Princessa Vera

Great location on tomb of the kings road, lots of decent pubs and restaurants on the main road outside, road can be a bit noisy at times with a few idiots screaming past on motorbikes. Large shopping shopping mall 400yds away with the harbour a 15-20 minute walk away, a small beach only 5 minutes walk away. Rooms cleaned and fresh towels every day. Breakfast was fine, bacon, eggs, the usual standard fare. Some sun beds need repairing but never had a problem getting one at any time. Staff helpfull and pleasant.

I spent a week at this lovely hotel with my parents and we had a wonderful holiday! We spent two days around the pool; it wasn't crowded and it was incredibly clean and constantly checked by the staff. The breakfast was always fresh and full of variety, the staff are helpful and keep the dining areas clean and tidy. Our room had seating out the back of the hotel, with views of the sea and every single evening we sat and watched the sunset, which was beautiful every single night! There is a massive free car park next door and there are lots of restaurants, shops and The Mall is just down the road. Your also a short walk away from Paphos Harbour which is fantastic!

My wife and I have just returned from a 2 week stay at the Princess Vera. (25/09 - 09/10). We travelled with Jet 2. Check in was quick and friendly, polite staff. I had emailed the hotel prior to our stay and requested a "quiet room, ground floor, patio and facing onto one of the lovely pool areas", the hotel duly obliged, room 403. The studio was as expected for a 3 star hotel, adequate bathroom, bath with shower, kitchenette area, enough utilities for 3 persons, fridge (very noisy !), microwave, small table, tv, vanity mirror, hairdryer, 2 single beds pushed together and 3 door wardrobe and shelves, just about enough space for our clothes but difficult to open the doors as the beds are placed very close to the wardrobes and there is not a lot of space beteween the bottom of the bed and the doors, safety deposit in wardrobe (2 euros per night - 28 euros for 2 weeks). Patio doors leading directly out onto the pool area, own sunbeds, 2 chairs and table, umbrella, all that we had asked for. Lovely pool, never busy, partly in shade but lovely to swim in.Rooms cleaned every day, fresh towels every day and bedding changed once a week. We stayed bed / breakfast and can't complain about the food, full English if wanted,eggs, sausage, bacon, beans, hash browns, tomatoes ect, fruit juice machine, coffee / tea machine, cereal, fruit, toaster, cold meats and cheeses, plenty of choices. Hotel is very clean, staff polite and cannot complain about the hotel BUT location ? We did our research prior to choosing the Princess Vera, Trip Advisor, Google Earth etc. and "knew" about the "road" however what we didn't expect was a VERY BUSY and NOISY Dual Carriageway directly out side the hotel, only a 2 metre pavement between the Hotel and the dual carriageway. 2 lanes each way of constant traffic,noise, heavy vehicles, lots of cars and motor bikes which wanted to see who could get to 100mph the quickest ! also, right next to the Hotel is a Karaoke Bar so if you want an early night or are a light sleeper, forget it. There is not an awful lot to do outside the hotel, several restaurants and bars but ALL face directly onto the Dual carriageway, so not a relaxing, comfortable eating environment. We did eat 4 / 5 times near the hotel, and there are 2 very nice restaurants very close, Thomas's Jungle, good food, good choice and very reasonable, (2 beers, 2 starters, 2 main courses, half cariff wine bill 30 euros total (about £27.00), but this is also the Karaoke bar, so loud pub singers till around midnight, also Three Hungry Pigs opposite hotel, good also, very similar, good food, good choice, Lots on the plate, again very similar price.There are no "side street" restauranrs or bars, everything is facing onto the very busy and noisy dual carriageway. There are 3/4 "tourist" shops all selling the same goods. Lovely Hotel but pity about the location. The shopping mall, about 200/300 metres from the hotel is open till 8.00 o'clock at night and thats it. Paphos Marina / sea front is about a 15 / 20 minute walk away (main road) or the 615 bus (opposite the hotel) runs every 15 minutes, costs 1.50 euro each and takes about 3 /4 minutes,( the drivers come from the Lewis Hamilton school of motoring - very fast drivers !). Through the day cars are allowed at the Marina but in the evening it is a traffic free zone so we spent most of our evenings down there. We found 2 lovely restaurants, The Captains Table and the Moorings. The Moorings was our favourite and we ate there 4/5 times. Great menu, amazing choice, fabulous food, plates full, lovely outside, relaxing eating, sea views and excellent service. 2 beers, 2 starters, 2 main courses, half cafiff wine, bill 36 euros (about £32.00). We like to eat out, different restaurants, leg stretch after, mooch round the shops, stop for a drink and people watch, this we could do in the marina but not near the hotel. So, the hotel is very nice, location not to our choice, Paphos marina much more relaxing environment and enjoyable. Can't fault the hotel, just not in an area we felt relaxed in.