Forest Park Hotel - Platres - Cyprus - Simply Brilliant

Advantages: Family Friendly - Exceptional Service - Great Value and Location
Disadvantages: None

...complex on the right, until you reach the hotel entrance, which sits in front of a small, planted roundabout. Your first impression is of tidiness with an understated hint of sophistication. This is unsurprising given its pedigree. Plátres gained a reputation as chic resort in the 1930?s through the 1950?s, and was popular with the upper crust, including most notably, the Princess Royal, Archbishop Markarios and King Farouk of Egypt. The Brandy Sour cocktail, usually associated with Cyprus, was developed for King Farouk by the hotel staff. Daphne du Maurier also composed most of her acclaimed novel ?Rebecca? while staying at the hotel. Check-in, as always, was professionally and efficiently handled by the multilingual reception staff who speak impeccable English. We have noted over the years that Greek staff seem to have been supplanted by...

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Review of Forest Park Hotel, Cyprus

Ascos Coral Beach Hotel,Cyprus. One of the nicest hotels.

Advantages: Close to beach, peaceful , no children, close to bars
Disadvantages: Shingle beach by hotel.

...We stayed at the Ascos Coral beach Hotel ,Cyprus, in June 2009. The hotel, during the summer months is for adults only,which if your are on a relaxing holiday makes a big difference. Once you enter the hotel you can notice straight away that there are no children running around, its very peaceful. The hotel is around half an hour drive from the airport at Paphos. It is located on the coast and has a pathway down to a shingle beach which to be honest we did not use as it was a bit awkward to walk along. The shops, not many mind, and the bars are about a five minutes walk. If you want to go to the coral bay beach it would take you around 15 minutes to walk there at the most, and to drive there it would take around 1 minute. The beach does have the usual amenities like being pulled by a speed boat and pedalos. The hotel itself is very...

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Tsokkos Gardens Hotel, Protaras, Cyprus

Advantages: Lovely hotel, Hot in October, Four hours from Gatwick
Disadvantages: Bit of a walk to the beach, souvenirs are completely tackky!

...This is a review of a package holiday to a specific hotel in Protaras rather than an overall review of the resort. Seven nights HB at the 4* Tsokkos Gardens Hotel, Protaras, Cyprus October, 2002 Through Goldensun - booked over the internet. We paid £844 each for two adults + £292 for one child. Our first visit to Cyprus Flight We flew with Eurocypria on the 10.10pm out of Gatwick arriving at Larnaca in the small hours. There was no in flight entertainment at all so don't forget your Walkman or a large paperback. The journey was a bit of a trial, fortunately our five year old slept on the plane which made life a bit easier. The final transfer from the airport to the hotel seemed to take ages, dropping off at about four hotels before finally arriving at the Tsokkos Gardens at about 6 am local time. The hotel…...

michael_john_owen 03.11.2002 · Read review
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Review of Protaras (Cyprus)

Hotel Papantonia, Protaras, Cyprus

Advantages: A Must For Young Families With Children
Disadvantages: The Entertainment Team Could Use Some Common Sense!

...I didn't know quite where to place this review for this hotel so I thought this was as good a place as any. With a possibility of a larger audience to read. What we booked with First Choice was a Fourteen Night All Inclusive Package at the Hotel Papantonia, Protaras, Cyprus in October 2004. The cost was £679 each for two adults and one free child place - if we flew out from Stansted but we couldn't have a free child place if we flew from Gatwick. Oh well, Stansted is handy only just up the road - willing to try something different - afterall a plane is a plane doesn't matter which airport you fly from. This was our first visit to Cyprus as a family unit. We flew into Larnaca from Stansted with Thomas Cook at 09.20am arriving in Cyprus during the heat of the day and boy was it hot, a cool 31 degrees when you consider...

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Luca/ Cyprotel Laura Beach Paphos - Cyprus

Advantages: Toasties are great
Disadvantages: Where do i start??

...Me and my husband stayed at the Laura Beach hotel Cyprus from 20th June to 28th June 2007 with Libra holidays. Please note this hotel is also known as Luca Laura Beach and also Cyprotel Laura Beach depending on the brochure, I questioned the rep about this and apparently it used to be part of the Luca group of hotels but has been de-branded. We paid £400 each all inclusive including reserved flight seats. HOTEL The hotel is situated about 30-40 minutes drive from the airport but this does depend on how many drop off's there are. It is situated on the beach front if you can call it that, as it is man made and you do need to go down several steep paths and steps which with the sand are very slippy needless to say when you finally meet the bottom there are a lot of rocks, we only ventured down the once. The sea would not be...

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Atlantica Hotel and Cyprus

Advantages: close to everything
Disadvantages: not a good beach in sight

...In the summer of 2002, my family and I went on holiday to Cyprus. This was the first time we had all ventured abroad as prior to this, I was only brave enough to book caravan holiday?s in the New Forest. With all the kit and caboodle you have to pack with two very young children I still had my doubts right up to the departure lounge. I have been to Cyprus four times; the last trip was in the summer of 1990, just as the Gulf war kicked off. I remember seeing the island surrounded by the British War ships and kept thinking, ?Was this a good idea??. For this holiday, I found a perfect hotel on the Internet and booked direct, thus saving quite a bit of money. It was the Atlantica Hotel in Limassol. The complex was amazing. When we arrived early afternoon, we were welcomed by a cold glass of fresh orange juice and within minutes...

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Review of Hotel Atlantica Bay (Limassol)

The Nereus - A Friendly Hotel

Advantages: Friendly atmosphere, daily entertainment
Disadvantages: Rooms are a bit small and need a makeover

...of a makeover. The air conditioning is not very good, but just about gets by. The rooms have two single beds which can be pushed together, a TV, a wardrobe, a safety deposit box, air conditioning / heater and most have a private balcony. All of the rooms also have a private bathroom. The rooms are kept fairly clean, but as I said, they really do need to have some more money spent on them. They are quite small, but are perfectly adequate to use as a base to explore Cyprus. The bathroom has a bath/shower, a toilet (surprise surprise) and a sink (wow). The sort of thing that you would expect from a three star hotel. The hotel also has apartments, which I have not stayed in. I have heard that they are good though. I have found this description of the apartments on the Nereus website. ?All apartments are equipped with a private kitchen, lounge...

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Review of Nereus Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus

Pernera beach hotel.

Advantages: Quality hotel in a beachside location.
Disadvantages: Quite a distance from major tourist attractions.

...the edge of your seats! This area of Cyprus is not very pretty either (scenery wise) Pernera beach hotel had everything we wanted for a quiet relaxing week away. Service and cleanliness cannot be faulted, and the people of Cyprus were all very friendly. Just be prepared to ditch the diet whilst you are staying here!!...

suzydaisy 03.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Pernera Beach Hotel - Protaras (Cyprus)

Globalisation Alert! Mall Rats Invade Cyprus!

Advantages: Good facilities. Well appointed. Light and airey. Air conditioned.
Disadvantages: Eye-wateringly expensive. Could be anywhere in the world

...INTRODUCTION In the seven or eight years I have been going to Cyprus for my holidays, a lot has changed, and not necessarily for the better. It was only a matter of time before this beautiful island was afflicted with the relentless influx of multinational American brands and corporations that seem to blight Europe these days. The drive down the Finikoudes ? Larnaka?s main, palm-lined seaside promenade ? now takes you past McDonald?s, KFC, TGI Friday, Haagen Dazs, Pizza Hut, and Bennigans. The seemingly unstoppable globalisation of Cyprus seems well and truly underway. So it was with dread and dismay that I received the news that Cyprus had been ?blessed? with two new malls since my last visit two years ago ? the ?Mall of Cyprus?, built next to an IKEA on the outskirts of Lefkosia (Nicosia), and the newer ?My Mall?, an even...

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Review of The Mall of Cyprus, Nicosia

Deluxe 5 star hotel, one of the best on the island of Cyprus

Advantages: Luxury rooms, great choice of food, friendly, efficient service, leisure facilities, location
Disadvantages: Expensive but typical of a 5 star luxury hotel

...If you are looking for luxury accommodation on the beach the Four Seasons Hotel offers all of this and more. Situated on it's own sandy beach in the Amathus area of Limassol and on the seafront road. The hotel has 304 luxury rooms ranging from superior sea view rooms, family suites, garden suite (for adults only), executive suites and the ultimate Royal Suite. All rooms have mini bar, internet connection, satellite TV, safe, tea and coffee making facilities and a very high standard of furnishing and comfort. Hotel facilities include: A choice of restaurants serving fist class international cuisine from Chinese, gourmet Greek, Seafood & fish, Cafe Tropical is very popular and offers delicious fresh buffets and a la carte menus. Dont miss visiting Colors cafe where they serve the best home made ice cream and cakes...

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