Отдых удался! Vacation was a success!

So, the day before yesterday I returned from Cyprus and I have something to say about this. I happened to have a rest in the once fishing village - Protaras. In one word - great! I'll cover the topic:
1. The hotel is on the very seashore. I took a room with a sea view - the picture from the balcony was very, very relaxing. As for the hotel - everyone is very polite and friendly. Girls and women from the reception are responsive and always happy to help solve any problems, explain what and how, tell about Cyprus, where you can go and how to get there. One BUT - no one speaks Russian, and does not understand Russian. I watched a picture in a restaurant when an elderly woman from Russia tried to order a beer for 10 minutes using Russian speech, mooing and gestures. Of all these, the latter is the most effective. In order not to get into such stories, you need to know English. Everyone there knows him. It's very difficult without it.
The room is clean, spacious, everything you need is there - a double bed, a shower room, a hairdryer, air conditioning, TV (although what for it is not needed there), a safe is built into the wardrobe - rent is 17 euros for 10 days. I took - but it is not necessary. For food, I took breakfast and dinner - everything is very tasty and plentiful, everything is fresh and varied. Dinner is generally a chic meal, worse than any restaurant. Animation at the hotel - I don’t know anything about it - I only spent the night and ate at the hotel. But advertising for some parties from the animation team always hung. Others say they liked it.

The city itself - I will immediately say that this is a resort for a relaxing family holiday. The average age of vacationers is 35-40 years. More than half are families with children from newborns to 16-17 years old. No matter how much I clambered there, I didn’t see a single club or a single disco. Those who wanted to hang out in the evening took the bus and went to Ayia Napa (20 minutes by bus). The main leisure option is all kinds of cafes / restaurants / bars / pubs / taverns. In general, places where you can safely sit, eat, watch football on TV, play billiards, sing karaoke, listen and watch twins of stars, of whom there are a lot of performers in cafes - Elvis Presley, Abba, Madonna, CC Ketch, Blues Brothers etc. You can see from the repertoire - music for older people. Contemporary music is practically nowhere to be found. There are also very few Russians. Mostly British (nice people), Germans, Scandinavians, Greeks. Those. there are no discos, no clubs, no foam parties, no beach discodances. There are very few young people who are of age and without parents.
The places themselves are great. The sea is crystal clear, the city beaches are sandy, but there are not so many of them. I practically did not appear there - there are a lot of people and nothing interesting under water. The shores for many kilometers are sharp stones strewn with sea urchins. I swam in such places - I bought safety shoes for such extreme sports - a few meters over sharp stones - and you are in a completely different world - magnificent landscapes, fish, crabs, and no people. Dangerous, but it's a real vacation. Getting out, however, is even more difficult. Once I even took the skin off my hand on one pebble, but you have to be ready for this. Not far from Protaras are Mountains-hills that are completely not intended for tourism. This is not Troodos, there are no paths laid. Make your way to the touch, through thickets of thorns and stones. The area is deserted, at the very top of the mountain there is a military base and a lot of spent cartridges on the ground. Nerves tickle. There is nowhere to go down at all. I had to climb down the tree, there are private lands and peasant lands. Dogs are running. In general - extreme.
I rested well.
What can I say in the end - the sea is beautiful, the Russian language is useless there, a loaf of bread costs 80 rubles for our money, the most picturesque places, rocky shores, peace and quiet. You can go to Fig Tree Bay - a local gem - a great beach, but you're not the only one so smart - there are crowds. The service is good, the people are very friendly and smiling, both locals and vacationers, no cattle were noticed. Lots of temples and churches. The people are mostly middle-aged. If you want noisy discos, wild frenzy and fun all night long - you are not here, there is nothing for this. If you want to relax with your family in a calm and nice place - here it is, or look for adventures far from civilization - like me - there is also space for this. Good luck.