It is a large rock -actually an atoll -from the depths of the ocean's bed. Upon the rock one can find fossils, corals, and pieces of shells. The rock is accompanied by other smaller rocks, in the sea and on the nearby shore.

A rock ridden with legend, tradition, and memories. A rock with which the whole island associates with. The fertile Greek imagination chose Cyprus -and that rock in particular -as the place where the Goddess of Beauty and Love emerged out of the froth of the sea.

According to tradition, the name of the rock -Petra tou Romiou" (rock of the Greek) -relates to the legend of Digenis Akritas of the mediaeval times. Tradition reports that this huge rock was hurtled by Digenis against the Saracen raiders from the mountains of Troodos.
The ancient legend however wants Petra and the entire complex of naked rocks to be fragments of a large oyster that carried Aphrodite to the beaches of Cyprus, after it journeyed her to the seas and the oceans.

According to another tradition it is mentioned that during ancient times the shore of Petra tou Romiou was named Achni. Many believe that the name originates from a paraphrase of the name "Achaie" (Achaeans) and is associated with the shore where the Achaeans landed during their return from the Trojan war.

In the region of Petra tou Romiou, legend, tradition, unsparing natural beauty, the sun, the sea, and the blue colour of the sky play between them and create a very dream-like scene.