Atlantica Aeneas Resort

“Friendliest staff and the tastiest food. The perfect Easter Family Holiday!”

The perfect family holiday! We travelled with our nearly 7 year old son and our cousins and their 2 girls aged 4 and 8. Firstly the customer service is the best I’ve experienced at a hotel (closely followed by our holidays in Dubai) I want to say never before have I visited a hotel and learned so … more

The perfect family holiday! We travelled with our nearly 7 year old son and our cousins and their 2 girls aged 4 and 8. Firstly the customer service is the best I’ve experienced at a hotel (closely followed by our holidays in Dubai) I want to say never before have I visited a hotel and learned so many of the staffs names and had so much positive feedback to say about them in a review… Room Although we were holidaying together, my cousin forgot to call up and link our bookings, so on check in we were put in a pool view family room in the main building (room 303) and they were put in the same room type but not in the main building (room 715) We were happy with our room although theirs was definitely nicer - it was slightly more upgraded decor wise and had a newly updated electrics control system. We wanted to be closer to them so we spoke to reception on day one and although they couldn’t move us straight away, they without hesitation arranged to move us next door to our family at the earliest opportunity which was 3 days into our 11 night stay which we were very happy with and we loved our new room! (Room 716) The only downside to being in the main building was having to wait all the time for the lifts and the lifts were right outside our room so it could be quite noisy but our new room was lovely and peaceful. Also the first few nights were quite warm as the air con hadn’t been turned on but by our second week, it was switched on and I slept much better! Food Best food I’ve ever had in a hotel hands down (and we have been on many many holidays) every morning I was having eggs benedict with sour dough bread, rocket, oregano tomatoes, “low fat” bacon, yoghurt with berries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, almond infused honey etc etc the food was so fresh, so plentiful and so delicious! Normally by week 2 of a holiday I am starting to get a bit bored of the food but I could have stayed and eaten here forever. Spyros and Androulla who are front of house at the main restaurant are so lovely and friendly and extremely good at their jobs, from very early on Spyros remembered there were 7 of us in our group and he would see us and say “ahh the lucky 7!” And Androulla was so friendly and chatty, they always put a smile on our faces when visiting the restaurant. There were lots of different theme food nights with Cypriot night being our favourite 😍 We visited both of the À la carte restaurants, we struggled to get reservations so spoke to Hosam at reception who managed to book us in (he was also the one who arranged for us to move rooms) so big thank you and shout out to him! The snack bar Wow…. All kept behind a glass counter and served to you at your request - fruit, yoghurts, cakes, sandwiches, the most DELICIOUS salads, hot dogs, burgers, pizzas, chips, the tastiest chicken nuggets which our kids loved! Falafel wraps and the most sensational chicken gyros 😍 then next to that, ice cream bar - again served to you with a range of flavours and sauces. Bars Great selection of drinks - bar staff will pretty much make you whatever you ask for and they are so friendly. Must shout out Panikos who served us every day at the bar next to the snack bar, he was always so friendly and polite and always remembered our usual! Abdul - what a joy, we (and especially my son) loved Abdul! He was usually serving round at the swim up bar and was so lovely, friendly and hardworking and always making my son strawberry milks, my son wanted to say goodbye to him before we left because he made such an impression on him 🫶🏼 Then we have abdelhakim - also very friendly and lovely and made me try his whisky special which certainly left an impression! Fortina at the indoor bar for making us our baileys caramel iced frappes every morning to perfection and just being the loveliest beautiful lady! Hotel Grounds Beautiful, stunning. The landscaping, the cleanliness… so so nice. The pools are beautiful too although I can’t lie, as expected as they aren’t heated, they were freezing! But that didn’t ruin or holiday, we still had a bit of a paddle as did the kids but there was no actual swimming this holiday! But it didn’t matter as the kids were happy doing other things around the pool anyway such as playing in the park or joining in with the Tui reps playing games (which they did every single day and really enjoyed) special shout out to Tui rep Honey who was lovely and friendly and remembered all of ours and our kids names and always got us involved (All of the Tui reps were super lovely, but didn’t catch all of their names) We never once had any trouble getting the sunbeds we wanted but that could have been down o the time of year, I can’t comment what that is like in the summer months. Activities/Entertainment As mentioned, the kids joined in with a lot of the “lawn” type games with the reps and also joined the football a few times. Myself and my cousin went along to a relaxation session with Marcus which was lovely (it was only us there but very relaxing!) Evening entertainment was hit and miss - particular highlights for us was the silent disco and the guys who did the fire show, we also found the Michael Jackson tribute very entertaining 😅 it was cold outside this time of year though so definitely take a warm jacket! Although if you preferred a different vibe, in the bar indoors there was a singer/guitarist every evening instead. Local area Bus can take you to aiya napa in a few minutes or stay on it and it will take you all the at to Protaras. 2 euros for an adult and 1 euro for a child and buses very frequent. Nissi beach is just over the road from the hotel and is STUNNING. The water is like the Caribbean 😍 and you can walk through the water to a little island. My husband did jet skiiing one day from the beach - 60 euros for 15 mins and we watched him from the island. The Dads and the 2 eldest kids also did a quad biking excursion one morning which they booked through the Tui rep and really enjoyed. One evening we went to Protaras and watched the “Magic Dancing Waters” show which was great. Took about 45 to get there by bus and 20 mins home by taxi. Also just before we left us and the family we were travelling with found out we had been put on different transfers back to the airport… found a tui rep instantly (there was always one around) and she immediately rectified this by putting us on the same coach, no hesitation. All in all we had the most wonderful stay and will most definitely be returning. The main top features for me of this hotel are 1. The staff 2. The cleanliness of the hotel and grounds (again this could be down the the time of year with it being early in the season and not overly busy but I can hope that’s not the case) 3. The food. So finally, special Thanks to Hosam (reception) Mido (spa manager) Aya (who did my cousins massage and gave her a shoulder to cry on when she needed one!) Abdul (bar) Abdelhakim (bar) Panikos (bar) Fontina (bar) Honey (Tui rep) Andoulla (restaurant) Spyros (restaurant) We will hopefully see you all again soon!

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