Well located with direct access to the beach and 5 stars. My family and I were expecting a lot but apart from the good size of the room and the beach I have nothing good to say. We found cockroaches in two different rooms on separate days (and we weren't on the first floor)! We had to pay extra for a fridge and safe in our room which I found to be in bad taste in a "5 star hotel".
The staff were mixed successes, some were very pleasant, others, cutting, rude and unhelpful. One day we were told "no" with no explanation as we asked for extra beach towels for some friends who arrived in the morning, we were even offered to pay.
I can go on with the unpleasant nuances of ruining our vacation, but I hope that this is enough to draw a photo. Stay elsewhere. Tour operators Zeus Travel did not help to resolve our issues.
Pros:
- To the sea 1 minute;
- The staff tries to please, they gave free WiFi to the room, they brought adapters for sockets, they brought flowers, wine to the room for a birthday, they sang a song)
- Heated swimming pools;
- Contingent - Europeans of all ages;
- The hotel has the most beautiful territory among the hotels of this village.
- Choice of food for the picky;
- Entertaining events in the form of competitions, dances, music.
Minuses:
- in the off-season in the village everything is closed;
- rooms with scuffs, need updating.
Rest 9.2013 Two friends. For the first time in Cyprus, but decided to try .....
Tour operator - Biblio globe. Constantinos the Great 5 Hotel
Constantinos the Great Hotel has 2 buildings:
(Small building with apartments (Constantinos the Great),
Big Building - with rooms (Constantinos the Great Beach Hotel).
No information about the rooms (the source of the initial deception comes from the hotel itself,
but also, accordingly, in agreement with the operator, who is in the share))) imposes on you more expensive room options) .
When purchasing a ticket, having read reviews before that noise was heard in the rooms with a side view, ....they completely did not pay attention to the complete lack of information about the rooms (which was a big mistake), there were 2 options to choose from: Sea Side view - side view on the sea and Standard Sea view - a direct view of the sea.
We bought a direct sea view (surcharge from the first option was 15tr. per room).
In fact:
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Meeting at the airport - without excesses.
Safe, refrigerator paid, read about it in advance.
At the counter immediately paid for the safe for the entire period.
We received the keys, came to the room ... ) ...."rejoiced" ....
They put us in a room with one double bed (this is apparently the way it is in Europe, two girls sleep on one common bed), well, the view from the window turned out to be from the side.
We went to the reception to find out "cause and effect", the girl at the counter smiled sweetly at us and complained that the Russians are so stupid they don't know what they are buying for their money, and they don't know how to demand the correct provision of services from tour operators. According to her, we were settled even in better conditions in recreation No. 2, and not in No. 3, in which we should have lived according to our voucher.
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A similar fate befell not only us, a married couple flew in and arrived with us at the same time, they bought apartments in a small building and paid for the "All" ticket, the poor woman sat and cried quietly after visiting the room in which they were supposed to live ...
She and her husband also came to the reception to find out ...where they were settled. . and demand that they be moved to another room.
Guide Aizatova Dinara, came to us only the next day.
The guide also pleased us, because the girl, apart from selling paid excursions, was not interested in anything else and she did not want to delve into the rest and did not try.
The only thing we found out from her is that Biblio Globe buys rooms in this hotel.
only in recreations No. 3 and No. 4. There are no specific names for the rooms.
If we return to the topic, from what we bought it will turn out in the abbreviation SSV and SSV)))) only for a different price))))))))
I asked her to show me the plan of recreations and rooms, she showed me a hand-drawn picture, she drew an approximate picture above, so that people really understand what they are buying.
On this, we decided to close the topic about the number, and not spoil our upcoming vacation.
Finally:
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Information: Safe is paid. Refrigerator is chargeable.
On the municipal beach - sun loungers and umbrellas on the beach are paid for 2.5 euros.
Pros: nice beach. sea.
Minuses:
Breakfast is disgusting. Dinner for a rating of 4 with a minus. For this money you can have a great meal in taverns. With long hair, the girls will be hard, very weak water pressure. Hairdryer) in general for decoration. Cleanliness at the level of a 3 star hotel.
At the hotel desks, we found out that the Russian tour operator in this hotel is only Biblio Globe.
We rested in Constantinos in late August - early September. When the hotel was chosen, there were more positive than negative reviews on different sites, but somehow, a month before departure, negative things rained down, as if from a cornucopia. I was driving almost in horror - the number of rooms is old, there is not enough food... Dear reusable lovers of Turkey and Egypt, do not waste your time - go further to the above countries. In Cyprus, the territories of the hotels are small, there are no slyly obsequious Arab eyes, there is no super animation, in the restaurant, even if you have AllInc, you need to order everything to the waiter who will slowly carry it to you...
We went with 2 families (children 11 and 5 years old), chose Protaras, so that there was a sandy beach, first line, all inclusive (children), 5 stars (not my "zabaganka"). Under these criteria, 2 hotels came up - Constantinos and Grecian Park, the second had to be dismissed - go down the hill to the beach. This was the introduction. And now about the hotel.
Presentable, in the old colonial style - this, by the way, distinguishes it from all the almost monotonous buildings standing on the shore. Room, we had 127, with a partial sea view across the pool - clean, new plumbing, bath accessories (shampoo, shower gel, soap, hats, ear buds and cotton balls) are added as they disappear, a hair dryer attached (who thick hair - I recommend taking your own). Laminate floor, comfortable mattress, clean white bedding. Plasma TV, kettle with refreshing coffee, tea, sugar and cream. There is a safe, but it is paid - 2.5 euros per day, the refrigerator is also paid (although in our room it was opened with an ordinary teaspoon). Photos of the room and the view from it are attached.
Meals - breakfasts are quite monotonous - eggs in different forms, including scrambled eggs of your choice with different fillings, bacon, 3-4 types of cheeses, ham (2-3 types), vegetables, olives, stewed beans, pancakes, toasts, jams , honey, fruits, dried fruits - figs, prunes, dates, dried apricots, almonds (sorry, dried fruits only in the morning); warm croissants, more buns with chocolate and raisins (all this in a warming cabinet), 2 types of muffins - a la brownie and light with variations - very good. delicious…. A cool moment - there is a coffee machine that makes espresso, cappuccino, hot chocolate, cocoa. Drinks "just like that" are only available at breakfast. Lunches are more varied - some soup, several types of meat, 2-3 types of side dishes, salads, drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, you need to order the waiter, who, as a rule, asks for your room number. Dinners. They are incomparable. Diverse. A lot of meat, namely pork, deliciously cooked. There is fish, sweets, fruits. Every time they do something new, but there is also a standard set. Do not retell... Overeating! Drinks, again, you order the waiter. Nuance. Breakfasts and lunches are held in the restaurant on the minus ground floor. Dinners at zero, dress code for men (no shorts and slates), here you no longer occupy a table that you like, but the waiter leads you, taking into account of course your wishes - if you want on the terrace overlooking the sea, if you want with someone (we were given a table for 6 people).
Sea and beach. There are not even enough words - the stunning azure color of the water, changing its shades - in the morning it is one, in the evening - another, the brightest - at lunchtime, when it is there, in principle, it is not worth it - the sun is hot. Sun loungers on the grass near the hotel are free of charge (everyone had enough of everything, no one dumped or stole anything, the only one who left towels in the evening was they were mercilessly soaked together with everything else in the morning when watering the lawn and “rinsing” the sunbeds). To the sea - cross the wooden embankment (stretching, by the way, from Fig Tree Bay, along our hotel and further, further, further... ) and already sand, not white, but reddish-yellow. The water is the most transparent - you swim, it seems that you can reach the bottom with your hand - but no, it will be with your head. The most amazing thing is that the coast is sandy, but the wave does not muddy the water - it only raises the sand a little at the very edge, but when it moves back, it is already clean and transparent. The entry into the water is smooth, yes, there are stones, but they are not sharp, they are clearly visible and you just swim over them. Behind the stones, closer to the pontoon pier, there is a shallow, which is more pronounced after lunch. Yes, towels are issued in the gym on a deposit of 5 euros for one, change when you want, when you return - you get your euros. The pool is small - mostly kids splash around in it, during the day they do aqua aerobics and water polo, in the evening there is some kind of entertainment on the -1 floor. The pool bar for all inclusive has its own list, what is free, what is for extra money. Free of charge - packaged juices, sweet carbonated muck - cola, sprite, sandwiches, burgers, huge ones, french fries, beer with peanuts (poured into a disposable cup), cocktails... Yes, drinking water - they do not give, as usual, in plastic bottles, but pour into large disposable glasses (about 0.4 l). Ice cream - local after 10 - free of charge, as much as you like - there are little blue refrigerators - open and take it, at the pool bar - you need to ask - they take it out of their refrigerator. Imported ice cream - for money.
Location - in the very center of Protaras - you go up a little and the main walking street with a bunch of cafes, souvenir shops. If you go from the hotel to the right - after 5 minutes of a leisurely walk there will be McDonald's with free Wi-Fi (at the hotel it is paid), near McDonald's - Show of dancing fountains, a little further to go behind McDonald's - on the mountain there is a beautifully illuminated church of St. Elijah (walk better evening). If you go up the road leading up from the hotel - Lidl supermarket. The street is one-way, there are 101 and 102 buses - one to Ayia Napa, the other to Paralimni. (This is a circular route). The fare is 1 euro (you only need to enter through the driver's door). Our vacation turned out to be vegetable, as a rule, the sea bothers me after 4-5 days and I want to see something, but here... I wanted to look at the sea.
This is the first review of this hotel on the site about Constantinos, so I tried to describe in detail. Perhaps I wrote something superfluous, missed something, ask questions - I will try to answer. Yes, I read in other reviews that there is noise from discos until the middle of the night, we heard it the first day, then no, but for those who rent rooms in apartments, I think this is a big problem. This is the only small minus that I can note...