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| Cypria Maris (Watch a video) |  |  Address: Riu Cypria Maris, Poseidon Avenue, Paphos 08127, Cyprus
The Riu Cypria Maris, a comfortable 4-star hotel recently renovated lies graciously on a small artificial beach, in the surroundings of Paphos.The hotel is 2 km from Paphos Centre, 2 km from the shopping centre and 12 km from the airport. There is a bus stop in front of the hotel. The hotel Riu Cypria Maris features 239 well-appointed guestrooms and suites in a 4-story building surrounded by a 4,000- m2 garden. There are many facilities on site like, an outdoor swimming pool, a tennis court, a gym and health centre, a game room and the lounge. The Riu Cypria Maris hotel also features a sport centre, childrens playground and a diversity of daily and nightly entertainment. Start your day by choosing from a varied buffet breakfast with wholemeal products and on the spot cooking stations. Have an a la carte lunch. Enjoy cold and warm starters buffet style, a main course from the buffet and dishes prepared on the spot and a dessert buffet for dinner. | | Some of our readers photos of Cypria Maris / Paphos
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| | Details: | | Male Adults: | 1 | Date: | June 2008 | | Female Adults: | 1 | Tour Operator: | Thomson | | Number of Children: | 0 | Board: | All Inclusive |
| | Comments: | The Hotel Cypria Maris has now merged with the Cypria Bay to become the Cypria Resort Hotel. It is however in all essence still two hotels with shared facilities. When browsing the web and looking at brochures, you will probably hope to be booked into the newer “Bay wing” with it’s modern pool with bridges and waterfalls and it is certainly a better looking hotel. However, don’t be disappointed if you find yourself in the Maris, apart from the fact that you can use the facilities of either hotel, the less attractive plain swimming pool of the Maris is better and deeper than the Bay and less crowded. It is also nearer the small sandy beach which although not the best beach I have visited, is still attractive and if you avoid the seaweed, has some nice clean water to swim in. The best bit is unfortunately used by the Jetski company located by the hotel, but they tend to jet off from a small pier so it’s fairly safe but I would suggest you keep aware of any likely traffic, however light it is.
The hotel is clean and we were all inclusive which made the holiday even more relaxing. The local spirits though were poor in comparison to the Canary Islands though and took some adjusting to. The wine was reasonable, the beer ok but the best drinks were the cocktails. Bottled water was also free which was a pleasant surprise. The food was only okay, edible and enough choice but became a bit predictable as the week wore on. The show cooking could have been better and the pasta was quite often cold. Breakfasts were good though and the coffee was pretty good too. You have two sittings at dinner and keep the same table throughout your stay. This is actually quite a good arrangement as you don’t have to go in search of a table, although some might not like having a set time to eat. Breakfast and lunch you can sit anywhere or go to the Taverna located in the grounds of the Bay hotel next door.
Staff were very friendly and helpful. I don’t think I have ever come across a better group of hotel staff anywhere. This is everyone from the reception to the cleaners.
Beach towels are provided and can be swopped at reception. The power points are like British three pin plugs so no adapters are needed.
Rooms have a fridge, TV and a safe but you need to pay a small charge for the safe. Air conditioning is very good.
It’s a bit of a walk to the harbour, around 40 minutes but there is a regular bus service. There are shops and restaurants within the vicinity of the hotel so you don’t actually need to go to the harbour every day anyway, although worth a visit both there and to the Market in the old town. Be aware of timeshare louts though if you do venture out.
Excursions are to Nicosia and Famagusta but these are around 3 hours away so decided to leave it until we are over the other side of the island. The best excursion is to Egypt, apparently anyway, as I didn’t do it but it is recommended by others.
Weather in June was quite hot but bearable and the sun went down around 8.00pm making a nice long hot day. Goes without saying to make sure you have sun lotion on, everywhere! Obviously ignored by those with red marks on their skin. Talking of which, there were a number of people with tattoo’s. Nothing against this, but it did seem by not having one you were in the minority. The guests were generally couples aged 25 -70, some with kids but as this was in term, not too many. Pool was un-crowded and nice and warm, a real pleasure to swim in. The parasols are a bit difficult to put up, don’t be shy to get help as they do take quite a bit of effort.
The downside as noted by a few reviews is the entertainment which is quite appalling. Holiday crowds are normally quite easy to please, but I have never seen so many people walk out on a performance. They really need to improve this. There was perhaps only one or two good acts in the 11 days we were there. If you can imagine the people who didn’t get through the Britain’s Got Talent auditions, then they could still get a job at the Cypria Resort.
I think it’s worth going to this hotel although not high on my recommendations, it does give good value and a relaxing time. If you have already booked and are only now looking at reviews, don’t panic, I’m sure you will have a good holiday at this hotel.
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