Hidden in the mountainous rural Paphos, on the east bank of Diarizos River, the ruined Monastery of Agios Savvas tis Karonos creates a unique medieval scenery. The monastery was founded at some point during the 12th century AD and it was mentioned in rare documents of the time, including a document of Pope Clement dated 1/2/1306. The monastery is said to have been found by Agios Ioannis in 1120 A.D., who was also its first Hegumenos, and later on Metropolitan of Paphos. According to other sources, the Monastery took its name after of the homonymous saint of Jerusalem.

The main church was initially a three-aisle structure, while it took its current form in the 16th century. For the construction of the last phase of the church, architectural parts and material used for the construction of the original church were used, including Gothic arched doorways and parts of columns.

The monastery hosted a series of rare icons of various styles and dates, the most important of which are those of Panagia Eleousa (~1200), Saint Savvas of about the same era, and Panagia Hodegetria of 1521, a work by the Cypriot painter Titos. The icons are currently in the Paphos Metropolis. Today, the main church has been repaired and functions as a chapel of the village of Trachypedoula.