Special Interest Holidays

Eco-Village Tourism

The ancient village of Büyükkonuk has been selected as a pilot village in the Karpaz region for developing eco-village tourism. Traditional crops are grown here including olive, carob, wheat and barley and wooded hills border the village, filling the air with fragrant pine and wild herbs, while olive groves and other trees like almond, Cypress and pine speckle the landscape. It now has its first bed & breakfast guesthouse, restaurant, tourist information office and craft shop & activity centre operating, with additional accommodation planned for next year. At the village activity centre and guest house, Delcraft (http://www.ecotourismcyprus.com/), you can make traditional hellim cheese and olive bread with friendly locals, try your hand at milking goats, walk with shepherds behind their flocks of fluffy sheep or take a walk through bright blooming fields during the wild flower season. Visit Büyükkonuk and enjoy the peace and warm hospitality of this delightful Turkish Cypriot village.