plenty of watersports options.

Just inland from the Makronissos Beach, the Makronissos Tombs are funeral chambers that were cut into the rock during the time of Roman occupation.

About 3 km (2 miles) west of Makronissos is this little fishing port and beach, overlooked by the crumbling walls of a medieval watchtower.

In the village of Deryneia, 3 km (2 miles) north of Agia Napa centre, you can look across the “Green Line” to the ghost town of Famagusta, a deserted no-man’s-land ever since the Turkish occupation of 1974.

This headland is the south-eastern tip of Cyprus. The view is a little spoilt by radio masts, but the clear water offers some of the best snorkelling in the area.