"Отдых на Кипре" "Vacation in Cyprus"

We rested in Cyprus in Paphos from 09/23/09 to 09/30/09 from the company BAUER. The firm chose the Akteon Tourist Village hotel for accommodation. The transfer was normal, but when we arrived at the hotel we were in a "light shock"!
What can be said?
1. Forget about the beach, it simply does not exist, instead of it there is a sheer cliff of 6-10 meters, fenced with barbed wire. If by chance you cross this barrier. You will never come back. It is worth worrying about insurance and drinking less alcohol. Although, if you want to use a couple of cocktails, then you will have to pay decently for it.
2. When settling in, you will have to pay a "deposit" remote control from the air conditioner - 20 euros, a hair dryer - 10 euros, an electric adapter - 5 euros, there is no remote control from the TV at all (and this is in a European country).

3. Let's move on to no less important things - nutrition! Fruits - canned: pineapples, peaches! The diet is not varied! Cypriot food day (last dinner before leaving) is just awful! Desserts are not varied, even salty!
4. Near the pool it is impossible to lie on sunbeds, without mattresses, not comfortable and hard! You can get injured if you lie down incorrectly!
5. Animation - artists are invited, but the performances do not last long, there is no organization, if you want a disco arrange it yourself, because the organization of the hotel does not worry about this, they do not need it! At the same time: "There is no place - dance on stage"! Girls-students (not specialists) of qualification “0” work in the animation near the pool. Only flirting with the British!
6. The room is a balcony, why is it unknown, only for drying clothes, the table is dirty, the chairs on the balcony too. Although the towels are changed, they are given back with a specific smell. There is no shampoo in the bathroom, no shower gel either! And this is a 4 star hotel!

7. Excursions - complete rip-off! For a fee for one tour, you can see the whole of Cyprus up and down. We booked an excursion to Kourion-Aphrodite-Paphos from our guide Boris from Austria for 45 euros each. I really wanted to see an amazing place, and swim there near the stone of Aphrodite, where she came out of the sea foam. But our hopes turned out to be in vain, we saw the place, but we were not allowed to swim there, because little time was allotted for the tour. But we still went down to this amazing stone and got at least wet feet, and managed to take one photo each, until a representative of the BAUER company from Lithuania, Roberto, came running and started shouting at us that, they say, let's quickly go to the bus because as the bus leaves, otherwise you will get to the hotel at your own expense. When we got on the bus, a drunken guide, Boris, was lying in the back seat. Then the guide, who was hired by our guide, began to tell that Aphrodite's birthplace is not here, and who told you near which stone she exactly came out, that all these are fairy tales and legends in which we stupid people believe. Although this island has great energy, it gives some kind of charge. The water there is so clean, soft, pleasant, and we could have stayed there for at least an hour with our whole group, but the guide did not give us the opportunity to stay there longer. Because our guide has prepared a surprise for us! He chose for us the best beach with golden sand and the cleanest sea on this coast. And on the way, according to the plan, we had a visit to the temple of Apollo in Kourion, but we didn’t stay there long, and didn’t really see anything. There was little time, because we were brought to the surprise beach for two hours, a bonus from our guide. The name is Blue Beach. What can I say on the beach, the sand is gray, the sea is dirty, there is nowhere to lie down, the sunbeds are all occupied. I had to go to a bar. On the beach, where everything is very expensive. But our guide Boris, a representative of the BAUER company and a tour guide, while we seemed to be spending time on the beach, they sat, ate and drank. We were terribly tired, it was just a living hell, no rest. Dreamed of returning to at least the hotel. On the way back, the guide chatted all the way about things that were not significant to us. Passing from the other side of the Rock of Aphrodite, the guide drew our attention, once again look at this amazing place where the goddess of beauty Aphrodite came out. It was very disappointing that, having visited the island where the goddess Aphrodite came out, we could not even swim there. But a representative of the BAUER company offered us, for a separate fee, to go for the whole day to the stone of Aphrodite. On the way to the hotel, our whole group was offered to go for a walk in the city in Paphos along the promenade, and then get to the hotel ourselves. Everyone who wanted to leave, left, but Roberto did not allow us, he said that we should go to the hotel. In principle, it is good that we did not book other excursions. Our guide Boris was just trying to make money on tourists.
It was not a vacation, but just badly thrown money. Honestly, for such services, the payment is ostranomic. No service, no fun. Total disappointment and moral trauma. And the island was simply handed over to us as a pile of stones, surrounded by a sea that you can’t get close to. They promised the hotel its own beach, but it simply doesn’t exist, and the guide recommended that we go to a nearby hotel to swim in the sea, since we were not from the hotel that had at least some kind of beach, we were charged 2.5 euros for sunbeds from everyone.
We ask you to dismiss the employees: Guide-Boris from Austria, who was always drunk on the territory of the hotel in a state of alcoholic intoxication! And also pay attention to the work of the representative of the company BAUER from Lithuania - Roberto.
Even when I fell, getting off the bus at the airport, hitting my knee badly, Robert offered us a first-aid kit, in which there was almost nothing. Even elemental hydrogen peroxide to clean the wound. Only a piece of gauze was found in the first-aid kit. They gave themselves first aid! And that's with paid insurance! What can be said next?