Holidays in Cyprus in October

16 November 2012 Travel time: with 30 September 2012 on 14 October 2012
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October in Ai-Napa

Flight. We decided to spend our vacation, from September 30 to October 14, in Cyprus and have never regretted our choice. Before that, they chose a place for a long time, so that at that time it would be warm and not far to fly. They wanted to book accommodation and flights on their own, but it turned out that a direct flight by Ukrainian Airlines through a travel agency is much cheaper than at ticket offices.

From Kyiv flew in 2.5 hours to Larnaca airport. At the exit, we were met by representatives of the tour operator "Globus Tour", we had to look for our meeting company "Natalie Tours". We made a conclusion from this and did not resort to their services in the future.

Cyprus met with a humid stuffiness, the temperature was +32 degrees, although it was already twilight.


Hotel. We reached our aparthotel "Stavrolia" in 40 minutes, it turned out to be at the entrance to Ai-Napa, as already indicated in the posts here. At the reception, the girl Marina settled us quickly. Very attentive and friendly, subsequently we turned to her more than once for advice and help.

There are three types of rooms in the hotel in two-storey bungalows: two-room family, one-room superior and standard. Family and superior in the same price and have a kitchen (which is very important), the standard is equipped with only a kettle. The best rooms are superior. At first we were settled in a family room, it turned out to be very noisy, above the road, with old furniture. At our request, two days later, Marina moved us to a superior room. Freshly renovated, everything is new, stylish and modern. The hotel is open until October 30, and then they have repairs, family rooms are being renovated on the model of superiors and two more bungalows with 20 rooms will be built. Fortunately, there is enough space for this.

The hotel area is abundantly planted, in addition to palm trees, there are many olive trees, orange, lemon, pomegranate, fig trees (although the garden area is not ennobled). Near the reception there is a banana plant with a large spectacular bunch of bananas. Part of the garden is occupied by a vineyard.

In October, only dates, lemons, figs and white pomegranates were ripe. We collected and ate all this, it still lies under the trees, disappears.

The hotel is inexpensive, quite comfortable, quiet.

Weather. Those who read this post are most likely interested in what is the weather like in October in Cyprus? Judging by the stories of those who rested here in the summer, October can be considered the best month. Very comfortable temperature, not hot and not cold. We only used the protective lotion twice in the beginning. You can lie on the beach all day and not overheat. Warm water. On the day of departure, October 14, the water temperature was +23 degrees. They say you can sunbathe in November, although not so comfortable. There were no winds.


Of the two weeks, 5 days were with rain, but somehow it didn’t bother me. In the afternoon we go for lunch, a cloud flew in, splashed, while we had lunch - it was already dry. Or at night there were warm rains. In general, our plans were not violated by the rains. After the rains, the land scorched over the summer turned green again.

The location of the hotel is ok. It is a pleasure to walk among the trees to the pretty beach of the Adams Beach Hotel (5 stars) 250 meters in good weather. This hotel has a great area, perfectly adapted for families with children. Many pools, streaming rivers, waterfalls, fountains - children feel good there.

From Adams Beach begins the best beach in Cyprus, Nissa Beach. We drove around the entire southern coast of Cyprus by car, and came to this conclusion. White sand - blue water. Larnaca has gray sand and gray water. No, Ai-Napa is beautiful! But you can swim in Ai-Napa only at the entrance and exit from the town. It is impossible to swim in Ai-Napa itself, because. the shore is rocky, and you won’t reach the water, only breaking your legs.

In Ai-Napa, according to our estimates, 70% of the tourists were Russians. It seems that we are in Yalta or Sochi. In Limassol, as the locals say, 90%, there is a Russian diaspora.

I was also surprised that among the vacationers there were a large number of girls without guys.

So, now about food. We took the tour with breakfast only. I won't describe it, enough has been said about it here. Slovak guys work in the restaurant, they speak excellent Russian. Someone was interested in how economically you can eat. I'll add my own information. For ten years now we have been trying to rest only in aparthotels. Firstly, you do not have to change the established diet, secondly, rooms in aparthotels, as a rule, are larger and more convenient, and thirdly, they are cheaper.

We soldered the neighbor's boy with medicines after visiting McDonald's. Themselves once, on the advice of the guide "Natalie Tours", went to the port restaurant, especially to try the vaunted fish meze (there was even room for 4 shrimp on 12 plates). Spent 55 euros and had an upset stomach in the morning. My wife says it would be better to take 2 kg. fresh shrimp in the store, so it would be a pleasure! In Israel, we were taught how to boil them deliciously.


This is about the advantage of a room with a kitchen. And spend 20 minutes. cooking dinner is not a burden for us, we don’t like to watch TV, but what else to do in the room after the beach?

Eating in the usual mode for us, we spent 15 euros per day for two, including fruit and one bottle of wine for 2 days. According to his wife, if the task is to save, then you can meet the 10 euros for two days, while you will not be hungry.

About stores. Here they advise the store, which is down the street to the left of the hotel. Don't go there, it's the most expensive store. On the first evening I ran there for water, took 10 liters. for 4.50E. The next day, while buying food, I saw the same water in the Carrefour supermarket in the town of Paralimni at a price of 1.56E (by the way, there is buckwheat there). The same is true for other goods.

And the nearest supermarket with normal prices is at the Adams Beach Hotel, on the contrary, 150 meters across the road. In Ay-Napa itself, in my opinion, there is no local population, it is purely a resort town, like Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. And the service lives in Paralimni, it's 6 km, by city bus from the nearest stop.

Everything I told about is captured in 2000 photographs, who needs to show something, I can send it in a personal.

Cyprus is ok! But Ibiza is better!

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