It’s always exciting to plan for a trip but there’s something quite special when you’re upcoming trip makes people jealous.
“You’re going to Anassa?” a blogger friend of mine cooed when I told her about our Easter trip to Cyprus, staying at the Anassa resort. “That’s the best place in Cyprus. You’re going to love it,” she said, while her Cypriot boyfriend leaned over and nodded. “It’s the best,” he affirmed.
A week later while visiting a salon, the talk of upcoming holidays came round. “Anassa – just today another client told me they’re visiting over Easter,” the owner told me.
I knew Anassa was going to be a great place to visit, but I hadn’t known it was going to be this good.
This Western Cyprus resort is next to the Akamas peninsula and national park and has won a raft of awards for best family hotel (Conde Nast Traveller in April 2015, Tatler, Telegraph) and spa destination (Conde Nast Traveller Reader’s Poll, among others).
It’s a good hour away from the hubbub (and aeroport) of Paphos and we’ll be going for a sporty getaway with children, making the most of the Cyprus countryside and the beach. What has also got me excited — and what had my daughter practically beside herself with joy — were the pictures of a gorgeous complex nestled up against the beach, with three separate swimming pools.
The anticipation in the run-up to a holiday is delicious, made all the most tantalising when we’re due to visit a resort as celebrated and beautiful as Anassa.
Zeitgeist and bragging rights aren’t the reason for travelling but let’s be honest: they are a nice side effect of going cool places and doing fun things.
I’ll be blogging about our visit to Western Cyprus and Anassa over the coming weeks. Have you been? I’d love to hear your experiences!
We’ll be staying as guests of Anassa on a half-board basis, paying for our lunches and all alcoholic beverages. All opinions are my own.
I went briefly on a work trip – visiting at least half a dozen hotels but this was the one which really stuck in my mind. So beautiful, very peaceful and would love to go back.
The location really is stunning, and they’ve found a way to be really family-friendly and luxurious without feeling like a theme park.