Marina

The Villa Needs an Upgrade Some 12 months ago we booked a a stay in Villa Margarita in Coral Bay Cyprus as a 'special celebration' of my wife turning 70 and our 49th wedding anniversary. We were also treating our daughter and granddaughter. A few weeks before our stay we were informed Villa Margarita was undergoing a large renovation and wouldn't be ready for our holiday. The company thus offered us 4 other villas as alternatives in which we finally settled on Villa Marina in Coral Bay. After a long day travelling and a rough guide of getting to our destination we turned up and tried to enter the villa but to no avail as it turned out to be Villa Marina and not the other way round. After another 45 minutes of travelling around we ended up about 250 metres down the road from the original villa entering a little complex which had a small sign for the Cyprus Villa Retreats Villas within. On entering the complex the villa next to ours, which the entrance board identifying the villas showed as being a CVR villa but it didn't have the company board on the outside appeared to be being used as a high end vehicle insurance reclamation business. There were cars with no number plates, cracked windscreens, collision damage etc sat on the road outside, there was also a cable running down from the villa and across the road to a building opposite. It wasn't clear whether the villa was being occupied as the pool was empty with only sludge etc in the bottom and graffiti along the pool wall. Not the best of starts however we plodded on and entered and gained access to Villa Marina. Having worked out how to open the sliding doors to the covered seating area we found that all of the cushions for the furniture around the pool, although under the covered area, were leaking wet. The cushions around the dining table under the covered are were also leaking wet and covered in cat hairs! We were later to find out the the covered area roof leaked when it rained. The villa was ok but not luxurious. Three of the glass panels in the balustrades had severe cracks in them, glass in one of the patio doors in the upstairs bedroom had 'blown' and thus you couldn't see out of it, the markings on the oven settings had been worn off and someone had stuck a bit of paper on the tiles behind it to show the temperature setting etc, the glass hob was cracked on the corner, the upstairs patio didn't look as if it had been cleaned and only had enough seats for 3 people with a towel that had obviously blown off the balustrade at some time, was left leaking wet behind the solar panels, the door handle fell off in the upstairs bathroom, some of the poolside furniture had rusted and stained the patio and lastly the BBQ was an old dirty tin one fit for the skip. Having said all of that, the Cyprus Villa Retreats staff were excellent in responding to our needs of supplying us with extra towels as we hadn't been supplied with sufficient for 4 of us, a loo brush and some toilet rolls. The Maintenance staff that came to fix the door handle and a couple of other small jobs were also excellent. The pool and jacuzzi were lovely, the beds nice and comfortable and the bathrooms nice and clean however this villa needs a bit of expenditure to bring it up to the luxurious level its stated to be. We had a nice holiday but it wasn't 'special' as we had hoped it would be. I believe the CVR staff are based in Limassol and maybe don't get to visit the villas often to assess the condition and rely solely on the words of cleaning staff. If this is the case then perhaps they should.

Without hesitation the holiday we had in Villa Marina was the best holiday we have ever had. From the initial booking through to our departure we were looked after extremely well by the team. The villa was superbly maintained and in a very clean condition and the staff were always friendly and helpful. Without hesitation I would recommend Cyprus Villa Retreats to anyone looking for a hassle free holiday in the sun.

was not really clean and the place was well worn. pictures were nicer than reality. definitely not worth the price

We stayed this last weeked at the Marina Villa in Coral Bay. The service we received was fantastic and the house was located only a 10 minute walk from restaurants and a 10 minute walk to beach (there was a new walk way (without stairs) down to the beach just around from the house). The house was very clean. We would defintely stay there again.

Villa Marina - top villa, top location and top service provided by the team, would absolutely recommend!

Marina Villa Coral Bay - excellent and relaxing We stayed this last weeked at the Marina Villa in Coral Bay. The service we received was fantastic and the house was located only a 10 minute walk from restaurants and a 10 minute walk to beach (there was a new walk way (without stairs) down to the beach just around from the house). The house was very clean. We would defintely stay there again.