Хороший отель возле моря Good hotel near the sea

We chose the hotel by early booking a few months before the holiday.

Check-in went well, despite the fact that we arrived at 11-00, we were settled immediately (although it should be noted that not everyone was so lucky with our group of new arrivals). The number got successfully, No. 1612 in building 16. On the one hand, a view of the sea through the green lawn, on the other, the pool. All buildings are 2-storey, up to 8 rooms in each. At the same time, the hotel is quite large, some of the buildings are located across the street from the main building with the reception.

The room itself is not bad, quite spacious, with a common room, a bedroom and a bathroom.


In the common room there is a sofa, and a 1-bed, which can be converted into a 2-bed, as well as a kitchenette with all kitchen utensils. There is a small refrigerator (albeit old and poorly closed), electric stove, microwave, toaster. The TV in the common room is flat, although it showed little (a dozen channels in Greek, one Russian). Air conditioning in the common room and bedroom, although we didn’t turn them on (although October was warm, we somehow didn’t find the heat).
The bedroom has 2 beds, a wardrobe with a safe (a safe is paid), a desk, bedside tables, in general there is enough furniture to arrange things for 3-4 people. True, the furniture was sloppy, slightly shabby, but not critical.

You need to know that in Cyprus, in addition to left-hand traffic, there are European-English sockets, 3-pin. For this, adapters are sold in local stores.

The balcony deserves special attention, especially with a gorgeous view, like ours). There is a table and 4 chairs, it was nice to arrange gatherings before going to bed.

The bathroom has everything you need - a washbasin, a bathroom with a shower, a toilet - everything is in good condition. A set of towels was present, changed once during our short stay of 5 nights.
In general, with regard to service, the first couple of days we were not cleaned, but this is possible because we did not figure it out and did not post the appropriate sign (hanging on the door handle). Further, everything was fine with the cleaning, but a couple of euro tips would not hurt to leave).
It should be noted that Wi-Fi worked perfectly, each room has a built-in router, and it's free.
The pool at the hotel is quite large, there are enough sunbeds with umbrellas for everyone.

The location of the hotel is ambiguous. On the one hand, near the sea, literally walk from the pool through the lawn (by the way, there are no paths there, and it’s somehow inconvenient to walk on green grass, they’re used to not walking on lawns, but you can see the “greenness” and splendor of the grass there, they don’t in vain Cyprus is a former English colony) - and here it is - the sea! But there are no beaches where you can normally go into the sea. the nearest one is 5 minutes to the right when facing the sea (Pernera beach). To the left, after the port, about 20 minutes (Pantahu beach). To Nissi Beach - half an hour, to the city center - half an hour. There is also a wonderful walking and cycling path along the sea.

Meals at the hotel are taken mainly 2 times a day, breakfasts and dinners. Moreover, the breakfasts are quite decent, a variety of dishes, there is coffee, juices (although once I got stale corn, but this is an exception). Dinners are also varied (every evening a themed dinner is dedicated to the cuisine of a country), but without drinks. You sit, eat, the waiter comes up, asks for the room number, and what you want to drink. It's already paid. Therefore, some visitors took water with them (I don’t know if this is allowed). Lunches can be ordered separately, but it seems to cost 22 euros, it's cheaper to dine in the city, or buy groceries and cook in the room (which we did). There are enough shops nearby, it’s definitely impossible to say which one is cheaper or more expensive. The one opposite the hotel is more expensive, that's for sure.

It should be noted that the staff mostly speaks English (and of course Greek). There are Russian speakers, but few. This applies to both the hotel and Ayia Napa in general. For some, this may be an inconvenience, for others, an opportunity to practice English. Among the visitors, English and German speakers also dominate, so in kr. least we had.
The hotel has something like animation, but somehow implicitly - evening animation was presented one evening by a children's program, two evenings - karaoke, where, of course, Russian songs dominated. The announced discos did not take place, perhaps due to the lack of a quorum. In the afternoon, something like water gymnastics is carried out in the pool, again, if there is a group of people who wish.
There are a couple of hidden bonuses in the hotel that are not mentioned upon check-in and the guide does not mention, we knew this from reading the descriptions and reviews. The hotel has a gym, you can use it for free, though there’s nothing special to do there - I couldn’t turn on the treadmill, the simulators are old, rusty, and the gym itself is small. a more pleasant bonus is the water park, which is located at the neighboring hotel Electra Holiday village. Since the hotels are from the same owner, you can use the water park for free, for this you must wear a yellow bracelet.
The water park is small, but as a leisure option it is quite worthy, and moreover, you can get free drinks (water, juices, beer), ice cream, despite the fact that there is no such thing in your "native" hotel.