I am a well travelled person and have seen 5 of 6 continents, stayed at many many resorts.
This is NOT a 4 star resort. Possibly a 2 star.
The very first night, we had hair in our sheets, when we complained, instead of sending house keeping, we were given a sheet to change ourselves. OK...well, this is maybe the way its done in Cyprus as this was our first visit.
The next morning there was an ant infestation in our kitchen. We called it in, and someone did show up. Sprayed the ants and they left the dead cadavres there for 5 days.
The shower curtains were laced in brown residue at the bottom.
The mattresses were 5 inches think we springs protruding so far that I actually had an imprint on my side in the morning.
The heater in my parents room did not work. It took them 3 days to fix it. They are 65+ and their room was 8c at night.
The food....omg....the food was NEVER hot. Luke warm at best, and completely and utterly tastless.
To get a hair dryer for my wife for New Years, we actually had to make a HUGE scene in the lobby, as our name was on a waiting list for 3 days!!!! For a hair dryer!!!????
The piece de resistance was getting severe food poisoning. I had to get injected as I was throwing up for 15 hours straight. Had I done this for another hour, they would have needed to hospitalize me for dehydration.
I have all the photographs and receipts to prove everything.
I spent 8500 Euros for a week, that included my flights from Canada to the UK and then picked up my parents and treated them to a vacation.
When I complained to the General Manager, he gave us 2 free lunches and 4 drinks at the bar.
No thank you! I skipped the lunches and I rather pay for my drinks that to feel they provided reasonable accomodations for our stay there.
The trip was not all bad. Paphos is beautiful, we got a fantastic Taxi service that took us everywhere. His name is Chris and his company is called Chris Taxi. Fantastic service!
The food at Oliveto was excellent, as was the service and last but not least they had some spectaculaor sight seeing.
We will never got back to Cyprus as 8500 Euros can get you a weeks stay at many many more resorts that are better.
Room Tip: Don't book here. Venus Beach Hotel is the one for Paphos.
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