Luxury stay Asimina Suites Paphos
This time was to fly out to Paphos for a three night educational trip and then to add two nights on at the end to really experience the hotel as a guest.
We flew out with Thomas Cook from Manchester airport and would highly recommend booking the extra leg room seats. The flight was full but the staff were friendly and helpful and the flight flew by.
On arrival in Paphos airport it was a quick collection of the bags and then straight out into the main arrivals area where our Constantinous Representative was meeting us with Moet - a brilliant start to the trip!
The transfer from the airport to Paphos is only around 15-20 minutes depending on which area you are staying in. For us, we were around 15 mins away and checked into the Asimina Suites. This hotel is an adults only 5* hotel. It has a lovely relaxed feel to it with excellent rooms with all needs taken care of. The food is excellent with a choice of buffet dining or a la carte for evening meals and then lunch can be taken al fresco at the Kymata Mediterranean restaurant situated overlooking the beach/sea front.
There are a choice of rooms available at the hotel but I would highly recommend that you go for a sea view room as the rooms at the back of the hotel overlook the main road.
Whilst we were in Paphos we were also invited to look around Pioneer Beach Hotel and Athena Royal Beach - both adult only hotels, and then the family Athena Beach hotels. All were excellent hotels with lots to offer, again though I would highly recommend the sea view rooms.
On the Saturday we went on a full day excursion to see the island of Paphos. We drove out towards Limassol and stopped to take photos of Aphrodite Rock, then onto the Archaeological site of Kourin where the ruins of a large house and amphitheatre. It also gave us amazing views of the island. From there with then drove inland to the typical Cypriot village of Omodhos where we had a 12 course meze meal, in true Cypriot style. After a mooch around the village looking in the little shops we headed back to Paphos.
On the Sunday evening we took a taxi into Paphos (7 euros) and had a wander around the beautiful harbour whilst stopping in a couple of restaurants and then headed back towards the hotel on coastal path that links the harbour to the hotels. It took about 40 minutes to walk back but was a lovely end to the day.
Monday saw me looking around the Olympic Lagoon Paphos Hotel. It only opened last year and is already fully booked for July and August this year! It’s a fantastic 4/5* family all-inclusive hotel with lots going on. There is an adults only section to the hotel with their own pool, pool bar, bar and restaurant. We saw a couple of weddings going on whilst we were at the hotel as Cyprus is a wonderful island to marry on, lots of different choices of venues - religious and hotel/harbour based. I would recommend you book early though if you are planning your wedding there.
The weather whilst we were there was excellent, 25 degrees each day!
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