Anerada Apartments

We have stayed in self catering accommodation on a number of Greek islands for the same cost and this was by far the worst. The apartments at Anerada are arranged in separate blocks. We stayed in a one bedroom apartment over looking the main road. The apartment was fitted out basically, in the living room furniture was tired and grubby with twenty years self catering experience under its belt. The kitchen had a curious damp smell, was again basically fitted with an odd collection of mismatched kitchen utensils made up of Greek hand-me-downs probably picked up from car boot sales. When I went to use one sauce pan the boiled water turned grey, only ever made sandwiches from then on. The bathroom was adequate except the sink taps only tricked out water. We grew to love our ants nest that had residence in the bathroom door frame, the trail of the little critters led into the bedroom, behind our sleeping heads, through a gap in the balcony doors and on down to the supermarket below. The bedroom consisted of tough twin beds (clean cotton sheets every three days) plenty of cupboard space and a small wall fitted air-con unit. Turned out that this air-con unit at £50.00 for two weeks was only adequate enough to cool the bedroom. Every few days the cleaner would chuck a hairy mop over the floors slowly building up the grime in the corners, our DNA must be all over Paphos by now. Friendly staff, so friendly they seemed to believe that they had access to your room at any time of the day. Even if the room was double locked with the key in it they could gain entry - fast. Imagine the scene - We hear a noise, I stand up and grab the cotton sheet around my waste, the bedroom door bursts open and there stands the cleaner with the maintenance guy behind her carrying a light bulb. - "Oh sorry, you sleeping" she says whist giving me the once over. I mean, what's one to do? General decor was dated with patchy areas of maintenance, laziness in the extreme. We discovered that some of the apartments in our block were let-out to permanent Greek residents, an indication of the way things are going. Outside in the grounds Anerada has the dubious honour of having the smallest, unkempt pool in Cyprus - "Yes, it's a record breaker". You to can add your name to ours at the bottom, no charge. Shack of a pool bar with a collection of tables & chairs and a sad looking pool table, I was always surprised to see people using this area - must be the bulldog sprit. Young Greek barman had a habit of saying "bar rumba" all the time and dancing the 'cha cha slide' to perfection. - 'turn around, now back two steps - everybody scream'. Overall the whole complex needs a revamp, a large cheque thrown at it. Surely an embarrassment to the tour company.

Oh dear where to begin! Our holiday was booked in Feb 04 to attend a wedding in the resort in Aug.

Whilst accepting that in August a budget holiday was all that could be afforded we were very very disappointed with the Anerada Apartments. Whilst the rooms are large and fairly clean, they are basic in the extreme. Yes there was air/con, but it was in the bedroom only and must have been taken from the Tomb of the Kings as it was truly a relic, strange when the reception had given us a latest model remote to control it. So poor was the accommodation air/con that we needed to have the patio doors fully open all night which was a disaster because of the race track that was the road prevented any sleep. I could only say that this accommodation might suit a group of lads for whom sleep might be irrelevant.

On arrival at the Anerada apartments we were dropped outside by a rude taxi driver and left to find our own way to the Reception area late at night.

There are no lifts and plenty of stairs

Although the main living area was large, the 2nd room was small and very hot. The air conditioning is costly and not effective; you also have to pay for the use of fans, which also are ineffective

The fridge was dirty, the place is crawling in ants, the furniture was old and flea ridden and the apartments as a whole should be reclassed as 'Tourist unacceptable, rather than tourist class'

The pool is ridiculously small for the number of people around it and there is an area with old kids toys lying around which is covered in cockroach droppings (this incidentally is right next to the barbecue and snack bar) where the barman does not wash his hands after using the look and just before he cooks your food.

Families were constantly complaining about the building both directly and indirectly to the rep, and also asking to be moved.

Some staff were rude, especially the maids who enter without knocking (Double, lock your door when you are in your room and leave your key in it, if you want privacy)

I would not recommend the Anerada to anyone and would never go back there again

The only good point about it was that it was a good location.

Paphos, Anerada Apartments - The pool was dirty, we had to cross the road and use the pool in the neighbouring hotel's, the Veronica was lovely! The rooms were basic, but clean, I suppose, although I did have a cockroach in my underwear drawer for about a week until an friend and I managed to track it down and catch it in a glass. The staff, i.e., the cleaners, were unhelpful, didn't speak a word of English and didn't mind walking in any time of the day. The maintenance were useless, the fans were shaking on the ceiling, they said they came to look, nothing was done. There is a bar but it is useless, its more like a shack with booze in, and a snotty member of staff. The pool table is useless.

When we arrived, there was one member of staff to show everyone round, even though they knew there were about 50 of us arriving on a coach. The last thing you want is to be stuck outside waiting to be shown to your room at 4:30 a.m. UK time. All in all, cheap, very cheap, but you can see why - we only paid £300 but there were people there that had paid the full whack, what a waste of money.

pool dirty

curtains

kitchen yuk

beds hard

I was extremely disappointed with the level of accommodation at the Anerada Apartments in Paphos. Very small swimming pool (e.g.6m x 4m) for the number of apartments (36 approx). There was a pretty big garden where a larger swimming pool could have been built. There were only 24 sunbeds too, not all of which were in good condition. Thank goodness for all the 4 star hotels aroundabout which you can just wander into and use the facilities!!!! The apartment was very small with no drawers to put your clothes in. Ended up leaving the suitcases on the sofa/chairs away from the ants and creepy crawlies that were all over the floor. The rep tried to be helpful but believe that she had heard it all before! The air conditioning was in 1 bedroom only and didn't really reach the rest of the apartment effectively enough. Didn't try the food so cannot comment about that. Apartments on a busy main road where boy racers love to speed up and down in the middle of the night! Didn't find one family which enjoyed staying there. Good points were that you were near the bus stop to go into the main hub bub of Paphos or close enough to walk too if you fancied a 20 odd minute stroll. Plenty of good, well priced, friendly restaurants plus plenty of 4* hotels to have a nice swim and sunbathe in!!!