на Кипре In Cyprus

They lived in St George Hotel in Cyprus last July, they left to escape from Moscow soot. And we liked everything so much that this year we decided not to waste time on catalogs and reviews and repeat that vacation as a blueprint. We just moved in time, bought a tour at Natalie Tours with a check-in on June 9th. We are a little worried because of the uncertainty with the weather, whether everything will have time to warm up. According to information from the Internet, yes, but there are no guarantees, at the present time, even snow in Ethiopia may fall. Who was in Cyprus at the beginning of June, share your experience?
We traveled as two families. What I liked: firstly, Cyprus itself. Sun, sea, natural wine, super-fresh food and a population that treats Russians better than any Deutsches and Britons, if, of course, you keep yourself within human limits. Very beautiful nature, many pines and eucalyptus trees, the air is appropriate. The roads are beautiful, but so twisted around the mountains that while you are driving, your heart drops into your stomach. All sorts of antiquities and villages - everything is as it should be for a Mediterranean island.
The hotel justifies its four stars one hundred percent: it is acceptable for the money, and for the service without a single complaint. We specifically chose a very quiet hotel, so that nothing would interfere with our rest, we came - and immediately went to bed. When we wanted to frolic, we went to Paphos, since it is close at hand. In addition, we rented a car and alternated a beach holiday with a survey of all sorts of interesting things. We took a standard room, our friends had a view of the sea, we don’t, but we didn’t worry - in a day you’ll see enough of the waves that shake. The room was equipped to the eyeballs - a safe, a kettle and dishes, etc. etc.

Cleaned the room every day, no complaints. The staff is generally very good, they are hospitable people themselves, but everything shows that the management both trains them and controls them. Neither among the maids, nor at the reception, nor among the waiters in the restaurant, you will meet a single one with a sleepy face, everyone is trying.
The kitchen, of course, in the hotel, as well as on everything, the island is Greek, Mediterranean - olive oil, vegetables, the freshest fish, lamb. Breakfast at the hotel is a strong catering, dinner is a solid restaurant. If it were not for the miles sailed in the sea, and not climbing the mountains and hills, to leave, I would have to buy pants a couple of sizes larger.
The beach is very small pebbles, it is owned by the hotel and therefore well-groomed. The entrance to the water without stones and holes, convenient. The water was super, sometimes there was a desire to plunge even after sunset. Yes, and it was nice to just walk around the territory under the stars, beautiful greenery, paths, lanterns, if you still grab wine with you - romance. ))) We swam not only in the hotel, but also on numerous wild and not very beaches that we met on our travels along the coast.
We had a car in total for nine days out of fourteen. We rode for our own pleasure in completely different places: we looked at historical sights, and just around towns and villages - I wanted to understand how the locals live. Of the most impressive are the catacombs of the early Christians, where a certain Solomonia, later canonized, hid from the pagans in caves with her sons, but everything ended sadly. And the most interesting thing is that these caves have not become a dead historical place, the tree at the entrance is just hung with ribbons of pilgrims. In Paphos itself, the remains of its port fortress, built during the Macedonian era, are interesting. In addition, there are a lot of all kinds of ancient churches, monasteries, ruins, the names of which are hard to remember, but they are all insanely beautifully built into the surrounding nature. And, of course, the famous necropolis near Paphos is a whole city of the dead.

This time we will prepare even before the trip - we have already bought Le Petit Foutet and Around the World guidebooks, we will make a program for every day and we will move more meaningfully.