We wanted to have a break away just the two of us without our kids and knew we wanted an all inclusive break. After much deliberation we decided to try the Atlantica Golden Beach and were not disappointed. This is a Thomson Gold Hotel and we received Gold service from the minute we booked. Everyone was so friendly. When we arrived into Paphos airport we were quickly shown to our bus and because it is a Gold hotel you are dropped off first. The Manager and staff were there to greet us with drinks and a short information session about where restaurants, bars, facilities were.
We had upgraded our room to a Double Superior and this meant that we were guaranteed a sea view along with a bottle of wine, fruit, bathrobes, slippers, television, cd player and canopy over our large double bed.
There was one large buffet restaurant and one smaller a la carte restaurant and we were given a voucher to use once in the a la carte. Any additional time you went to that restaurant you had to pay. Although the food in the a la carte was delicious, so was the food in the main buffet restaurant so didn't feel the need to go back again. Breakfast consisted of the usual cereal, juice, bacon, eggs, sausage etc but also had delicious freshly made, warm breads and rolls and also had omelettes made to order where you stood while they cooked them for you fresh. Dinner always had lots of variety where they had traditional cypriot dishes along with english (not many chips though). There was always someone cooking fresh fish and meat in different ways for you and there was always someone cooking fresh pasta to order. The desserts were delicious - lots of gateaus and beautiful ice creams.
The area beside the pool was lovely, clean and peaceful. Staff were always coming around to bring you drinks. The beach was small but there was a grassed area right next to it with lots of sunbeds on there.
The 3 Thomson entertainment reps were extremely friendly and worked very hard. They had lots of different things going on each day but they never pressurised you. Every afternoon there was a quiz and there was entertainment on each evening which consisted of guest singers, comedians etc along with the resident duo and of course, the Thomson Reps.
If you are going out during the day, the hotel is not really within walking distance of anything however there is a regular bus service outside the hotel which will take you into Paphos town centre. We weren't really bothered about the location because we had just went for a relaxing week of doing nothing.
We did go on a trip however to Famagusta and got a packed lunch off the hotel which would have fed a small army. The packed lunches are good because you can actually choose what goes in them.
Apart from the entertainment area, there is one additional bar which is used at night. We never had to go up to the bar at all because as soon as the staff seen we were nearly finished our drinks, they came over so we could order some more. The only downside to the all inclusive drinks is that they finish at 0000,
We met some fantastic people there - although it does have to be said that in the winter months the average age of the guests does go up - but they were all wonderful and so were the staff and when we left the manager and staff line up and personally say goodbye to everyone.
I would definitely recommend this hotel to oouples and would definitely go back myself.
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