This small, empty fort guards the harbour entrance and is entered by a small stone bridge over a moat. Most visitors climb to the roof to enjoy the sweeping harbour views. The castle also serves as an event venue during the Pafos Aphrodite Festival.
The castle is all that remains of an earlier Lusignan fort built in 1391; the rest of it was destroyed by the Venetians less than a hundred years later. The Ottomans subsequently used the ground floor as dungeons.
