Esentepe Public Beach & Alagadi Public Beach

When leading from the village’s coastal road towards the East, after passing the Civilian Defense Organization Resting facility for approximately 400-500 meters, the Esentepe Public Beach is situated on the left hand side of the road, to the left around 150-200 meters towards the coast. Esentepe Public Beach has two different coasts and an excellent outdoor café. It is unfortunate to mention that this building which was left over by Greek Cypriots and constructed in 1970, remains standing on its own and has been neglected ever since. It seems as if it will almost be wrecked. The beach is clean and it is provided for the use of the public, free of charge. Considering its incompleteness, the beach urgently is in need of a toilet and also the road is required to be asphalted.

Situated in the borders of Esentepe, Alagadi is one of the few cleanest and biggest shores of our island. When taking road from Kyrenia towards Esentepe, at the end of a 16km drive, taking a left hand turn on the road, Alagadi is situated 600 meters towards the coast. During the summer season, because the green turtles (karetta-karetta) have chosen this coast in order to lay their eggs, vehicle entrance to the beach has been prohibited at most late afternoons at sunset. Students from different universities of the world voluntarily arrive to our country every year and stay for a full month, in order to help these green turtles lay their eggs peacefully; to prevent any light or fire from being started at the sand; to prevent the eggs of these green turtles to be effected by anything else; and most importantly, to help facilitate the turtles hatching from the eggs to reach the shore quicker and safer. At this beach, there are services such as a restaurant, showers, wc, and entrance to the beach is free of charge.