Great hotel, not disappointed

Written: 3 october 2013
Travel time: 14 — 21 august 2013
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 8.0
I reviewed a bunch of reviews on hotels in Cyprus, everywhere there were pluses and minuses. This hotel was recommended by a colleague who returned before we left. We are very satisfied with the hotel, the level of an excellent trio! They clean it cleanly, change bed linen and towels as they wrote below, the soap is really ordinary liquid, so after looking at previous reviews, I bought mini shampoos and gels in Auchan in advance, but in general there are a lot of shops, you can buy anything! The food, as they wrote, is very good despite the small selection. Dinner was often changed to lunch (take a voucher at the reception). Before leaving, we ordered an early breakfast, everything was prepared. Air conditioning works great, no complaints about the hotel. Disgusting tour operator ICS!! ! Tickets and vouchers were given 8 hours before departure, the meeting guide was silent all the way, the guide Anastasia at the hotel speaks boorishly, the excursions are expensive, but she cannot explain clearly what is included in them.
We regretted that we bought 2 excursions from her, there are a lot of agencies that have everything at lower prices (from the hotel to the left). It was only upon departure that we learned that it was possible to collect receipts and get a TAX Free tax refund on purchases (there is a special counter at the airport), but alas, we flew through thanks to the "talkative" guide.


A lot of useful information about the hotel is written below, we are very grateful for the info, I printed it out before leaving. I will not repeat myself, I will write useful information about what to see, where to go, what to try:

1. Garden restaurant amazing huge fish meze for 39 euros, served by 5 waiters! We went again, a very friendly Bulgarian waiter speaks Russian.

2. Restaurant Espiria in the port is disgusting! The prices are high, the food is fresh (sauces are brought everywhere, not here), small portions, the atmosphere is comfortable, calm, sea view.
3. Ocean Bascet is a great place!
The atmosphere is more like a cafe or catering, but the portions are huge and VERY tasty for the same money. Outside, there are comfortable sofas and a calm atmosphere, inside there is noise and din, but there are air conditioners. We highly recommend.

4. I also recommend riding a cheesecake on the beach, it's cool.

5. Off-road quad biking is a great topic, BUT we took it from the guide, every 5 minutes, without exaggeration, one or the second quadric broke down and we stood waiting all the time. It is better to rent, the state of technology is much better and cheaper. We got 50 euros per person for 4 hours of walking, and on the street 50 per day.

6. Black pearl - the impression is ambivalent. The ship and the interior were impressive, the entertainment program was vulgar, but it was clear that some people liked it. In addition, keep in mind that Russian tourists on this tour are mainly on Mon, Tue, the rest of the days are Europeans. We ended up on Sunday, so the whole program was in English.
and only a one-syllable translation in Russian. 35 euro per person

7. Diving - there is nothing to watch (there are no fish and corals), but many people liked the process itself. 65 euros (the diving process itself is about 15 minutes, again for 30 euros).

8. The water park is not bad, but there are many queues for the slides everywhere. We were on a weekday and it was a lot, on weekends they say even worse. On each slide you will have time to ride no more than 2 times


9. Lunapark - as they wrote, 2 interesting attractions Booster and Slingshot, we didn’t ride, I was afraid, my husband didn’t want to. There was also 1 more: a tower from the 9th floor, they tied you by the leg and jumped. Well, all this is for an amateur.

10. When buying gifts and souvenirs, compare prices in several stores, they vary greatly.

11. I really liked the white semi-sweet wine Santa Marina - they brought it with them. In restaurants 12-15 euros, in shops about 4 euros.

12. They have a peculiar socket in the room, so you need to take an adapter at the reception, a deposit of 2 euros.

13. There is a shower near the pool.
you can rinse after the sea or the pool, always warm, as it is built into the stones that heat up.

Have a wonderful holiday, Cyprus delights and fascinates!
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