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Famagusta (free area)(Ammochostos)
South-eastern coastal district covering Ayia Napa, Protaras and Paralimni. Famous beaches, summer-tourism economy.
Population
51,500
Ammochostos district · Census 2021
Growth since 2011
+10.5%
from 46,600
Share of Cyprus
6%
of the enumerated population
Census of Population 2021 — preliminary results, CyStat · published May 2022. Final results are published separately; these are the preliminary figures.
Live market read · Famagusta
For sale: 12,305 properties — 4,003 apartments · 5,160 houses · 2,225 plots · 497 commercial · 420 other.
Long-term rental homes: 488 (229 flats · 259 houses), plus 29 non-residential lettings, not included in the rent bands below.
Active listings seen in the last 30 days, one per property even when several agents advertise it. Asking prices, not sale prices.
Median apartment price
€240,000
median of 4,000 apartments for sale · middle half €190,000–€320,000
Median house price
€635,000
median of 5,160 houses for sale · middle half €450,000–€952,500
Apartment €/m² · what the band actually looks like
why two numbers?Asking price (live listings)
€2,842
median of 2,346 apartments that state a size (of 4,003)
Realised transactions
€2,200
DLS Famagusta-Free transaction register 2024
Asking prices run ~29% above realised transactions in Famagusta— partly the asking-vs-realised gap (sellers list high, deals close lower), partly the listing pool skewing toward new-build and prime stock. Plan your budget against the realised number; use the asking number for what's on the market now.
What it costs to rent in Famagusta
Long-term asking rents by size. The band is where the middle half of the market sits — a single median would hide the fact that Famagusta holds cheap and expensive stock at the same time, which is the part worth knowing before you choose a neighbourhood.
Famagusta (free area) sits inside the Famagusta district, and these are district-wide figures. It is one of the cheaper corners of it, so read them as the surrounding market rather than as Famagusta (free area) itself — the area pages measure each village on its own.
One bed58 listings with a stated rent
Flats€581 – €788 · median €650/mo (58)
Two beds169 listings with a stated rent
Flats€750 – €1,350 · median €1,000/mo (128)
Houses€800 – €1,400 · median €1,000/mo (41)
Three beds175 listings with a stated rent
Flats€1,180 – €5,200 · median €1,500/mo (33)
Houses€1,600 – €2,850 · median €2,200/mo (142)
Also in the 488 rental homes, not banded above: 71 with four or more bedrooms · 11 with the number of bedrooms not stated · 4 one-to-three-bed homes without a stated rent.
How to read these
These are asking rents, taken from what landlords and agents advertise — mostly on Bazaraki, the classifieds site almost every Cyprus listing passes through, plus the portals alongside it. They are an opening position, not a market rate.
In Cyprus, rents and prices are genuinely negotiable — never take the first figure as final. A long lease, a quiet month, paying a few months up front, or simply a property that has been sitting all move the number. Expect to land under the advertised figure, and treat anything at the top of the band as a starting point rather than a verdict.
Active long-term listings, quality-checked and seen in the last 30 days, one per property — homes only, excluding commercial premises. Asking prices, not signed contracts. Medians use only listings that state a rent; below 5 we do not publish one, and below 12 we show the median alone: a quartile drawn from a handful of listings is not a range. How we calculate this
Protaras and Ayia Napa, which means the best swimming water on the island and a summer that arrives all at once. A tourism rhythm rather than a city one — very quiet in February, very loud in August.
Watch out for
- · Strong seasonality
- · Limited year-round services
- · Distance to airport
What goes on here
The things residents build a year around. Every one links to who says so.
FestivalThe last week of September · 2027 dates not yet announced
Agia Napa Festival
Timed to World Tourism Day. Folk dancing, theatre and the old agricultural customs — the town's own festival rather than the club season.
“It is always the last week of September, in order to coincide with the World Tourism Day.”Annual Events 2026 — Deputy Ministry of Tourism
To see
Cape Greko National Forest Park
The headland between Ayia Napa and Protaras — sea caves, marked trails and the clearest water in the district. It is a national forest park, so it stays undeveloped.
Visit FamagustaNeighbourhood by neighbourhood
16 neighbourhoods in Famagusta (free area) measured on live listings. The ones in gold have a page of their own.
Ayia NapaProtaras€4,503/m²Paralimni€3,011/m²Sotira€2,462/m²Avgorou€1,771/m²Liopetri€1,916/m²Frenaros€2,325/m²
Every other measured neighbourhood in Famagusta (free area)
Right now in Famagusta (free area)
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See it on the map
How does this compare with everywhere else?
The property map puts every measured neighbourhood side by side on price per square metre, so you can see whether this one is a premium and roughly how much of one.