Hotel Sentido Sandy Beach 4 * (Cyprus / Larnaca) - a look photos and reviews of tourists

Have you ever bothered to go to the all-Russian health resort - Antalya every year, and the flight to Egypt does not appeal to you and even more, in view of the possible risks of excursions without a guide? And "venerable" European resorts, frankly, you can not afford ... What to do in this case? We recommend to buy a tour to the budget Cyprus hotel Sandy Beach 4 *, located near Larnaca. This is the classic hotel chain of the Sentido Hotels chain, widely known in Greece and Turkey. Hotels provide an inexpensive, but quality pension 2 * -4 *, and some of them will be, in terms of comparison, mentioned in this article.

So, let's go back to the Larnaca hotel chain Sandy. Approximately 60% of its holidaymakers are Germans and English, 30% Russians. This region of Cyprus for a long time specializes in budget vacation resort. Accordingly, the concept of the hotel complex in its main position - the market niche - coincides with the concept of the resort.

Hotel Sandy Beach 4 * is good for lovers of a quiet boarding house. But for those who like excursion rest - this is exactly what you need. Indeed, this is a good site for sightseeing tours. Why do we recommend Cyprus for recreation? Because this is a unique place. A trip to this island is like a mini-trip around the Earth, where all layers of its history are carefully preserved. Using the hotel as a site for excursions, you can see in the compact space unique excavations of a huge layer of history, dating back to the Stone Age. Ancient Greek temples, Roman amphitheatres, Byzantine monasteries, as well as the Catholic gothic of Europe - all this is here in a perfectly preserved form.

We advise you to remember your English skills. After all during this trip, it is useful to you in various everyday situations.

About the hotel

Located hotel complex in the heart of the resort of Larnaca, eight kilometers from the very center of this city. It is a longed for many holidaymakers, a quiet and cozy, well-groomed corner framed by its own garden. A real European boarding house. The road to it from the airport takes 5-10 minutes. At a distance of 50-100 meters there is a resort infrastructure: restaurants, shopping center, pub, disco.

Undoubtedly positive - the presence of the hotel Sandy Beach 4 * own sandy beach, because most of the Cyprus hotels enjoy the beach city. And their guests have to pay for rest on it. The lagoon of the water area adjacent to the beach is bounded left and right by breakwaters. Therefore, the sea is calm. The beach is well maintained, cleaned daily. The sea is crystal clear and very warm. The entrance to the water is very smooth. The depth begins 50 meters, so the beach is safe for the youngest holiday-makers. This is very suitable for families that have flown to rest with their children.

Also aroused by the aesthetically planned pool area, similar in design to the hotel complex Aquis Sandy Beach Resort 4 * (Greece, Corfu Island). However, in this case it is smaller and represents a recreational complex with two communicating pools. The main outdoor pool is a complex and harmonious hydraulic structure with a winding coastline, combined depth and elegant decorative bridge, which gives the building aesthetic completeness. By the way, the recreation area around it is equipped with a fair amount of sun loungers and sun beds, free of charge for holidaymakers. So you do not have to worry: when a holidaymaker does not come, there's a place for him.

In addition, another indoor heated pool is located inside the hotel we are considering. The presence of an internal hydraulic structure is also in tune with the architecture of Aquis Sandy Beach 4 *.

However, many are sure that it is more beautiful - the pools of the Larnaca hotel. The reason is the palm alleys decorating them, the visiting card of the resort of Larnaca. They are very invoicing, they really can be admired. Such an original landscape design, as on the Larnaca coast, rarely happens. He is really aesthetic and memorable.

Interiors and hotel services

Its interiors are sustained in soft unobtrusive-noble pastel colors, pleasing to the eyes and soothing (this is a common feature of the Sandy chain hotels). Especially soft and harmonious design of the reception area. Original, stylish and effective, natural materials - stone and wood - decorated terraces and halls of the hotel complex Sandy Beach 4 *. Guest reviews about this particular interior design of the hotel are supportive and positive.

The residential complex of the hotel complex is the rooms of its only five-story building of the sanatorium type. They are only 205. Most of them are identical in size - 25 m ² . Thanks to the last major overhaul they seduce the holiday-makers with modern design, European-quality renovation of the "classic" level. The client rooms are equipped with a balcony, bathroom and toilet. There are home appliances and equipment: LCD TV, air conditioning, mini-bar, telephone, hairdryer, safe. All household appliances are serviceable and are periodically checked for efficiency by the staff of the hotel complex.

Comparing Internet reviews for another hotel-four-star Sentido Hotels - Sandy Beach 4 * (Kos, Greece), we can say that the opinions of holidaymakers agree that the level of service in the hotels of Sandy is almost the same everywhere. At the same time, some criteria of customer service are striking: informal attitude to daily cleaning of rooms and quality control of bed linen and towels. Worn laundry and old towels are removed from the turnover and replaced with new ones. A positive aspect of the service of the Sandy Hotels is the free provision of guests directly in their rooms with beach towels. After all, in some other hotels it is a constant source of misunderstanding. In the Cyprus four-star this problem does not exist.

The location of the Larnaca hotel complex provides a side panoramic view of the sea from all its rooms. And even-numbered windows overlook the neighboring hotel Lardos, and odd ones - to the pool area and to the Golden Bay hotel, so it's preferable to choose an odd number.

Practical tips

On the note to the tourists detailed: arriving at the hotel Sandy Beach Resort 4 *, to ensure a more complete further comfort at the reception is worth taking some things. First, the Russian instruction to the safe (the price is 12 € for the entire stay). Secondly, the key to the refrigerator (according to the conditions of your stay, it must be filled exclusively with premium drinks, which is controlled). Thirdly, the adapter to the euro outlet. Fourth, the free map of Larnaca. Fifth, free beach towels.

Although the advertisement says that every room has an electric kettle, it's not quite true. However, you will be given it if you contact the bar located in the hotel building.

If you decide to rent a car, it's easy enough, but be guided by the minimum price (70 € for two days), given that you will be provided with a full tank of gasoline.

Catering services

The food in the hotel is organized according to the classical scheme. Breakfast from the restaurant for guests passes from 7-00 to 10-00; Lunch - from 13-00 to 14-30; Dinner - from 19-00 to 21-30. In addition to basic meals from the restaurant, the catering of the hotel complex provides for the active participation of bars in it. But we will speak about their work below. In the meantime, let's talk about the main restaurant serving guests Sandy Beach 4 *. The food here is adjusted flexibly. The cheapest option is breakfast. However, after paying the amount at a rate of + 25 € per day, you can go to the "breakfast + dinner", without drinks. If the resort owner agrees to + 55 € per day, then it will be transferred to the all inclusive system.

Some holidaymakers dine in small neighboring restaurants. They are quite inexpensive. Portion in them costs from 14 €. However, in these institutions, as a rule, lack of comfort: stuffy, air conditioners work poorly. And the air temperature in Larnaca even in the evening is + 29 ⁰ С.

Therefore, we recommend all the same to pay a full board, this is worth it, if only because in hot weather the hotel offers ice cream in almost unlimited quantities (under the "all inclusive" program). In the heat it is an essential bonus.

What is fed to Sandy Beach 4 *?

For breakfast - as a buffet - tourists are treated to the usual and traditional for the morning meal: omelettes, sausages, sausages, meat sliced, bacon, salads, milk porridge, several kinds of suluguni type cheeses, milk with muesli, tea, coffee, yoghurts. The breakfast is fairly dense and substantial.

Lunch includes several main dishes: meat, fish, at least - from seafood. Here, prepare a delicious soup-puree. Garnish - quality: French fries, beans, potato peasant, stewed vegetables. Salads and pastries are smaller than in Turkish hotels, however they (especially salads) are really tasty.

Work bars

There is a Sea Breeze Terrace beach bar for lunch. His staff feeds holidaymakers with snacks, pastries and drinks from 11-00 to 12-00. In the afternoon snack (from 16-00 to 17-00), the rest bar of the Village Bar takes over. The lunch menu features light nutritious side dishes and salads, as well as meat and fish, cooked on the grill. In the bars, only local alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are free, for the rest you have to pay. You can take free of charge white and red wine, beer, vodka, gin. But if visitors want tequila (or whiskey) - all inclusive ends. Therefore, to avoid misunderstandings, you should carefully look at the "stars", put on the menu bars Sandy Beach 4 *. Reviews about the work of bars from the guests of the hotel complex are positive: original interior, live music, view of the garden and the pool. All this creates a romantic atmosphere.

What excursions to choose for themselves, resting in Cyprus Larnaca? First, let us briefly recall the features of its history. Initially, since the ninth century BC. It was a Phoenician state-city and it was called Kition. Later the city was visited by Alexander the Great, the Egyptian Ptolemies, Rome, and then - Byzantium. In the 16th century, Larnaca was conquered by the Turks. Its current name of the settlement was due to the many ancient sarcophagi, whose name in Greek sounds like "larnacles". So the guests of the hotel have the opportunity, even within the city to inspect many historical sites.

Recommendations for excursionists

Hotel business is a hotel business ... Travel agencies, being universal partners of tourists, offer them through their guides whole packages of all kinds of excursions. Acting as intermediaries, they significantly increase their price. Therefore, buying a tour of the hotel guests is much more reasonable to contact a professional tour desk selling their tours (usually one day) at normal budget market prices.

Choosing excursions

What excursions are more preferable for tourists in Larnaca? Before deciding for yourself this is, undoubtedly, an important question, be sure to walk along the docked in the chic palm plantations of Finikoudes embankment, get an aesthetic satisfaction from contemplation of scores of yachts scurrying around the water area. What are we talking about? On excursions. Oh yeah ... First you need to visit the city tour desk. The guests of the Sandy Beach 4 * hotel do this quite easily, because in 50 meters from the hotel complex there is a shuttle bus stop, and a ticket to Larnaca costs 2 €. Arrived earlier than you, the hotel guests will advise which office you should contact.

However, let's again digress for a while from the main topic (to understand - what historical objects we have to visit). Let's make a little comparison. Moving mentally to the Land of the Star and the Crescent. Why? Yes, because there is also a hotel complex Sandy Beach 4 * (Turkey), belonging to the same hotel network, which is considered by us in the article the Cypriot resort institution. Generally speaking, excursions around Greece are somewhat reminiscent of excursions in Turkey, although, on average, the first ones are somewhat more expensive.

What are similar excursions in Greece and Turkey? The type of historical objects: a common history is felt. Take, for example, sightseeing tours from the Turkish hotel complex Sandy Beach 4 * (Side): there is the same ancient Roman agora with the same amphitheater, earthquakes destroyed by public baths. It is felt that in both cases on the earth various countries nowadays once had the same powerful empires with developed architecture and infrastructure.

Place of birth of Aphrodite

However, we will return to the hospitable Cyprus and see what kind of excursion promises us to stay in the hotel in Larnaca, Sandy Beach 4 *. The most popular of them are associated with the name of Aphrodite. And this is not surprising, because you are, so to speak, in her homeland. According to legend, the goddess of love was born from a sea foam near the rocky shore of Paphos in Cyprus. Any Cypriot tells you that this happened in three picturesque stones, towering above the water, which you can see on the ads of almost all Cypriot tour agencies. Indeed, this place of striking beauty, a photo of which is familiar to every inhabitant of Cyprus, is located between the cities of Limassol and Paphos.

Church of St. Lazarus

In the old days of this man, who lived in the Jewish Bethany, was respected by Jesus Christ himself. He, as evidenced by the Gospel, resurrected Lazarus after the actual death of the latter. After the accomplishment of this miracle, the 30-year-old Lazar left Judea for persecution and settled on Fr. Cyprus. This happened in 33 AD. E. It was he who became the first bishop of ancient Kition (present Larnaka).

Stavrovunsky Monastery

Another historically holy shrine of early Christianity is Stavrovunsky Monastery. We received the testimony of Hegumen Daniel, made by him in the 12th century, about a powerful Orthodox artifact - a cross donated to the monastery of St. Helena. In the artifact belonging to the Stavrovunsky Monastery was a particle of the life-giving cross.

This artifact was amazing. According to the testimony of hieromonk Daniel (a historian, a thorough man), the cross was in a monastery, hovering in the air, without being attached to anything. Unfortunately, to our time, the amazing Orthodox artifact is lost. Only the monastery remained, where it was kept ... The monastery is another sightseeing facility visited by Russian guests of the Sandy Beach 4 * hotel. Reviews of the visit to the monastery are the most numerous.

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The Hala-Sultan-Tekke Mosque

This is the fourth most important sacred object for a Muslim believer. It is the will of history is not in a Muslim country, but in the Orthodox Cypriot Larnaka. To whom is this majestic structure dedicated, in which the ancient temple of Sofia was turned? A warrior woman, by nephew's kinship, she had the founder of the Muslim faith - Mohammed. She, fulfilling the mission of service - the spread of Islam - died during the campaign, breaking her neck when falling from a fighting horse. The mosque is really majestic. Resorts who have chosen to relax the hotel Sandy Beach 4 *, it is also a frequent guests.

Conclusion

A wonderful and even inexpensive vacation spot can become for holidaymakers Cyprus. You should only choose a budget hotel complex. Sandy Beach 4 *, the hotel chain Sentido Hotels, it demonstrates. Of course, Sandy hotels with a well-developed network in Turkey and Greece are not so well known as their eminent counterparts from the networks of Marriott, Hilton, Radisson. After all, their niche in the resort rest - a quality budget guesthouse. And in this capacity they are in demand by the holiday-makers. The latter is evidenced by the dynamically developing hotel chain Sandy.

Fly to Cyprus! Sandy Beach 4 * we recommend as a place for a wonderful summer vacation.