MarisMare Apartments

Weather was beautiful in Ayia Napa during mid august - some days would be 40 degrees. Hotel is right next to the beach- you have to pay extra to use the sunbeds on the beach for a day. Not enough sun beds around the pool - having to wake up at 6/7 every morning to reserve 2 sunbeds next to each other. Around 20- 25 minute walk to the main Ayia Napa strip and taxis are expensive for the short journey- not ideal if you wanted to party every night. Food isnt the best. Breakfast is the best meal of the day. Lunch is very basic and usually items that dont pair well together. They have a child section which is limited. Dinner was a different country theme every night. Mexican and Italian were the best- the others some nights we would barely eat. Not a good selection of deserts too- very limited. A lot of people we met on the trip ate out at least once a day. With that being said, it is worth paying the all inclusive price just for the drinks. They have 3 bars- poolside, restaurant and indoor. The hotel has a shop next to it which is greatly priced for inflatables and snacks. Sun screen is expensive in every shop- around 18 euro for a decent factor 50. Room was massive, a large living area, big bedroom. Bathroom could do with a bit of TLC. Balcony was massive too and has seats- unfortunately ours was blocked from the sun so we didn't spend as much time on this as we would've liked. Rooms are well secured. Not a good "kitchen" area if you took food back to the room- ants were common in ours daily and the cleaners didnt seem to address this issue. In terms of entertainment, for young children the kids nightly entertainment looked great. The adults however is shocking, to the point it makes you laugh. If you speak English, the day time staff don't speak English well, making it harder naturally to join in with entertainment. I met an old lady who hurt her hand in the elevator. She had massive bruising and the lift doors shut suddenly. The reception team handled this very poorly, with no apology and an ice pack which would melt almost immediately and they would complain when you asked for a new one. If you do reserve towels on sunbeds overnight, staff remove your towels. Again, someone i met had this happen and they said they didnt take her towel and they havent saved it for her, despite them saying you will get it back. Towels are handed out daily which is good. There is plenty to do around the area, rather in walking distance or a short taxi. About ten minute walk away on the beach there is plenty of water sports to do with very good prices. The beach is absolutely beautiful. They have an underwater museum and rafts in the middle of the ocean which you can jump off. Me and my brother went out almost every night and watched the football in the local pubs rather than the entertainment at the hotel. It is also close to the theme park nearby, which is a really good laugh at night. I would say the hotel is more suited to young adults, who want a bit of both- go

Travelling with family, we had 2 double rooms on the ground floor. One of the rooms obviously had had its doir kicked in at some point, as you could see the sunlight through two gaps, each up to 3 cm wide, at the top of the door. We had to stuff one if the gaps with toilet paper and in the other we used a towel. We did complain - nothing happened. The drain in the shower in the same room did not work properly and every shiwer ended with standing in dirty eater up to our ancles. The other room was not cleaned properly when we arrived, especially the bathroom was filthy. After complaining 3 times, we ended up cleaning ourselves. We had an all inclusive reservation, and I checked before booking that the hitel also served vegetarian food. Well, options were very scarse and my older daughter ended up eating dry pasta, french fries, salad and cheese every meal. In the end, we had to go out to restaurants almost once a day throughout our stay. Even for meat eaters, this was likely the worst food we have ever had in an all exclusive hotel. The location is ok with both Nissi veach and Ayia Napa centre within walking distance. The beach was nice and relatively quiet, it was always possible to find beach chairs. The beach is only partially sand, the rest is gravel and rock. This is at best a 3-star hotel.

First of all want to make a massive shout out to Andreas and Veronica for being amazing! All the staff went out their way to help with everything. Hotel: couldn’t complain about anything the whole experience was great. Food: we never went hungry and enjoy the food. Would definitely recommend staying here!