We have just stayed at the Botel this July 04 for 12 days. Overall we found the hotel had some strong pluses but also some strong negatives.

The pluses:
The hotel is very well (and exclusively) located at the end of a port in the bay of Alcudia. It is only 300 metres from the very heart of the town etc.
The hotel gardens and infinity pool are top-class, with ample (in number) and comfortable loungers and absolute freedom to plonk oneself wherever. Very relaxed atmosphere. The pool is at least 30m long, kidney shaped and has a bench under a small waterfall. The gardens are sufficiently large to accomodate and space all guests comfortably with the hotel at capacity and beautiful palms provide sufficient shade.

The staff are extremely friendly and professional and did everything possible to make our stay comfortable.
One can take breakfast and dine either inside or outside at the edge of the gardens in a very picturesque setting looking out over the bay and the beaches.
There is an internal pool, gym and jacuzzi, though the jacuzzi was cold, there were only 4 dated machines and the gym was only open from 9-20hrs - when one most wants to be outside in the sun.
The beach at Alcudia is endlessly long and very wide with fine sand. Very crowded at peak. The water is very calm with almost no waves given the protected nature of the bay - so it heated up quickly and is very child-friendly.


Negatives
This is actually a 4-star hotel (as rated by itself) but the rooms were an ENORMOUS DISAPPOINTMENT. Long but narrow, very sparsely and cheaply furnished (wicker) with not even a stand for suitcases, one small wardrobe and a bathroom of absolutely minimal dimensions. The TV was miniscule and old and the lighting poor and dim. One had the distinct impression that they were going as low cost as possible. In fact they definitely are! Discussions with a few other guests revealed that all had complained and requested a change but all rooms were much the same and didn't merit a move. The suites are just large versions of the standard - certainly not any more luxurious. However, the wooden balconies were sufficiently spacious to relax and the cleaning and maintenance was faultless. We have a 10m old baby and so spent a larger proportion of time in our room - space, storage space and comfort are all important (there was no sofa for example). My wife is Spanish and we have travelled extensively across Spain and the world. We have stayed in hotels with rooms 3 times as large and luxurious in the south of Spain for just Eur88 as opposed to the Eur200 here. It took us 2 days just to calm down from the disappointment!!

Parking: The hotel has parking spaces but these are not owned - upon entering the port area one enters into public parking at Eur6 per day with no concession for the guests - not much by UK standards, but criminal in Spain and obviously it adds up over 2 weeks. We're sure the hotel is getting a handsome kick-back at their guests' expense.
The standard of the food was also a real disappointment - a huge variety was available, the quality was poor. Breakfast eggs are fried in small circular moulds and the chef infrmed me this was to increase production and reduce the cost of cooking oil - back to the issue of cost-savings! Breakfast was certainly a lot better than dinner. The choice of quality dining in Alcudia was limited.

The town itself was also very disappointing - highly touristy with really tacky shops akin to the worst of Blackpool or Brighton. The tourist crowd was very down-market this year since a lot of unsold packages had to be dumped last minute. Lots of Brits, Scandinavians and Germans, but no rowdiness thankfully. Little or nothing to do at night other than wander.

Despite all I've said, the hotel is perfectly acceptabe if the room is not that important to you, nor the food. However, quality is a function of the price you pay and I would never pay more than EUR120 per night for those rooms, even at peak. Beware that the hotel (craftily) quotes its prices per person for the double rooms (Eur103 each person).

After much deliberation I thought "to hell with it" and pushed the boat out. Saved money booking it myself but still expensive. Booked a "suite".Arrived late at night to what was really no more than an apartment. No mini-bar(they'd been removed) and not even a bottle of water. Had to go out to find a shop!

Really expect better from what is sold as 5 star.

However location,location,location made up for everything Simply blissful!

Peyda Aqua Altinkum Turkey stayed here three times always clean and very freindly.
Altinkum is a brilliant resort stayed at other hotels as well.
I have twins aged twelve they love it the staff at the peyda will always spend time with them.

Tunis and Sharon will also go out of there way to help you. If you have a problem if you tell them they will try there best to resolve it.

Also new last year from the peyda was a trip by boat to a secluded island if that is on offer this year go it is fantastic the colour of the sea is so blue you have big pillows to lie on it is very exotic..there is a restaurant there also good service...we shall be back...

This hotel is superb.
Situated in the port of Alcudia, it lies at the end of the marina well away from any other hotels.
We were lucky enough to have booked a suite, which gives you outstanding views of the sea from your own terrace or balcony. The accommodation was very comfortable, very spacious - we could not fault it at all. The large swimming pool was literally 10 feet from our terrace, and gives an amazing visual effect of merging with the sea.
This hotel is a little piece of tranquil luxury in Alcudia -I can't recommend it highly enough.

Stayed at the Asterias Beach for one week on May 2002 along with my wife , 2 children (19/22) and their partners.


All of us thoroughly recommend this hotel. Its on the west side of Ayia Napa - far enough not to be affected by noise and bustle, but close enough to get to by taxi or bus. The food and restaurant are superb - best we have experienced in four visits to Cyprus. Breakfast on the terrace is a nice touch too - not at all frantic and no queuing. The swimming pool is good but not massive, but this more than compensated by a fabulous sun terrace - no race to book sunbeds. A beautiful beach adjoins the hotel garden and a paved path takes you there. There is a good sized indoor pool - not heated - and a well equipped gym. Kids (!)loved the Waterpark which is only a few minutes away, and the clubs in Ayai Napa. We lazed in the lobby most evenings with a quiet cocktail or three. Only two down points are (a) Beds - a bit spartan and poor quality - not good if you have any back problems (b) Entertainment - dont expect to be entertained ! Local fokelore show is normal for Cyprus, but when they make two games of Bingo last 3 hours at night in German and English (twice a week) its time to go to the bars up the road ! The only entertainment value is when they mistranslate the numbers and a bilingual furore erupts when a winner is disqualified ! Despite this I would still highly recommend the hotel and rate it at least as good asn the much acclaimed Adams Beach, where we have also stayed.