Annabelle

Style

Star board

Setting

Poseidon’s Paphos patch

A venerable Cyprus institution, Annabelle is a grande dame who’s ruled the waves around here for decades. She’s just had millions thrown at her and has never looked better, with a shiny rooftop spa, elaborate eating options and regular ocean views delivered through high-gloss, floor-to-ceiling windows. Paphos’ port and marvellous mosaics are a short stroll away, but you won’t want to be gone for long – acres of tropical gardens, swim-up pool bars, sea-facing sundowners and colonial-era elegance await back at basecamp.

Facilities

Rooms

244, including 51 suites.

Checkout

Noon. Earliest check-in, 2pm.

More Details

Rates include a buffet breakfast.

Also

The main areas are all accessible via lifts and ramps, but there are no specially adapted rooms for wheelchair users.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pet Friendly

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout, gym, a tennis and squash court, library, boutique. In rooms: minibar, air-conditioning, free bottled water, tea and coffee, TV, bathrobes, slippers and designer bath products; certain suites also have a Lavazza coffee machine and Acqua di Parma bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

For proximity to the spa (and the best views), opt for a Panorama Sea View or Panorama Duplex room, each located on the top floor. If decadent anytime dips are a must, book a Studio Suite with a Plunge Pool. And if you like your petite pools, blow the budget on Artemis, where a Med-facing whirlpool is the highlight of your terrace.

Poolside

The rooftop spa has an indoor sea-facing pool, and there are three more outside pools: one lagoon-style spot, one with a bar you can swim to, and one that's semi-Olympic sized.

Spa

The spa spans the top floor of the hotel, with a sauna, gym and treatment rooms for hi-tech rejuvenating facials, mani-pedis and holistic massages. Nutritionists and personal trainers are on hand for enthusiastic guests.

Packing Tips

The seafront setting and magic Mediterranean weather mean one thing: rotating swimwear, with some cover-ups for not looking as well-roasted as your compatriots in the island’s more tourist-favoured parts.

Also

This may be a resort hotel, but there's a whole lot happening outside of it: scuba-diving, sailing, golf, wine-tasting, bread-making and 4x4 trips are all on offer.

Children

All ages welcome, over-11s have to pay an extra-adult supplement. Extra beds and cots can be added to some rooms, and connecting rooms are available. Babysitting is available from €18 an hour (€22 for two children and €25 for three).

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

It’s all about the terraces.

Dress Code

Make sure you’ve changed out of your flip-flops and beachwear in time for dinner at Ouranos.

Hotel Restaurant

There are five eateries to try within the resort, including sea-facing Ouranos for cocktails and sharing platters up by the spa (the restaurant can also deliver post-pampering refreshments along to wherever you’re slumped). Close to the seafront, Mediterraneo is a lively, local affair, serving traditional Italian classics elevated by the finest organic produce. Elegant Amorosa is the fanciest of the bunch – younger Smiths are allowed, but only if they’ve outgrown the highchair. And for intimate, candlelit suppers on certain summer nights, Asteras is for you. Buffets and breakfast are held in Fontana.

Hotel Bar

There are four in total, including the cosy, classic (and adults-only) Byz; a copper-accented edition at Ouranos, which has an impressive gin count; the swim-up Grotto Bar by one of the pools; and the snack-supplying pool bar. Byz and Ouranos call time at 1am.

Last Orders

Fontana is open from 7am to 10am for breakfast; 6.30pm to 10pm for dinner. Mediterraneo and Amorosa serve lunch from 12.30pm until 3.30pm and dinner from 7pm to 10pm (10:30pm in Amorosa). Ouranos is open for dinner from 6pm to 11pm (12am during summer).

Room Service

Round-the-clock room service is available; limited menus run from 11pm to 6am.

Planes

Paphos airport is a 20-minute drive away. Hotel transfers start from €32, depending on size, vehicle spec and time. Larnaca airport is two hours away; transfers start from €145 each way.

Automobiles

The centre of Paphos is a five-minute drive from Annabelle. You’ll be kept amused within the resort and Paphos is easily reached on foot, but if you want to see more of the island, hire a car at the airport.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

If you want to spend the entire time horizontal by the pool, no one’s going to judge you (the spa is also available). When you’re ready to expend a little more energy, don’t miss a a wander around Paphos’ Old Town and harbour, or nab a lounger at busy-but-beautiful Coral Bay beach. Head into the Troodos Mountains, the biggest range in Cyprus, to marvel at painted churches and monasteries that date from the Byzantine Empire. Commandeer a 4x4 and make the trip to Lara Beach on the north-west coast, where your fellow bathers are more likely to be loggerhead turtles than other humans. Aphrodite’s rock – thought to be the goddess of love’s birthplace – is on the road to Limassol.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .