Good vacation!

Written: 16 august 2011
Travel time: 10 — 24 july 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
We arrived from the airport in about 30 minutes. We settled in without problems and hitches. We got a standard double room with a view not of the sea, but of the hotel's facade. Don't be upset, the view is good, the huge eucalyptus trees, the aroma is simply gorgeous and the cicadas sing) There is a TV, mini-bar, hairdryer, etc. in the room. - everything is as usual.
We had HB meals - half board, or 2 meals a day, most often breakfast and dinner, sometimes breakfast and lunch (can be changed). I want to note that if you do not have ALL INCLUSIVE, then drinks for lunch and dinner are all for an additional fee, even water. For the price I can orient - 3.50E 1.5 liter bottle. A glass of wine 4E, beer - 4.50E. Nearby there are a lot of shops and supermarkets where you can buy water and alcohol, and not only, the price of water for 9 bottles of 0.5 liters is 2E. Wine from 2E per bottle. As for food - varied, everything is tasty, fresh, I liked it very much. There are no these incomprehensible "Turkish" salads of unknown origin. It is better to take BB meals - breakfasts, because. Nearby there are a lot of bars and restaurants where you can have a very tasty lunch and dinner. Fish meze is very tasty - 19E. I recommend. One serving is enough for two people. The portion is impressive. Do not worry. We often went to the Grand Canyon, very friendly staff. Do not order the Russian menu - our okroshka, borscht, etc. - prices from 5E, but they don't know how to cook our dishes. Eat seafood, vegetables and their national dishes! Again, one serving is enough for two!
The sea is clean, transparent, the entrance to the sea is sandy and pebbly, the sand itself is volcanic dark gray. All beaches are municipal. Therefore, on the beach you can see people not from the hotel, the beach is not fenced and the coastline is quite long. You can walk along the coast. Water entertainment is sufficient, of course for an additional fee. I liked water skiing very much - the first lesson is 40E, the next ones are 20E. Windsurf - the price is the same. If you ride on the left side of the beach, say hello to Thomas from Ukraine! There are enough sunbeds and umbrellas for everyone, you don’t need to get up at 5 in the morning to take a sunbed) Although there were our unique compatriots from Western Ukraine, they had a ritual to take sunbeds early ). Three pools - all very chlorinated, it is unrealistic to swim, and unpleasant. We swam exclusively in the sea - the water is good 23 degrees.

Excursions - Kikk Monastery - price 73E - a good excursion, it also includes a visit to the village of Lefkara, which is famous for Lefkara lace, this is one of the main attractions of Cyprus. Lefkara is also famous for silverware. Silver prices are very different approximately 100-300E, there are more expensive ones, depending on what you want to buy; you can and should bargain, you can safely 30-50% of the declared value.
And one more excursion - very popular, riding on donkeys! - the price is 80E. I liked it very much! Cool atmosphere and a very good national evening and dinner, with the study of the sirtaki dance. Very fun, friendly - it will be interesting for everyone, both a child and an adult!
You can also take public bus number 30 on your own and get to the old port stop, where you can visit the old fortress, now there is a museum. There is also a souvenir shop in the same place, it is located in the center of the main roadway, there are donkey figurines at the entrance - you can't go wrong. There is something to see for gifts and souvenirs.
In conclusion, I want to say, REST VERY ENJOYED! It was very fun and not boring, as someone wrote. Two weeks have flown by! Want to relax in full - take more money! There is no point in buying diamonds and furs - the prices do not correspond to the declared quality.
Have a nice holiday!
P. S. Special thanks to our guide Olechka from Lugansk, she is a representative of NEWS TRAVEL.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original