dawnlee
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Constantinos the Great ProtarasWe have just arrived back from Constantinos the Great in Protaras while we did enjoy the holiday overall there were good things and bad.
Airport to hotel ran smoothly no problems and we were checked in quickly.
The room was of a good size with a nice balcony but the bathroom was very tiny so you had to be careful when you had finished your shower that you didn’t put your foot down the toilet when you were getting out. It really was that small no way a 5*. The rooms had tea and coffee making facilities as well as bathrobes even though it wasn’t a superior room also the towels were all lovely and fluffy.
The cleaning of the room and hallways was of a very poor standard. We were on the second floor and our room had wooden floors they were dusty and had lots of blonde hairs everywhere presumably the previous occupants. (None of our party were blonde) The tiles around the shower could also have done with being cleaned as there was hairs stuck here also and remained there during our stay. All the cleaners seemed to do was make the bed and empty the bins. Also the hallways are all carpeted and they did not see a vacuum the whole time we were there.
The entertainment staff did a good job during the day trying to get people involved while not being overly pushy they were all a lot of fun, the shows at night were ok a lot of effort went into them.
At the side of the hotel there is the strip with all the bars and restaurants and there were lots to choose from. If we hadn’t been AI we would have gone out every night. Definitely do not recommend going AI when staying in this resort you are too tied to your hotel.
The food at the hotel wasn’t great breakfast was rubbish apart from the fresh orange juice, and lunch wasn’t much better unless you had something off the snack menu which was good. The dinner at night was the best meal of the day always hot and not swimming in sauces which a lot of hotels seem to do. They had carveries, roast chicken, chops, also Cypriot dishes which were always nice but the accompaniments were not that great pasta and rice always had a strange taste. Puddings were always the same and not that great. Really wish we hadn’t booked AI would definitely advise against it.
The drinks were all waiter service including at meal times service was always prompt and with a smile.
At first the AI drinks seemed good value lots of different cocktails to choose from but we worked our way down the list and most of them tasted the same and were very weak. The white and red wine and the Keo were the saviours.
The pool area was brilliant not an overly large pool but the sunbathing area was enormous even though the hotel was only half full when we were there even if it had been fully booked there would have been plenty of room for everyone and you could literally step of the pool terrace straight on to the beach. Nice fine sand but the sea right outside the hotel was full of rocks no way you could stand upright never mind have a swim. Need to walk up to where the Sunrise beach was or further up to Fig Tree bay if you wanted to be free of the rocks.
The weather was brilliant for us hot every day with a few clouds on our first day so tans all round.
We didn’t go on any trips as we were only there for a week.
Overall we had a good holiday but would not go back to the Constantinos but would go back to Protaras.
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