Club Coral View Resort

“The manager is strange.”

Now unlike the other reviews my stay wasn't too bad. The apartment was pretty nice and spacious and looked clean. My only real problem was the manager, a man named Afnan who was overly friendly to the point of unprofessionalism and at times creepiness. You have to understand that at the beginning e… more

Now unlike the other reviews my stay wasn't too bad. The apartment was pretty nice and spacious and looked clean. My only real problem was the manager, a man named Afnan who was overly friendly to the point of unprofessionalism and at times creepiness. You have to understand that at the beginning everything was okay, like yes the reception was super run down and the TV didn't work but these were things I didn't plan on visiting or using a lot. Now when me and my sister first met him, he seemed like a nice guy someone who I thought might be a bit lonely, but the red flags didn't start until me and my sister were a bit lost at night and I had asked for the taxi number he'd recommended to us earlier that day using the phone number he gave me. It was all normal stuff during that whole thing, but when we had arrived back at the hotel he'd started messaging me late night talking about himself and send pictures. After that he asked me what time me and my sister would be going to bed and waking up and at the time I thought well he must be asking because he probably wants to turn off the electricity and stuff ( the hotel has a key in which the electricity can be turned off when taken out of its socket and the shower has a switch which turns off the heating) so I lied and told him I would be awake until 4am as I had exams next week and was therefore studying and wake up at 8am (something which looking back on the next day made incredibly paranoid to the point I had put a chair in front of the door) . So I went to sleep a little unsettled but not too alarmed, it was only the next day when things really ramped up. He'd sent me a good morning message and later that afternoon asked whether I would want some of the food he was making, I said no as I thought it incredibly weird but he was strangely insisting even after I had told him I would be unable to walk to his apartment (which was next to the reception office) due to the sprained ankle I had from waking around in the dark the day before and told me he would just bring it over. Later that day when my light broke and I had to text him to come and replace it, he was again super insisting with his offer to which I again said no. He kept loitering about in my apartment, and offered me painkillers so I could walk to his apartment for the food and wanted ne to take a walk him outside. When I told him no again he replied that my sister had already taken up the offer of food which not only me infuriated me with her but also with him as he clearly told me this to imply I had no choice but to go to his place. That night I walked my sister over to receive the food, when we arrived he had wanted us to dine with him as he thought the walk back too cold, I declined his offer and told him we were used to much colder weather in fact and that it was only a short distance away. I could tell he was not happy with that answer from his face and after gathering the food quickly said our goodbyes and walked back. The next day and after speaking with my mother I had decided that his text were indeed creepy and too invasive, after all I had come to Cyprus to bond with my sister and not too involve a stranger in my affairs after which I ignored all his texts including the good mornings (he even questioned why I hadn't said a good morning back to him as if it were a requirement or demand) and questions for my whereabouts unless I needed him which luckily was only once after. After my my last day when I had finally returned to the UK (the day after), I saw he'd sent another a good morning which I also ignored. The day after that he asked me how I was and after confirming with my sister done the same to her. I'm unsure whether he will continue with these but we collectively decided to ignore or block him. I'm unsure whether he truly was just overly friendly and lonely but considering he'd also put us in the only apartment block with no people when the other holiday residents were together I wasn't in a position to not be cautious myself.

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