Along the east coast you will find beaches as nature intended; with very few facilities. Take the main road towards Gazimagusa and the Besparmak Mountains. After travelling roughly 6 miles(10km) the road forks. Take the left fork signposted Esentepe and Acapulco Beach. Acapulco Beach is very easy to spot. A large square hotel has prominence here. Tickets for the beach are sold in the car park. This is a very well run sandy bay. There are plenty of sun loungers and sunshades. The beach bar here is particularly good, serving an excellent choice of snacks and meals, but prices can be high. Unlike the other beaches Acapulco has a nasty undecurrent when it is windy.Do take care. Just a short distance further on is Vakiflar Beach or Lara as it is also called. This is a very interesting beach. On one side there are stones, to the other,sand. At the western side are huge slabs of smooth sandstone, which have created natural ‘swimming pools’ and rock pools.These are great to dive from. There is a small snack bar on the beach with toilets, changing rooms and showers. However there are very few sun loungers and hardly any shade. The next beach is signposted Turtle Beach for it is here and at the next beach where the green and loggerhead turtles come and lay their eggs in the summer. Turtle beach is a long strech of sand. To enjoy a day here it is preferable to take a picnic, sun shade and something to sit on. This goes for the rest of the beaches along this picturesque east coast. During the egg-laying season the beach area for sitting on is marked out with red painted stakes.