7 Days Kitesurf Vacation in Gokceada Island, Turkey

Facilities

The package includes accommodation with breakfast and a beginner's, semi beginners, or intermediate kite course for 9 hours. The beginners kite course starts with short theory about the wind, the equipment, and safety, followed by ground control, rigging, line management, and flying techniques. On the water - body drags, water starts with board, basic riding, and self-rescue.

The 9 hours course is suitable for semi beginners or intermediate riders as well. If you already have some experience with kite no mater if your experience is up to - body drag, water start or, going upwind, making small jumps and transitions, they are going to help you get to the next level in a safe fun and efficient way.

The kite course can be private nine hours or semi private in group of two, price varies. The price includes all necessary equipment. Crazy Island performs the courses with high quality brand new Naish equipment. They work with experienced instructors. Lessons are held in English, Bulgarian, and Turkish.

Gokceada is an island in the Aegean Sea. The island is the westernmost point of Turkey part of Canakkale Province, located across the Dardanelles. The island is unspoiled by tourists area with great nature, a real contradiction of your hectic urban life. Gokceada is the largest island in Turkey, with area of 279 square kilometers. Gokceada is a part of Cittaslow towns international network.

Cittaslow towns aim to be great places to live, work, and visit. The main source of income is agriculture, tourism, and fishing. The wind is north-east. This is the same well-known Meltemi which works in all the islands in the Aegean. The wind in Gokceada is accelerated by thermal and venturi effects. During the summer, there is constant wind 22 to 25 knots in the morning, which slowly falls to 6 to 12 knots in the late afternoon.

Fronts come with strong winds around 28 to 35 knots or stronger. There are two main spots in Gokceada Island - with mirror flat water (off shore wind) and spot with waves up to 1.5 to 2 meters (on shore, side on shore).

The vacation includes breakfast. The restaurant offers European and Turkish cuisine - great variate of salads and appetizers (the Turkish mezeler), different meals with meat, as well as vegetarian meals, grill, fish, pasta, the famous Turkish Gozleme, and Sigara burek as well as good choice of deserts.

• Visit Zeytinli köy: a small village with narrow stone streets and old Greek houses, with several tiny cafés famous for their Caramel and Mohalebi cream and Turkish coffee.
• Visit Bademli köy: an other tiny village located to the northeast of the island on high hill with narrow stone streets and spectacular view to the sea
• Visit Tepeköy: located in the north of the island near an existing volcano which is the highest point of Gokceada island.
• Visit Kaleköy: on the north-eastern coast of the island across Samothrace island. You can easily reach it heading straight north from the center of Gokceada. Kaleköy has a small port for fishing boats and yachts, open marketplace for souvenirs, fish restaurants cafés and clubs near the port alley. On the hill above there are the ancient remains of a fortress from Homeric times. The hill offers and spectacular view to Samothrace especially on sunset.
• Visit Gokceada center: pretty eclectic town with different small shops, restaurants for traditional Turkish food, pastry shops, barber shops, and open Sunday marketplace for all kinds of vegetables, fruits, cheese, olives, spices, and anything you can imagine.

• 6 nights accommodation
• 9-hour kitesurf lessons (either private or in groups of two)
• Daily breakfast

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.