The beach area is separated into two sections by a small hill, Adatepe, and by a large light colored sand dune without vegetation.

With growing environmental awareness and protection zones following Natura 2000 standards, the rental contracts were revoked and operators were brought to court in 2013 for failing to clean the area.

The move was applauded by environmentalists; however the former operators criticised the decision and argued that without them, nobody would clean the beach and the lack of sanitation facilities would cause issues for beachgoers and the nature.

The Golden Beach is located next to a coastal road that leads from the village of Rizokarpaso/Dipkarpaz to Apostolos Andreas Monastery and the tip of the peninsular.

During the high season the Golden Beach has been one of the stops of a regular bus connection (Karpaz-Express)[7] which serves Kyrenia and several sights-seeing spots in the Karpaz area.