Along with the services it offers, and the advantages of being intertwined with nature, Cinar Hotel is a place where you will find tranquility, tranquility and a place that you will want to visit at any time of the year.
We went to the Cinar Hoel, located in Pinarbasi, and had a pleasant interview with the hotel’s owner, Mustafa Kemal Arif.
In an interview for Tourism Monthly, Mustafa shared with us the story of Hotel Cinar:
‘Cinar Hotel functioned from 1963 to 1974 as Cinar Gazino and was a place used by members of the Fighters’ Union who lived in this area. But it was derelict and abandoned from 1974 to 1994. It was in 1994 that I decided to leave my job in the Turkish municipality of Lefkosa and buy and operate the Cinar. We initially started serving as a restaurant with a picnic area. While I was baking kebabs in the restaurant -because it would be nostalgic- I started making country bread. We didn’t serve the village bread with the skewers from the oven because the people who picnicked here bought them and took them home. I was approached by a supermarket owner 2 or 3 weeks later, he came and told me that he needed 50 village breads per day, since that day I have been the owner of Cinar Breads after Cinar Breads transformed this place into a hotel and formed the Cinar Hotel especially in the demands of the older tourists who came here.
Cinar Hotel has 13 rooms with a capacity to accommodate 26 people. The rooms are all equipped with televisions, air conditioning, central heating and hot and cold water systems. The hotel, which has an indoor and an outdoor restaurant, covers a lush green open area of 250 square meters. The hotel is divided into two sections: the outdoor restaurant band picnic area. The picnic area is loved not only by tourists, but also by the local population and vacationing Turkish Cypriots residing abroad.
Among the foods you can eat at Cinar Hotel are baked kebabs, various types of kebabs and pita breads, and lahmacun (Turkish-style pizza). In addition to this, we will start offering traditional Cypriot home cooking to tourists from September. The Hotel Cinar restaurant and bread oven, which has obtained the ISO 22000 certificate, is a business that serves according to European standards.
The client profile of the Hotel Cinar is made up mainly of European tourists. After undergoing renovations in September 2008, the hotel aims to start entertaining guests and is making preparations for visiting groups.
By contributing to co-tourism and considering the opportunities at Cinar Hotel, located in the village of Pinarbasi, hotel owner Mustafa is introducing Cypriot culture to his guests.
‘Starting in September, we will receive tourists who will stay here from a week to 10 days. To introduce Cypriot culture to the groups that come here, they will be invited to participate in making their own products, such as hellim (halloumi cheese) and bread. Due to the requests we have had, we will also organize walks in the area. I also plan to bring a horse and carriage to show tourists around.’
Some of the more than 40 pine trees found in the gardens of the Hotel Cinar are less than 100 years old; some are even over 300 years old; some are even over 300 years old. The sound and sight of water flowing through the pine trees helps protect the greenery and provides an enticing and delicious feast for guests’ eyes and ears. We learn more about Pinarbasi from Mustafa, who has a vast accumulation of knowledge about the area:
‘The most important feature of the hotel is its pine trees. The presence of pine trees makes it an area with abundant water. Because pines are a type of poplar that consumes about 1 to 2.5 tons of water a day, they are found in areas where there are natural springs. Currently there are two springs in the town, one of them springs below and the other above the surface of the town. Without losing anything for its flow, the spring that gushes under the surface annually exudes 200 thousand tons of water. Here there are water channels over 1000 years old. The water that flowed from these springs was used to turn oil and stone mills during Venetian times, these canals still exist today. Naturally, there are always historical riches in the regions where the springs are found. Bronze Age antiquities were found in excavations that took place at Pinarbasi after 1974. These Bronze Age antiquities are now on display at Girne Castle.’