Atlantica Mare Village Ayia Napa

Just returned from a weeks holiday with our 2 daughters and parents - we had a great relaxing time. I was concerned after reading so of the reviews but I really didn’t need to be. In my opinion people should research their holidays better first and pick a hotel that suits their needs rather than just grumbling on here when they return That’s it’s not what they expected. The hotel is in the middle of nowhere which is great if you just want to chill out and relax. The beach was super safe for the children meaning we could just relax in the sun and watch them play. The only thing I would say about the beach is it could be cleaned more regularly (as people seemed to leave a mess) ie empty glasses, towels etc and sometimes they were still there the next day. Pool areas were clean and looked lovely but we didn’t really use them as we were on the beach every day. The splash park was lots of fun although super cold, we could stay in longer than about 15 minutes. Our room was beautifully decorated, super modern and cleaned every day. The towering robes, slippers and flip flops were a lovely touch. Our only real disappointment (of the whole holiday) was we paid extra for a swim up room which looked perfect but unfortunately our terrace was never in the sun (morning or afternoon) so we never used it as it was not warm enough :( As we walked around the complex ours seemed to be the only one facing this way as all the others had beautiful sunny terraces. This was even more frustrating due to the fact we had requested one with afternoon sun (before we arrived) due to having 2 young children and this clearly wasn’t taken into consideration. Felt like a real waste of money. The main restaurant was excellent for breakfast and dinner as well as the Italian restaurant. We were never stuck for choice if anything it was hard to choose what to have every evening. Great choice for children too and the nightly chocolate fountain was a definite hit. We didn’t try and of the other restaurants. The snack bar was brilliant as we got our lunch here everyday and then took it down on the beach. Amazing choice we have kebabs everyday followed by fresh melon and churros - delicious! All staff were polite, some aren’t over friendly but we found we could chat and have banter with most of them. The hotel is quite and maybe a bit more evening entertainment might be nice. However the entertainment staff worked super hard and were very friendly. My girls enjoyed the little mini disco each evening. I would suggest this should be a little longer. My only other thing I feel I should mention are the cats are there are a lot which was a little off putting especially as they are under the tables if you sit outside to eat. They all look very healthy and well looked after but I do think there are far to many and not hygienic! We would definitely return again in the future 😊

Just about to head home after a lovely week here. Before writing this review I read other reviews and felt it was unfair for the hotel to receive poor and terrible reviews for things such as location- do your research before booking. Also “too many screaming kids”,book an adults only hotel then. Anyway the hotel is beautiful and part of the hotel is very new, only completed this year. The rooms are large and modern. We had a standard double room but there are swim up rooms which looked really nice. The hotel is clean and the staff are friendly. The food was good, as good as it could be for buffet style I guess. I was disappointed by the lack of vegetarian options and found myself eating pasta from the kids section most nights. What was vegetarian wasn’t well labelled either. However I certainly didn’t starve and probably ate my weight in ice creams over the week. The cream cheese and sundried tomato bagel from the snack bar was also delicious. We found the breakfast was luke warm/cold due to being buffet style, maybe the hotel could look at more effective warming devices to keep the food warmer, but I appreciate feeding a hotel with this many guests is a challenge. The other negative is there is no adult evening entertainment, wasn’t so much of a problems for my partner and I as by the time we had eaten dinner and had a few drinks we were ready to retire to our room. However live signers or something would of been nice. Also it wasn’t clear until a member of staff pointed out what is included in all inclusive and what was chargeable. We found out that anything with a * was chargeable. We found as long as you were up fairly early you were able to get a sun lounger and it didn’t feel over crowded as there are two main pools and the private beach, so plenty of space. The beach is lovely, well sheltered and shallow so great for people with kids. There is also a splash park for kids too. There is a gym and spa here, we didn’t use these facilities but they looked nice. Speaking to staff we learnt they are extended and I’m interested to find out what else this hotel will offer. Thank you for a great stay. My partner and I rarely visit the same place more than once as we have many counties we want to visit, however If we return to Cyprus we will certainly consider staying here again.

My husband & I visited this hotel the last week in September, for his birthday. Our room 2115 was on the first floor very close to the reception, pool, resturant and beach. Upon our arrival we were checked in extremely quickly and taken to our room which was just around the corner on a golf buggy. Great sized room, amazing bed and furniture. Fantastic sized TV, although why we would want to watch BBC world news is beyond me, that was the only English TV channel, so if the TV is important to you take the ipad! Food in general was the best all inclusive food we have ever eaten bar cruising. Lovely wooden sun loungers on the beach. Sand not the best but it was clean and the sea was warm. The staff were all extremely friendly & helpful. We stayed midweek to midweek so were only there for one weekend but the only drawback was it was overrun by Germans for the weekend period, very quiet on the Monday when they had all returned home after their weekend stay! All in all we had a great stay and would definately consider going back next September.