Aquamare, Paphos

I, Melachi ibn Amillar, being a man of wealth and taste, did stay at the Aquamare Hotel, in Paphos, Cyprus, in July 2014. This is a modern hotel rather than a resort (having no entertainment), the (standard) rooms are a little small but very clean and provided with TV with international channels, safe, hairdryer, kettle and from time to time tea and coffee. Our room looked at the sea, though was quite low and not much could be seen of the sea from the balcony. The next site along the beach is a building site, though no building seemed to have taken place for a long time and it was completely silent. The rooms on the landward side would have been rather noisy with the windows open due to the main road along the back. The hotel is on the beach, which is rocky with some sand, and the loungers in the sitting areas were markedly less closely packed together than in the nearby, more resort-oriented hotels. There were a dozen pleasant restaurants in strip malls within about a kilometer along the main road, mostly costing about €50 for two.  Breakfast was sufficient and could be had on the patio near the pool, but without any variety. Guests were mainly strangely polite Russians, and English. It is about a 2 mile walk to Paphos or there is a bus very 15 mins or so. The gym was well-equipped, and there was working free wifi in the lobby. Beer and burgers in the pool bar were a little expensive, but cheapest beer was €2 a pint at the Crocodile and Pegasus pubs down the road, though without a sea view. Paphos itself seemed to have seen livelier days, with many units and lots being vacant. Well, this was a very pleasant place for a week in the sun by the sea, though perhaps slightly dull for nightlife, or a sense of place.