Stylarius ...

is one of the most important projects Aktif Azimut Ltd. is working on. In the old little village of Bozköy laying in the middle of the hills across the Greek Island of Lesbos, Aktif Azimut Ltd. has bought a number of ruins. The aim is to rebuild the old little stone houses in the authentic style of the region and to create a center for alternative accommodation and activities in the village with a capacity of 40 beds. From the spot where “Stylarius” will be build, one has a breathtaking view on the Valley of the River of Uzundere, the old village center, the sea and the Greek Island of Lesbos. The center will also include a restaurant where typical local food and dishes will be served, an anti-stress pool and a multifunctional workshop.  Following activities will be organized in function of the participating group and the season:

1. TREKKING : the trekking and culture tours Aktif Azimut is already organizing will also be available for the guests of  “Stylarius”. A special program for disabled persons as well as a restore program will be implemented.

2. OLIVE FESTIVAL : this program will be organized once a year and last for 15 days, during which following activities will take place: picking up olives together with the villagers, pressing the olives for extracting olive oil in an old traditional olive-press, making of natural olive-oil soap, cooking various meals with olive-oil and olives, participating in a drawing and photography contest of olive trees, cutting different utensils from olive-tree wood, music and lectures.

3. WORKSHOPS : in the multifunctional workshop qualified teachers and artists will give various trainings such as painting, photography, basket-making, pottery, ceramic etc.

4. VARIOUS SPORT ACTIVITIES : diving, snorkeling, long-distance swimming, sailing, fishing, climbing, canyoning, mountain bike are some of the planned sport activities.

5. HEALTH RECOVER PROGRAMS : “Stylarius” will also be the place where patients will have the opportunity to recover from medical interventions or find the necessary serenity to heal from depressions etc. Doctors will be in charge of the medical assistance. The center will make a proposal for psychiatrists to come with their therapy groups and thus combine therapy with vacation in an original way.

6. PANEL-DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE FIRE-PLACE: “Stylarius” will also be the place where, far from the noisy and hectic city-life, people from different horizons and nationalities will gather to participate to panel-discussions, reading- or music-evenings in a cosy atmosphere around the fire-place.

7. CULTURE SAFARIS : these culture programs will lay the link between a series of historical or cultural facts which occurred in the area of the Karaburun Peninsula and their impact on today’s modern society.

8. ECO-TOURISM: in this program the guests will participate in a series of  activities in the daily lives of the villagers and will thus learn about very old but simple ecological agricultural techniques as well as food conservation and processing methods. The participants will further learn to make baskets and pottery and they will also be expected to give a hand to the local environment protection organizations in their activities (i.e. beach cleaning-up, observation of the rare Monkseal).

9. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH-CAMPS : ”Stylarius” will organize international youth-camps, where young people from all over the world will gather in order to participate in a peace building and cooperative way to the restoration and amelioration of the old villages of the Karaburun Peninsula. The program will also offer sport activities and various workshops.

10. HIBERNATION SOJOURNS: in the winter period  “Stylarius” will serve as hibernation quarters for guests who whish to avoid the cold and rainy weather of Western and Northern Europe. This program will pay special attention to nutrition, eventually needed medical services, mobility and other specific needs of the guests. Various leisure activities and cultural visits to the surrounding antique sites will be organized. Thus the guests might be likely to participate in the garden-work with the villagers or to accompany the shepherds on their daily tours with their goats or sheep.

The “Stylarius” project is supported by the Institute for High Technologies in Izmir. You can come back to this page to follow the progress of the project