Accommodation
Types of accommodation include hotel apartments, tourist apartments, furnished apartments and traditional houses, tourist villas, camping and youth hostels. Accommodation in private houses is not available.
HOTELS: There are over 500 hotels and hotel apartments scattered throughout the island. There are also simple hotels that are ungraded. A service charge of 15 per cent is added to bills. Room service costs up to 54 cents per order, or more for 5-star hotels. Air-conditioning facilities can be hired for about C£2.15 per unit. Most hotels and hotel apartments offer discounts during the low season, which for seaside resorts is from November 6 to March 15 (excluding the period December 20 to January 6) and for hill resorts from October 1 to June 30. There are discounts for children occupying the same room as their parents: under 1 year, by private arrangement; 1-6 years, 50 per cent discount; 6-10 years, 25 per cent discount. Some hotels may only charge 80 per cent of the daily room rate for single occupancy of a double-room. Visitors should check discounts with their hotel prior to arrival. Grading: Hotels range from deluxe 5- to 1-star. Hotel apartments are classified A, B or C. The range of accommodation in Cyprus is classified by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation as consisting of hotels with a star-classification system; this indicates facilities offered, physical criteria, room size and the cost, according to the class chosen.
For further information, contact the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, which controls and regulates hotels (see address section) or the Cyprus Hotel Association, PO Box 2772, Nicosia (tel: (2) 374 251; fax: (2) 375 460). The Hotel Association also has an office at Larnaca International Airport (tel: (4) 643 186; fax: (4) 643 058).
GUEST-HOUSES: Located mainly in Nicosia, Limassol, Paphos and Larnaca. The Cyprus Agrotourism Company (tel: 337 715; fax: 334 696; website: www.agrotourism.com.cy) offer traditional countryside accommodation.
CAMPING/CARAVANNING: There are seven organised camping sites, at Polis (open March-October), Kalymnos Beach, Forest Beach (open June-October), Feggari (open all year round), Geroskipou Zenon Gardens (open April-October) and Ayia Napa (open April-October).
YOUTH HOSTELS: There are a number of youth hostels in Cyprus open to members of the International Youth Hostels Association. Non-members are also accepted, but on arrival at the hostel they will be provided with a guest card. For further details contact the Cyprus Youth Hostel Association, 34th Theodotu Street, PO Box 21328, Nicosia (tel: (2) 670 027 or 675 574; fax: (2) 672 896).
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