Kefalos Beach Tourist Village Hotel

the entertainment staff harranging you to play darts, or the awful \"cocktail game\" then this is for you!

If on the other hand you wanted relaxation by your hotels main pool then I would try somewhere else.

The food. Variable pub food is the best way I can describe it. The breakfasts are OK, but the dining room is so packed that things worth eating go very quickly. We stayed half board - the evening meals were OK some nights, and plain awful other nights. The best night was \"Greek\" night. Unfortunately this was only on once for the whole week we were there - bit strange, given this is \"Greece\", but this isn\'t Greece. This is Greek Cypriots interpretation of what Brits and Germans want whilst on holiday. And unfortunately they can\'t cook it - Venice night - awful, farmers night - bland stuff that didn\'t even look like the descriptions. If you must stay here - stay B&B.

The kids club. Another reason for our booking. Unfortunately, the website doesn\'t tell you its only open 1.5 hours in a morning and 1.5 hours in an afternoon. It is only for 5 to 12 year olds, but given the facilities - the room could only really entertain 4 to 7 year olds at best. It\'s a basement room, with kids toys. On a positive note, the staff in there were great with my son - special mention to Ben who my son loved and to the two girls in there - sorry I forgot your names.

The beach. Well - its absolutely awful. Truly truly awful. Please don\'t book here if you want a decent beach. It isn\'t even slightly nice. The sand is a mixture of pebbles, some coarse sand and grass. The shoreline is rocky, making swimming impossible. There are signs near the pool bar that point you to s \"SANDY BEACH 200M\" - but this is a tiny beach at next doors hotel - again - not that great. The only decent beach nearby is Coral Bay. A broad expanse of sand with gently shelving coastline.

The surroundings. Again - think Brits abroad. If this is what you want, then great - but if you want traditional friendly tavernas then Paphos is not for you.

The pool bar - a rip off at over 3 euros a pint, for beer in plastic glasses, that is not very nice.

Finally - the staff of the hotel. We didn\'t experience and hospitality whatsoever.

I asked for a meeting with the manager about our pool. He agreed compensation of waiving the 6 euros an hour to keep our room on past midday and agreed to reinstate a lunch voucher we had lost for our last day. He told me we could have anything from the pool bar menu on our last day.

When we sat down for our lunch, we were handed a set menu. Had to argue about this, but they finally agreed to let us order what we wanted. We were then basically ignored by the staff who were too busy setting up for the BBQ that night. We were left without drinks, mains came before we had finished starters, they tried to charge us for ice creams for the kids etc etc. And all the way through we were made to feel like we were a piece of dirt. One waiter, who I won\'t name, that I had made an effort to speak some Greek to during the holiday, actually said to my partner that he would not serve us as we were eating there by mistake. Thankfully he wasn\'t around when we left or I would have told him where to go.

Following our treatment we finally lost it and my partner went back to the reception to complain further,. We were given some more compensation, but this hasn\'t \"appeased\" me to use their language.

In summary, I was very very disappointed with the Kefalos. We booked because of the ranking on here and the reviews. Unfortunately, it is just a poorly run, unfriendly mass tourist place. The warning signs were there, but I just didn\'t see them. We spoke to so many people who were disappointed with the place - I wish a few more had taken the time to place reviews on here so people like us would not make the mistake we made with this place.

choose from. The chinese restaurant is very good. We went to O\'Neils bar most nights for a drink, there are pool tables and games for the children.

We are already thinking of going back next year, a wonderful place to stay.

the sand. The beach is lovely, though not ideal for swimming in, as is quite rocky (this is true for almost all beaches in Paphos). The nearest bars/tavernas and restaurants were a 5 min walk away, and lined the road into the harbour, which was a 20 min walk from the hotel (or 5 min taxi ride). The hotel itself is set back from any busy roads so no traffic is seen or heard.
The staff in the hotel could not have done more to make us all feel welcome. Everyone speaks good english, and will frequently go out of their way to help you, with smiles on their faces!
Day time entertainment is just right. There are some gentle morning stretches on the beach, followed by some more active games, such as aqua aerobics, archery, boules, water polo. The entertainment staff are encouraging if you do want to participate, but are never pushy to get you to join in, and they do take no for an answer! In the evenings, entertainment is more children focused, and the parrot show in particular went down well with the younger guests. I have scored the entertainment a 3, as we went into resort every night, so did not experience much of the evening entertainment at the hotel.
I would definitely visit this hotel again, and will prbably do so next year. Out of the 60 people in our party, there was not one single complaint, and several of the guests said they would definitely be returning.

beware as i was stung by a jelly fish on my second day, we did try the sandy beach slightly down the road which was definately worth it as from the on we used it every day
overall i had a wonderful holiday and would love to return as soon as possible!

limited but I would recommend the steak and the Moussaka is excellent.

All in all, we would return to Cyprus and to Kefalos. The staff were very friendly, the place is spotless and there is lots to do and a variety of places to eat.

The entertainment at the hotel is virtually non-existent although I am told it picks up a bit more in the season. While we were there, it was only bingo, karioke and quizzes. But chilling with a glass of wine on the balcony while watching the sunset was very relaxing.

beaches here, the small amount of sand there is actually quite painful to walk on. The sea is rocky so very dangerous to get into, probably best staying by the pool or making the small trip to Coral bay which has a great beach.

Good eating places, loads of places on the harbour. The Elephant is great and so was Fat mamas.

of eating out Cyprus is very expensive compared to Spain where we usually go. Can recommend Raffles, Phuket and Zorba restaurants. Look out for the tame pelican at the harbour. There are a couple of Debenhams and a next in Paphos and an M&S in the old town. If you want to scare the kids go to the aquarium, two huge Crocodiles and three sharks to see. Hired a car from the hotel. Went into the mountains and to various monastries, ruins etc but not really essential.

If you are abeach lover then go to Coral Bay, the beach at the hotel is rocky to say the least

They also did water sports ie Bannana boats etc. Everybody there were very friendly.

The night life was very good to me and my partner are in our twentys. Tramps bar up the road is good for a few drinks and watching the football etc. The strip vea good loads of bars.

Overall the holiday was very good. We would go back to Kefalos Beach Village again.