Windmills Hotel Apartments

2 readers found this review helpful

I last went to Windmills apartments in September 2008. I went with my partner and we had the best time. Although the rooms were basic,they were clean and our beds were changed every other day. The pool area was nice and clean and we had a good laugh with the bar man Pete who worked in the pool bar. The entertainment at night was fantastic with various shows on every night. The Hypnotist and the drag Queens were the ones to watch. There is a nice little beach about a 10 min walk but we also enjoyed walking into the centre of Protaras to the Fig Tree bay beach which is the best beach i have been on in cyprus. You can also catch a bus into Protaras if you don't want to walk. I became good friends with the owners and the people who worked there. It is a child friendly hotel and i have booked to go back in june 2011. I have now got a child at 18 months old and i think this is the perfect place and hotel in cyprus to bring her on holiday. I would reccomend this hotel to anyone.

5 readers found this review helpful

Could not find any fault with the apartments or the service.Staff were very helpful and friendly. Apartments were cleaned every day, and sheets and towels were changed every other day. We went half board, breakfast was a self service continental buffett, and evening meals you were given a choice of 2 starters, main meals and desserts.The pool was cleaned daily as was the pool area. The location had everything to offer. Plent of bars, supermarkets,gift shops,restuarants. The beach was roughly a 5 minute walk.The Windmill bar offered entertainment every night and also offered a different movie each night to watch. If I decide at any time to go back to Cyprus, the Windmill apartments will be the first choice on my list.

5 readers found this review helpful

having been to cyprus on 6 other occasions(paphos) we decided we would try a different part of cyprus after seeing the windmills apartments advertised,big mistake!! as a family of 4 with 2 children age 7 and 5 we were told the area was great for kids,we were 5 min walk from the beach and the hotel offered a seperate kids pool and also play area. we booked though thomas cook, and we were told we were booking what was shown on windmills website sc apartment with fully equipt well maintained spacious apartment, satalite tv maid service,24 hr reception. however what we found was far from.....
we arrived with our luggage to miserible staff at reception, and were immediately told we could hire a safty deposit box at reception, and had to pay 6 euros per unit per day for air conditioning(when all you needed to do was switch it on by wall) we were given our keys and told directions to our apartment, which was at the rear of the complex away from pool etc. we spotted the kids play area on our way which was diabolical. when we arrived at our room after walking past the smelly bins and smashed glass, we found a filthy room, with patios that didnt lock properly, and brown sticky stuff covering the kitchen area which was meant to be fully equipt, we had 2 small camp rings, no grill/oven no toaster nothin. our fride was filthy and was warm rather then cold, freezer didnt work, we immediatly asked to be moved, but were told that the only other room wasnt aviaible untill the next day, when we went to move we found the toher room, had cockroaches nad the air con didnt work, so we had no choice but to change back. we were applauled to be told that the tv we were told we would had was in main area of bar to share, and we could hire a toaster!! when we also went to change room we left our luggage to go look and came back to find the maid in our room, she handed me some shoes back which she,d taken for god knwos what reason?? i then noticed our video camera had gone,i asked her and she said she didnt understand,my partner got a bit angry and said he was going reception she then said ohh video camera and went and fetched it back. later in the trip we came back to find my little boys 2 pairs of new shoes had gone,and all the childrens medicine,my little boy has many health problems and i brought the medicine purposly, we complained at reception but the snotty staff didnt care,the head cleaner came and told us she would sort it out and get it back, we didnt hear anything else. the reception was often left with children in charge a little girl around 7 years old by herself, she also was working in the shop,the shop on site which is very over priced, along with the resteraunt,and bar. the entertainment seemed good but you could smoke anywhere on the complex, pool side, bar,resteraunt, kids daily movie, etc so we couldnt have our kids go near!! the main reception are was clean and tidy as were the toilets, but they had no locks on doors, the pool was a disgrace with many quests joking you,d get pregnant if you swallowed the pool water with was filthy, the ladders into the pool and to get out were dangerous and nearly coming away, the kids pool would often have no water in and the grid on bottom would float away leaving a hole for kids to fall down,the tiled flooring was also smashed around leaving holes to fall, and the stairs had holes in coming to the pool. the outside toilets were a digrace,the owner once asked my 5 year old to put the grid back on the kids pool!! we met many other familys and single couples all of whom were appauled, our toilet when flushed sounded liek a fog horn, another familys toilet over flow each night,bedding smelt musty,as did towels,we had work being done in the apartment above which was very loud. the rep for olympic was useless and tried to over charge for days out, the beach was about 15 mins walk not 5, the centre of protaras about 40 min walk down the path, which you had to walk down roads etc to get to first,with no footpath. not suitible for prams or wheelchairs. the bus stop outside was 1 euro each for adulys free for kids took you to protaras main strip , agia napa etc. the water park was a good day out 32 euros for adults, 18 for kids. the dancing fountians in protaras were pathetic and 15 euro each. most resteraunts offered same poor food, nicolas tavern is a disgrace food came swminng in grease, we found the best resteraunt with no smoking indoors zucchinis, its set abck in main protaras strip lime green building, lovely staff and the best food. the fresh house resteraunt just right from windmills was vey nice and cheap. romeos tavern was very nice with bbq nights greek dishes, plate smashing and cypriot dancing etc. kids play area. don carionies italian was nice and kids eat free, overall though poor holiday only good thing was the weather, we hired a car went to main supermarket which is very cheap 30 cent bottle of huge water were as shop locally was 160 euro, big difference, car hire across road by pizza hut we found cheap, we would never go back here we along with alot of other people we met are making complaints. if you want to go to cyprus go to paphos, x

2 readers found this review helpful

We had two weeks at Windmills .The Apartment was very clean and the maids did a good job and were very nice and helpfull . The Bar staff were lovely all in all it was a goog Holiday and good value for money. We are thinking of going back next year .

3 readers found this review helpful

We stayed for 1 week at the above apartments, they was a party of 7 of us, 2 children and 5 adults. We all absolutely loved the place and the apartments, best holiday yet! In the perfect place, very short walk away from the protaras town centre and within reach of more than enough lovely resturaunts and bars, food delicious everywhere we went. Definately deserves more than a 2.5* compared to some we've stayed in! The windmills apartments have their own supermarket, resuraunt, take away aswell as many other features. Fantastic plce!

2 readers found this review helpful

We have just come back from Windmills Apartments in Cyprus and are looking to book again next year. Although very basic accomodation, we didnt mind because we only got showered and slept there. We ate out all of the time, the food at the hotel is loveley and not expensive. A cooked breakfast for 2.95 euros. cannot go wrong. Brilliant entertainment on a night, what more can i say, we carnt wait to go back!!!

2 readers found this review helpful

went for a week, got there looked nice when we got off the coach , nice at the reception area, but when we got to our room it was shabby,basic, cocktail sticks n blue tack holding a small shelf up in the bathroom,put it this way we couldn't wait to get home , cyprus is a lovely place just the hotel let it down ,

2 readers found this review helpful

Not too sure really about this one. Yes, it's a place to stay, the kids loved the pool and the staff seemed nice enough - but all in all, nothing to write home about.
We arrived in the evening and were seen to pretty promptly, given our key and directions to our 'apartment'. When we opened the door, we thought it was ok. But just ok. We've stayed in better and cleaner and much nicer presented apartments. The main room consisted of two sofas already made up as beds for the two little ones, a small balcony area and a kitchenette. There was a standard size sink, drainer, cupboards and fridge. On top of one of the counters was a two ring 'cooker' - like one of those small camping stoves but without the grill. We had a kettle, 2 large plates, 2 bowls, 3 saucers, 4 small cups and saucers, 4 glasses, 1 saucepan and 1 frying pan. There was also basic, and I mean 'basic' cutlery in the drawer. We were told that we could hire a toaster! Although we booked self catering, we did expect a little more 'self-catering' facilities than what we got. The bedroom consisted of fitted wardrobes, dressing table, two single beds pushed together, bedside tables. There was an air conditioning unit in each room - you have to pay 6 Euros per day each for one week. A bit steep, we thought. The apartments have a supermarket, bar areas, restaurants and laundry facilities.
Like I say, these apartments are ok to get your head down - as long as you check for cockroaches first - we had a couple of little visitors every so often. They aren't the cleanest, they are quite shabby looking and have a 70s feel about them. The reception area is the nicest part but after that you've done. My kids did enjoy the pool - although I didn't see it cleaned once while we were there.
The apartments are in Pernera. It's a small area but quite nice. You can walk into Protaras along the boardwalk - at night it's a beautiful walk. We caught the bus back - but just be aware, we were told they run every 20 mins at night but it was usually around every 45 mins. Single tickets cost 1 Euro. If you get a taxi, make sure you discuss and agree a price before you get in the taxi. One taxi driver tried to charge us 10 Euros from Protaras - we knocked him down to 6 - which is pretty reasonable as he dropped my sister and her husband off at their hotel first then took us to ours.
We went on two trips - Troodos mountains and The Black Pearl - I can honestly recommend both - and girls, if you like Johnny Depp - you're in for a treat!! And the kids loved it too!
Overall, it was a great holiday - the accommodation was a big let-down though.

6 readers found this review helpful

just got back from a 1week [27/7-4/8/10]self catering hol at the windmilld apartment, very relaxing holiday, weather fantasic, here's just a couple of pointers which may b of use if you are going here
1-food and drink a bit pricy local beer 2.50euro cocktails 4euro meals start abot 8euro for one course you can get a basic set 3course menu for 10/12euro
2- theres plenty of places to eat Italian/chinese/steak houses to name a few
3- beach gets rather busy cannot move on it over the week ends
4- there is a chap who does suba diving/snorklleing at the apartments for a reasonable price hubbie and son went said it was well worth the money 15euro each for snorklling
5-air-conditioning is a MUST its 6euro PER UNIT per night so if you hav a one bed apartment (2units in it} which we did it works at 12euro per night BUT hav a look at the unti first as i discovered you can over ride the unit by switching it on at the wall, wait a few mins, when the light comes on just flick the panel down on the front and press the buttons on it, some times it was the left button twice sometimes you just held it in it works like a tele does wen you hav lost the remote control or you could take a multi remote control from home to see if that works i save myself 70euro
6- some of the staff are a bit rude to younger people, but over all the staff were quite pleasent.
7- the entertainment in the evening at the windmill is first class dont miss the robbie williams tribute and drag artist
thats it hope some of this info helps HAPPY HOLIDAYS

2 readers found this review helpful

Me and my partner have just got back from windmill apartments. The hotel was great the cleaners were in our room everyday, we got clean towels and bed were made. the hotel staff were great.it is one of the best holidays me and my partner have been on. it is not in protaras its about 20mins walk away, or 1 euro each on the bus.