отдых на Кипре holidays in Cyprus

First time in Cyprus. The first was the desire to go to Greece, but circumstances so developed that we stopped in Cyprus. The visa was obtained easily, no special additional documents are required. We drove from "Natalie Tours", the company Aerosvit (Donbasaero). Arrival and departure went well as usual. Upon arrival, I didn’t quite like the meeting of the host, the brochure about the country says that they will meet you at the airport with a sign, in fact, no one met you, I had to go around the corridor twice, asked the guide of some other company, who explained to me, that "Natalie Tours" has a separate counter, without leaving the main corridor it was necessary to turn left. A Russian-speaking girl greeted us, handed us a book about Cyprus from "Natalie Tours" and told us which bus was waiting for us. We left the building, the bus was very close. Minibus with air conditioning, very comfortable, few passengers 10 people. In 50 minutes we reached Limassol. We drove and turned our heads around, examined the area. Everyone was dropped off, our hotel turned out to be the last one on the long, long central street. Irina, a Russian woman, met us at the reception and settled us right away. We had a room with a sea view, double + child. The bed for my daughter was already ready and stood in the room, which can not be said about the hotels in Egypt, where I had to ask and remind several times, it was nice.
I didn’t like the guide from Natalie Tours - Inna, we haven’t seen anything like this yet, she’s absolutely amorphous, she’s not interested in anything, she doesn’t solve tourists’ questions, she can’t advise excursions, everything is very good and interesting with her - choose for yourself. I heard a lot of people complain about it.
Hotel! Very nice, bright, clean, comfortable, renovation apparently was not so long ago. Cleaning in the room daily, they cleaned very well, everything was clean, no tip was left. The room is quite spacious, comfortable and clean. Towels are a separate story, fresh water in Cyprus is not as free as in Ukraine, so the hotel staff asks its guests to use towels more than once if possible. Dirty towels are asked to be folded into the bathroom for replacement, clean ones are left on the holders. Very polite treatment, and does not cause any negative emotions, I think that many reacted to this request with understanding. To be honest, sometimes it’s even strange and wild to read in reviews that towels have not been changed for 2-3 days. Tourists, do you change your towels at home every day?

The cuisine is wonderful, varied, of course, with such an abundance, on the 11-12th day, you really don’t want anything, everything is a little boring. Meat to choose from is different in equal form - lamb / mutton, beef, pork in baked form, smoked, fried, steamed, etc. Salads are different, as one of the vacationers put it, "not like in Turkey, it is not clear from what products they are made"; )) With seafood, there was almost always one salad - shrimp or octopus or mussels. Lots of different Italian dishes. The fish was often 4-5 times there was salmon. What is nice is that nothing ends, if something is taken apart, then they immediately bring a new dish. Not like in Egypt and Turkey, if something tasty and did not come first, then everyone who got up first and slippers. There are enough different sweets, all sorts of creams and mousses, everything is very tasty. Fruits - watermelon, grapes, apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines.
If not ALL inc, then all drinks, including water, are paid, except for breakfast. For breakfast, all drinks are included in the price. The prices for drinks in one of the reviews in Cyprus have already been announced.
The service in the restaurant and in the hotel in general is very good, nice staff, special thanks to the hostesses - Antonio, a very cool man, it's a pity we didn't have time to say goodbye to him.
The animation is also pretty good, though not every day)) What I mean is, of course, there is some kind of show every day, but the song evening from some elderly peasant did not impress us very much, here it is twice a week. The illusionist's show was interesting, and we and the child liked it, a chic fire show. Animation for children is not very active. All the children gathered in the miniclub played Uno cards, and once again built castles on the beach, in the evening minidisco and the same UNO cards, I must say that the children liked this game. So, alas, there was no such active children's animation as in Atlantica Oasis. For adults (and children) water volleyball in one of the pools until 12.00, from 12 - water aerobics, after lunch Zumba fitness. The animation team is very young, pleasant, polite, very smiling. I would like to mention Nastya - she was engaged in children, Monica and Fatma, as well as the handsome Georgy and the girl who did the Zumba fitness.
The beaches are all municipal, I can not say that they are very clean. We saw how the cats living in the hotel went to the toilet in the sand on the beach. The entrance to the sea is not very pleasant, since this is a rocky island, you should not expect anything else.
In general, the island is very beautiful in its own way, we went on a jeep safari in the Akamas conservation area and a tour on donkeys. She impressed us all very much, we advise everyone, you won’t regret it, just take an evening tour, it’s not so hot and the show is more colorful. Sea of ​ ​ positive and impressions.

Summary - the rest turned out to be very good, positive, left a lot of impressions, energized. To everyone who helped us in getting all these positive impressions, a big separate thank you!! ! Cyprus is worth visiting at least once to form your own opinion.