My husband and I vacationed at this Costantiana Beach Hotel Apartments 3* twice: in mid-August 2018 and 2019. We use the services of the travel agency Muzenidis, we are satisfied. We are booking a trip for 16 days already in December-January. Direct flight from Minsk.
1. I like the location of the hotel (first line, quiet). Completely satisfied with the accommodation: both times we booked a two-room room with a kitchen and a sea view (sea view is one of our mandatory requirements when choosing a room, ideally, the balcony in the room should be glass - there are two such rooms in the hotel). In 2019, new air conditioners were installed in the hotel, which work quite quietly. The hotel is not noisy, the staff is friendly enough (Sylvia speaks Russian at the reception). If someone wants a vibrant life, music and entertainment, then a 20-minute walk along the waterfront and you will find yourself in the center of Larnaca, where life is in full swing.
2. Breakfasts (from 2019 buffet) are quite suitable for unassuming vacationers (only boiled eggs, which were available, often could not be picked up, they were so hot and not cleaned at all). It is worth noting that in 2018, when breakfasts were prepared to choose from (English, traditional, Mediterranean, fitness), we liked them much more.
3. The sea is clean, quiet before lunch, a little excitement after lunch. Water in our period is 27-28. We went to the beach, which is right in front of our hotel (we left the hotel, crossed the road at a traffic light, went down to the beach), we can safely say that there is almost no one on this beach! We did not take umbrellas and deck chairs, as we never lie under the scorching sun, but swim and walk along the sea for a long time. Walking on the sand is very comfortable: the sand is volcanic, you walk and do not fall through, the sand along the edge of the sea does not heat up and it is pleasant to walk barefoot. While walking, we look at the planes that are smoothly landing. Airplanes do not bother, do not make much noise, but give some zest to the walk.
4. We had dinner only in the taverns we checked. We cannot agree with all the positive reviews on the Internet about taverns, so here is a list of those that we stopped at and which we can recommend: (1)Psarolimano (Psarolimano), (2)Oceanbasket (Ocean Basket), (3)Militsis (Militsis).
We have never regretted either the quality or the service. We recommend: grilled fish (sea bass, dorada) - Psarolimano, kleftico - Militsis, fish plate (mussels, shrimp, octopus, squid ...) - Ocean Basket. Very, very much!
5. Evening walk - promenade along the promenade from the hotel to the center of Larnaca. We walked every evening after dinner for 2-3 hours. In the center of Larnaca, they will tell you where you can find inexpensive grocery stores. If you need souvenir shops, then they will catch your eye.
6. Excursions. On our first visit, we visited three excursions from Muzenidis: Sea Odyssey, Northern Cyprus, Grand Tour. Like it. The prices for the excursions were 50-65 euros per person. In the center of Larnaca, we visited the Church of St. Lazarus several times ourselves. On the second visit, we already took two individual excursions from kiprguru (car, driver and my husband and I). I especially liked the tour to that part of Northern Cyprus that was not covered by the Mouzenides tour on our first visit. The guide is also of great importance. On the tour of Northern Cyprus (Part 2), we had a guide with us, Maria, who sincerely and enthusiastically shared her knowledge with us, we stayed in any place for as long as we wanted. I would like to note that Maria did her job well. If you have the opportunity, then in individual excursions, work more carefully on the question of who your guide is and collect reviews about him in advance.
7. Fruits. We recommend buying them only on the market (quality + price). The market is in the center of Larnaca. It takes about 30 minutes to walk from our hotel along the embankment. Although we walked, we can probably get there by bus... The market is open only on Saturdays in the morning. We went there by 8.00 (grapes, peaches, melons, watermelons, figs). Already before leaving, it was noticed that sometimes in the morning a farmer comes to the Psarolimano tavern.
8. Conclusions: a warm sea in August, a hotel in a quiet place with its very convenient location on the first line, a room with a sea view, high-quality food in three taverns chosen by us, the possibility of a comfortable long walk along the sea, a combination of price and quality - it turned out to be ours. In 2020, in August, we are going to the Costantiana Beach Hotel Apartments 3* again!!! We are from Minsk (Belarus), our age ranges from 50 to 60 years. Until 2018, we vacationed in August in Montenegro (Rafailovici), Greece (Corfu, Halkidiki, Paralia Katerini).