Protaras holiday villa: Protaras

We arrived to Cyprus in the midst of a heatwave but was also given a warm and personal welcome from Stelios, the owner of our holiday villa who kindly handed us all bottles of water to help keep us cool in the Cyprus heat and a nice little welcome pack. We had an excellent air-conditioned private transfer with Stelios to the villa and on arrival found it to be clean, very comfortable and in a great location and nice and quiet at night even though the bars/restaurants and beach are a mere 5 min stroll away. There's also good entertainment in the bars at night as well as a small waterpark for the older kids another 5-10 min walk away. The villa was perfect and we were even provided with a little splash pool for our 3 year old who had great fun in that! Our "almost" teenage son enjoyed the use of the computer and playstation 2, satellite tv/dvd and the villa was pretty spacious and could have taken another couple. The electric sockets also complied with UK voltage (so don't worry if you do forget your adaptors, although they were also provided as was an iron/ironing board/hair dryers). There is also ample wardrobe space in the villa and car defnitely not needed. We didn't bother with cleaners but can be provided at a reasonable price I believe. Stelios was so friendly and helpful and our questions/requests were quickly dealt with. We would definitely use this villa and book through the owner again. The pool areas gets the sun all day and there's a small bbq and shower outside also. The local beach is excellent, plenty of watersports/boat hire, clean,shallow, turquoise waters. There's a lovely bakers just opened, just 5 mins from the villa (cut through the alleyway just left from the villa/then straight on). Great restaurants/child friendly and I would definitely recommend staying here with families/couples as lovely, friendly resort and no hills to climb! Do take tea/coffee as local supermarkets can be slightly expensive and cabs also pricey but buses frequent and cheap or hire a car for trips out. We had one of our best holidays ever and would definitely return one day. Thanks for a fantastic time and great personal service from Stelios. We loved Pernera so much we only ventured into Protaras one night along the new promenade from Pernera which is a nice stroll, but found Pernera to be the more charming and friendlier of the two resorts, also seemed to be mosquito free (first year ever!) so another plus to go there. The Halls.