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Advantages: Lots to do, great weather, good location Disadvantages: Problems with hotel rooms, some rude staff
I have just come back from a gorgeous week in the Hotel Atlantica in Limassol in Cyprus, and I feel absolutely miserable - this time yesterday I was sunbathing in the 40C heat with a Pina Colada (they were free!) and now I'm sat at the computer, in a jumper, freezing my bum off. It's so cold here! Anyway, I've got quite a lot to say about Cyprus and the Hotel Atlantica, so here we go!
CYPRUS
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Cyprus is a an island located in the Mediterranean sea, south of Turkey, and close to Egypt. The official language is Greek, although being a former British colony, English is very widely spoken. The currency is the Cypriot Pound (CYP), which is 78p exactly, to our £1 sterling.
The weather is nice enough to visit Cyprus from April to about October. It's hottest in July and August - it was well in the 30's and 40's ...
Advantages: see summary in review Disadvantages: see summary in review
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Atlantica Princess Hotel
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I have just returned from two weeks staying at the Atlantica Princess in Rhodes and had such a wonderful time that I felt compelled to write this review. Rhodes is a Greek Island which is situated in the eastern Aegean Sea just 11 miles from the Turkish Coast (on clear days you get a magnificent view of Turkey).
Our choice of this hotel and destination was purely through last minute panic at the beginning of the year where we realised that everywhere was quickly getting booked up! We began hunting through the various Thomsons brochures whilst checking availability on the internet. We were attracted to the all inclusive package that the Atlantica Princess offered as it worked out at around £12 on top of half board per adult per day and £8 on top of half board ...
Advantages: the complex has everything you need Disadvantages: except a decent gym! (it's ok though)
, we had managed to save nearly a thousand pounds. We felt proud of our efforts and we were looking forward to seeing what we could afford.
We went to 'Lunn Poly' and decided we would go on one of those last minute packages. Outside the travel agents we did get a little bit nervous, we had worked really hard for this money and we were about to blow it all, after a few seconds of thought we decided that we?d earned it and that we needed a break. We told the agent how much money we had and when we could go and it was only a matter of minutes before they were bowling us over with bargain breaks. After a lot of discussion (we were in there about two hours!), we decided on a self-catering break in Limassol, Cyprus.
The actual holiday cost us about £500 for the three of us including flights and transfers for 7 nights and then the travel ...
