Review of Alkisti City Hotel 3*

Hotel was fine — clean and good location etc and friendly lady at reception. Some noise from outside which goes into the night so not good for light sleepers. Very soft beds — not good for those with a bad back. Nice shower gel. Reception isn’t always open so our check in was a little abrupt and felt like we were hassling them — they told us to come back at 8am. However we were not at all pleased with the mini bus service that they recommended us take from travel from Larnaca to paphos — travel express. This option was recommended to us at 19 Euro each as a better option than a bus (which would cost 4 euros each). This is the worst journey we have been on. It took us 3.5 hours to reach paphos. The driver took us to Limassol and told us we would have to wait for 1 hour to get the next mini bus. We waited for over one hour in Limassol and we had to wait for him to do his errands — he then decided to pack up the van with boxes — pick up someone else who he then dropped somewhere past paphos — we then came back into paphos. It was excruciatingly hot with no air conditioning also. This was 10 times more expensive than the bus would have cost. We lost 3.5 hours of our holiday for almost 40 euros. We cannot believe that the hotel recommend this service to their guests. It is appalling — so do not use it! We were Specifically advised to do this journey — whereas we suggested the bus or a private taxi. Either would have been a better option. It has ruined our day and wasted our time and money. I can’t believe it cost the same amount as a night in your hotel and was such terrible service. A bad review has been left of the company — we are not sure if they have some kind of commission deal but it seems like it because it was a rip off.