Cyprus
Famagusta district
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Protaras

Protaras is a lively town that stretches along the famous Fig Tree Bay in . With consistent growth during the last three decades it has emerged as an alternative resort to the abandoned Famagusta city since the 1974 Turkish invasion.
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Photo: AyianapaProtaras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fig Tree Bay and Big C.

Beach
Photo: Catauggie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a beach in Protaras, Cyprus. It was named Europe's third best beach by TripAdvisor in 2011, though it had dropped to 13th place by 2013.

Supermarket
, operated by Supercenter Public Company Limited under Retail Corporation Public Company Limited, is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in , .

Church
Photo: Ssu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Protaras

Latitude
35.0149° or 35° 0′ 54″ north
Longitude
34.0531° or 34° 3′ 11″ east
Population
20,200
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G7P2373+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21422489
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
18918
Wiki­data ID
Q2113430
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Satellite Map

Discover Protaras from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Protaras” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Protaras”
  • Bulgarian: “Протарас”
  • Cebuano: “Protaras”
  • Chinese: “普罗塔拉斯”
  • Chinese: “普羅塔拉斯”
  • Dutch: “Protaras”
  • Finnish: “Protarás”
  • French: “Protaras”
  • French: “Protarás”
  • German: “Protaras”
  • Greek: “Πρωταράς”
  • Hungarian: “Protaras”
  • Hungarian: “Protarász”
  • Japanese: “プロタラス”
  • Persian: “پروتاراس”
  • Russian: “Протарас”
  • Russian: “Проторас”
  • Slovak: “Fig Tree Bay”
  • Slovak: “Zátoka figovníka”
  • Spanish: “Protaras”
  • Swedish: “Fig Tree bay”
  • Swedish: “Protaras”
  • Swiss German: “Protaras”
  • Ukrainian: “Протарас”
  • Urdu: “پروٹاراس”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Protaras”. Photo: AyianapaProtaras, CC BY-SA 3.0.