Paradise Kings Club Paphos

Has anyone stayed at the Paradise Kings Club Paphos?

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Its a timeshare isn%26#39;t it? I%26#39;m sure I got some brochure through the post from them and I think they have a website. Try paradise Kings Club in the search engine and see what it throws up. From the brochure I received it looked fantastic. Unfortuantely couldn%26#39;t afford to buy it!!!!

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The website is www.paradisekingsclub.com and I have stayed there with a friend who owns there. It is a lovley resort all brand new! It is a timeshare resort. My friend brought a cheap week in Feb then exchanged it with the resort so we got a holiday in the summer.

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Juice-2

Thanks for replying I have been hoping someone would reply who has stayed there. Can you tell me is the location good, near beach, shops, tavernas etc. Do you need a car?Any information you could give would be greatly appreciated.

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Juice-2

Thanks for replying I have been hoping someone would reply who has stayed there. Can you tell me is the location good, near beach, shops, tavernas etc. Do you need a car?Any information you could give would be greatly appreciated.

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I stayed at the King%26#39;s Club on a timeshare exchange week in Mar 06. The resort itself is fine - high quality accommodation with helpful staff. Just two things to be aware of:

- The resort%26#39;s website photos show inward, not outward views. There is a sea view, but the main view is of surrounding developments.

- This is the only timeshare place I have stayed where washing-up material is not provided.

The location is about two miles west of Paphos and is about 800 yards inland from the coast. We got by very easily without a car. The resort arranged a taxi from the airport and we went on coach trips for 3 days booked by the resort - the best one was to Kyrenia in the %26#39;Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus%26#39;.

What was good about getting around that we haven%26#39;t seen mentioned on any other info or website is the bus service. The resort is 4 mins walk from the bus stop where there are 6 buses per hour in each direction between Paphos and Coral Bay. Cost £1UK per single journey - but the buses stop after about 7pm

The resort shop was not open when we were there - but a good welcome pack of food at £C30 kept us going for most of the week for non-restaurant food. The kiosk by the bus stop was OK for milk and sells excellent bread.

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So Barry, are you basically saying there is no natural beauty around the resort and it is ugly and commercial? Any tips for getting out of the subdivision and into some of the smaller villages and %26quot;real life%26quot; of Cyprus?

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To answer Megalita%26#39;s point, I%26#39;ve just looked at the photos I took from my room. There is a sprawl of hotels, blocks of holiday flats etc along the coast - some under construction, some complete, some abandoned. King%26#39;s Club is on the edge of this sprawl. I would say this is the reality of a popular resort rather than ugly and commercial. If you want a picture postcard view, go to Paphos harbour or stay at a hotel on the sea front.

We saw what is arguably the real Cyprus on certainly one of the coach trips - but the villages, monasteries etc seemed to be standard stops for all the coaches. The obvious tip to see the real Cyprus is to hire a car- which probably has as many advantages as disdavantages. For natural beauty - catch the bus to Coral Bay and walk west along the coast for about a mile - some unusual and stunning rock formations.

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Hi Barry - Thank you for posting. I guess I am a bit nervous about this trip as I did *not* pick this resort and probably wouldn%26#39;t have. That said, my husband and I are using his parents%26#39; timeshare for Paradise Kings Club and only have to pay $200 for the week. Of course the price difference in hotels is made up by the horrific airfare (we are coming from the US). The photos and description on the RCI website made it sound much nicer and secluded, they went to the trouble of saying that we should be sure we wanted to go because you can only book that place once every 4 years. I should%26#39;ve trusted my gut instinct that if it wasn%26#39;t on the beach, I didn%26#39;t want it. Ah well. We are going to hire a car because the only way we could get decent flights is to go into Larnaca airport. We are coming in on the Friday before we check into Kings Club and are thinking of taking either a taxi or multi-person transport into North Cyprus for that night and the next then picking up the car at Larnaca airport on Sunday and driving to Kings Club to check-in. We will have the car for the week. Any other advice you might have would be greatly appreciated :).

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Also, this by the way is for our belated honeymoon. We were married Sept. 18 but he was in graduate school and doesn%26#39;t finish until May 20. I really wanted something romantic and different before we settle into the life of kids and 2 jobs and trying to survive in a high cost city :).

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For Megalita. Enjoy your belated honeymoon; you will find lots of good points about Cyprus. Life is about making the best of where you are - which won%26#39;t be difficult at Paphos and the Kings Club. We went there because we wanted to see what we missed when we turned down a chance to work in Cyprus 10 years ago because it was at a critical point for our daughter%26#39;s education (they are now at university). We weren%26#39;t sorry about our decision - the endless heat in summer if nothing else - but Cyprus is fine for a holiday.

Not sure about your planned overnight trip to the North before staying at the King%26#39;s Club. Our coach party was checked for 30 mins at the border before being let into the North. Take careful advice - the coach trip from King%26#39;s Club is a good alternative. The Turkish Cypriots seemed friendlier- possibly because their tourist industry is at an early stage - than the Greek Cypriots.

You will find Cypus very British - driving on the left and the same electric plugs and post boxes (yellow there, red in UK). The majority of vistors you will see are British. There are three types of Brits out there - the ex-pats, the tourists, and those out there to make a living from the first two types.

Finally two restaurants that we were good for us: Soli Aepia in Paphos by the market (one mile inland) with excellent views of the coast and Coral King in Coral Bay on the main street (about half mile from the beach) - good meze (small dishes of many different types of local food). Both are on the bus route - for Sol Aepia make sure you get the market bus.

Regards - and hope the holiday is special for you.