Car Hire in Ayia Napa - Getting to Ayia Napa

The main international airports linking Cyprus to the outside world are at Larnaca and Paphos. Between them they service flights from most cities in Europe as well as selected Middle East and North African destinations. There are also a few transatlantic flights. Taxis will willingly take you anyway around the island, but the usual tourist fee applies. Alternatively there are infrequent and unreliable bus services that eventually reach Ayia Napa (one of the furthest locations from the airports). Resorts tend to run their own shuttles. During summer, there are many charter flights from Europe; many prefer the convenience of arrival on a package.

Crossing the border into Northern Cyprus is tricky, at best you can get a day pass (including car), but not the other way around. You cannot enter the island via one side and leave from another. Despite thawing relations between Turkey and its “Greco/Cypriot” neighbours in the Aegean, the bitter taste of the ’74 invasion by Turkey still lingers in the mouths of most Cypriots. Border formalities are awkward and costly.

Car ferries leave Lemesos for Athens and sometimes Rhodes, Patmos or Crete, and Israel. Direct ferries to Greek islands are very limited unfortunately. From Northern Cyprus, there are ferries to southern Turkey.