Aliathon Aegean Apartments

Just back from Aliathon and what a fantastic holiday it was! I had been keeping up with the reviews on here prior to going, and was honestly getting worried. It has taught me that you must take everything said on here with a pinch of salt, as there are so many negative comments that I just can’t agree with. For its price range, it is excellent, but come visit here and make up your own mind! My one constructive criticism is aimed at Aliathon, and is personal to us. I do truly hope they take it on board so we can keep coming back. The crèche was fab for our baby, but my 3 year old son would not go in (or stay in) the kids club. It was a shame, as this was one of the draws for us in booking this place, as we have no childcare help at home and were hoping for a little bit of a break, as well as lots of family time. The format was mostly organised activities, parachute play, games, face painting etc, whereas my son doesn’t like structured play. He would more prefer to have ‘free play’, supervised of course, and my biggest wish for the holiday was that they had had some boxes of toys available for little ones, like mine, who don’t want to join in with any games. Unfortunately, there aren’t any toys in the kids club (although there are in the crèche), and I really think they should have some available to keep kids amused; dinosaurs, cars, trains, dollies, just a bit of a selection would have been great. It would have taken our holiday to 5 stars if we could have had a much needed little break from our very active little boy. Despite this, we did have a great time. The food, facilities and staff are all amazing. On our last day, our baby was given a sweet little note from the crèche and a file of his ‘work’ from the week. What a lovely touch. It made me well up!

We (3 Adults and 2 children aged 14 and 6) stayed here for 8 days in June. On arrival we were highly impressed by the luxury of the reception area (this was the newly finished part of the resort). We were shown to our air conditioned rooms which were very spacious, clean and modern. So far so good! The good feeling continued throughout the holiday with the resort very clean and modern. We had booked "all inclusive" which was a first for me. I was slightly worried that the food wouldn't be to my families taste. I was therefore very pleasantly surprised to find each eating time had a very large range of food which even our "picky" kids were delighted with. All food and drink, including alcohol, was 100% free.Both were available at all times during the day with snack bars providing burgers, Chips, Pizza, Ice cream etc. in between specific food times e.g. breakfast, lunch. The facilities on the site were also excellent. The pools were clean and we found getting seats quite easy (maybe not so much in July). There is a large kids pool and a few other pools including a very large one. Each suited up perfectly.The "reps" on site provided lots of games for kids of all ages. There was entertainment each evening/night. It was what you would expect at a resort e.g. competitions, singers etc. We were quite happy with it as it gave us a chance to relax after the exertions of the day. The resort also served as a good base for Paphos and the surrounding region. We had hired a car and made a number of trip. The locals were extremely friendly and welcoming. The nearby water park was an excellent day out as were the water activities on the nearby beaches. The town itself has a modern shopping mall and there was aslo plenty of historical sights to see. All in all an excellent resort in a great location. I will happily return at some stage.

Travelled on the 31st aug for two weeks with my husband and two boys in a swim up room. Room- We requested a room facing the entertainment and unfortunately we were given one facing the road. I was disappointed because my boys were desperate to be on the “busy” side. I raised this with reception there and then and was told to come back the next morning to see if anything could be done. (I realised that it was only a ‘request’ so wasn’t hopeful). The next day the manager said another family on the side we wanted had requested a swap. The hotel arranged for this swap to be done at our convenience and throughout the whole thing they were patient and friendly and in my opinion went out of their way to accommodate us. Staff- The staff at this hotel from the cleaners through to the managers cannot do enough to help. A smile from everyone, room cleaned daily, food constantly being refreshed and just generally feeling welcomed!! Entertainment- Something going on all day. The team even put on extra things some evenings and went out of their way to try and include everyone. The entertainment team absolutely made ours and our boys holiday! Dan, candice, Niall and Jess especially. They work so hard and have so much patience. Our boys won’t forget you xx Food- don’t understand the negative reviews. Normally on an all inclusive holiday you get bored of the food but we really looked forward to our evening meal. Always fresh and so much choice. Overall- After reading this you probably wonder why we haven’t given 5*. The reason.... the main pool. We did have an amazing holiday but unfortunately we felt the cleanliness and maintenance of the main pool let the hotel down a bit. Missing tiles on the pool floor and sun beds and parasols need replacing. A shame because everything else was excellent!