About this hotel
General information
Anassa is a five-star resort on the north-west coast of Cyprus and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It is laid out like a small Byzantine-style Mediterranean village: whitewashed terraces, a chapel, infinity pools and low-rise buildings step down through gardens of olive trees and bougainvillea to a secluded beach on Chrysochou Bay. The name is ancient Greek for “queen”, and the resort lives up to it with quiet luxury, privacy and attentive service. It is a seasonal resort, open for the summer season.
There are 166 rooms, suites and residences, and every category from the Junior Suite upwards, along with all the villas, has been fully redesigned inside. Anassa suits a romantic escape, a family holiday or an unhurried wellness stay equally well: Thalassa Spa with its thalassotherapy, a kids’ club taking babies from four months, four restaurants and several bars, the Kult designer-fashion boutique and Agora by Kult with Cypriot ceramics, jewellery and crafts. Weddings and celebrations use the Zephyros ballroom, the terraces and the gardens.
Location
The resort sits in the village of Neo Chorio near Polis Chrysochous, above Chrysochou Bay on the edge of the Akamas Peninsula national park. Latchi’s fishing harbour, the starting point for boat trips, is 2 km away, and the Baths of Aphrodite, the Blue Lagoon and the small town of Polis are close by. Paphos airport is 55 km away, Larnaca airport 185 km and Paphos harbour 50 km. The hotel arranges private transfers by sedan or luxury car from any of the island’s main airports on request; car hire is also available, and the grounds have free parking, valet parking and electric-vehicle charging points.
Spa
Thalassa Spa is set among Roman columns and sunlit courtyards planted with fragrant herbs. Its focus is thalassotherapy, using seawater drawn straight from Chrysochou Bay. Facilities include a large heated indoor pool (for guests aged 16 and over), a seawater exercise pool with jets, saunas, steam rooms, an outdoor whirlpool, a relaxation area and a yoga studio. Treatments draw on Subtle Energies, which blends aromatherapy with Ayurvedic principles, Augustinus Bader anti-ageing skincare and Tata Harper rituals, alongside the signature Cypriot Twist ritual, massages, facials, a beauty salon, a hairdresser and a barber.
Sports & leisure
The gym is equipped by Technogym, with yoga, Pilates and personal training on offer, plus private yoga or aqua sessions in the pool of your own suite or villa. There are floodlit artificial-grass tennis courts, a padel court, squash and table tennis, with a coach giving lessons to adults and children. The partner watersports centre on the beach offers waterskiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, sailing with RYA courses, parasailing, diving and snorkelling at the Blue Lagoon, canoes, stand-up paddleboards, jet skis, Seabob and motorboats, as well as yacht charters for day and sunset cruises along the Akamas coast. Mountain, road and electric bikes can be hired, Akamas trails invite hikes, four golf courses lie within a 40-minute drive, and guests can try a pottery session or a Cypriot wine tasting with the sommelier.
For children
Mythos Kids’ Club welcomes children from four months to 12 years in four age groups: Titans (4 months–2 years), Griffins (3–4), Centaurs (5–7) and Tritons (8–12). The air-conditioned club runs six days a week with qualified nannies, and its programme includes swimming, pottery, baking, treasure hunts and archaeology digs, with evening activities for children aged 8 and over in high season. Young guests also have junior sports camps and lessons, children’s spa treatments, early dinner sittings in the restaurants and a playground, and the club’s nannies offer babysitting in the room or around the resort on request.
Restaurants & bars
Bread, cheeses, pastries, jams and sauces are all made in-house, menus cater for gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and vegetarian diets, the restaurants open on a rotating schedule, and in-room dining runs until 1 am:
- Helios — refined French-Mediterranean cuisine on an olive-shaded sea-view terrace, with live classical music on piano or harp; dinner only, smart-casual dress
- Basiliko — Asian-Mediterranean fusion by candlelight on a sunken open-air terrace; dinner only, children over 12
- Amphora — generous buffet breakfasts with house-made specialities, and in the evening Grill at Amphora, an à la carte menu of premium grilled meat and seafood; open-air sea-view terrace
- Pelagos — open-air poolside taverna with a show kitchen serving Mediterranean seafood, Cypriot meze, salads and handmade pasta; lunch and dinner
- Village Square — a weekly Cypriot taverna night with local dishes, live cooking, traditional music and dancing
- Meltemi — pool bar under a bamboo roof with a swim-up counter, light bites and stone-baked pizza
- Blue Bar — beach bar with service to the sunbeds: calamari, burgers, cocktails and fresh juices
- Armonia Bar — sea-view bar open from morning until 1 am, with sushi, pizza, sharing plates and live music in the evening
- Amorosa Terrace — an indoor-outdoor lounge with a terrace high above the bay for quiet afternoons, sunset cocktails and evening drinks
Swimming
The gardens run down to a secluded golden pebble beach on Chrysochou Bay, where the sea is usually calm and Blue Bar serves drinks and food to the sunbeds. The resort has two heated outdoor pools — the 430 m² Main Pool and the warmer 85 m² Mosaics Pool — plus the indoor spa pool for guests aged 16 and over; sunbeds, umbrellas and towels are free, and a lifeguard is always on duty at the pools. A number of suites and all the residences have private pools, heated on request.
Pets
Anassa welcomes house-trained, vaccinated, well-behaved dogs of up to 12 kg in the Garden Studio Suite with Sea View, Garden Studio Suite with Private Pool and Sea View, Junior Suite Sea View, Junior Suite with Pool, One Bedroom Suite with Pool and all four residences. On arrival dogs receive a tag, treats and waste bags, there is a turndown treat in the evening, and the concierge can arrange grooming. Dogs stay on a lead in public areas and are not allowed at the pools, on the beach, in the spa or inside the restaurants, but may join their owners at the outdoor restaurant tables. A cleaning charge applies per stay.
Rooms
The 166 rooms, suites and residences are spread between the main building and low-rise garden houses styled as a white Byzantine village; most look out to sea, and a number of suites and all the residences have their own pools. Furnishings are handmade by local craftsmen, and every category from the Junior Suite upwards, as well as all the villas, has fully redesigned interiors.
Every room has a balcony or terrace, individually controlled air conditioning, a smart TV, Wi-Fi, USB and USB-C ports, a minibar, an espresso machine (tea on request), a safe, Acqua di Parma toiletries, bathrobes and slippers, daily fruit and water, and twice-daily housekeeping with evening turndown.
Garden View Room
A quiet garden room close to the spa, looking over flowering gardens and the Neo Chorio hills, with a king-size bed, a bathroom with bath and shower, and a balcony (7 m²) or terrace (12 m²). Sleeps two.
Studio Suite with Sea View
An open-plan studio in the main building, close to all the resort’s facilities, with a king-size bed, a sitting area and a sea-view balcony or terrace. Sleeps up to three.
Studio Suite with Extended Terrace and Sea View
A sea-view studio in the main building with a large terrace furnished with a table, chairs and loungers. Sleeps up to three.
Garden Studio Suite with Sea View
A studio in the more private garden houses, with a balcony or terrace looking across the lawns to the hills and the sea. Sleeps up to three; dogs welcome.
Garden Studio Suite with Private Pool and Sea View
A garden studio reached by winding paths, with a sun terrace and its own 3.74 × 3.44 m pool (heated on request) facing the sea. Sleeps up to three; dogs welcome.
Junior Suite Sea View
A spacious open-plan suite with a separate lounge area, in the main building or the gardens, with a sea-view balcony or terrace and a rain shower. Sleeps up to three; dogs welcome.
Junior Panorama Suite
An open-plan main-building suite with sweeping views over Chrysochou Bay, the Polis coastline and the Akamas Peninsula, an al fresco dining balcony and a desk. Sleeps up to three.
Junior Suite with Pool
A suite in the main building or a separate garden house, with marble floors, a lounge area, a sun terrace and a private pool (heated on request) looking out to sea. Sleeps up to three; dogs welcome.
One Bedroom Suite
A main-building suite with a separate bedroom, a living room with its own second bathroom and a dining terrace over the gardens and the sea, finished in marble and blue and white. Sleeps up to three.
One Bedroom Suite with Pool
A villa-style suite in a garden house with a separate bedroom, a living room with a second bathroom and a sun terrace with a private pool (heated on request) and sea views. Sleeps up to three; dogs welcome.
Interconnecting Studio Suites with Sea View
Two connecting sea-view studios in the main building, each with a balcony and a king-size bed. Booked for four to six adults or for a family of two adults and up to four children, who get a room of their own.
Family Interconnecting Garden Studio Suites with Sea View
Two connecting garden studios in quiet houses among the gardens, each with a sea-view balcony or terrace. For two adults and up to four children.
Family Interconnecting Junior Suite & Garden Studio with Sea View
A Junior Suite and a connecting garden studio in a traditional house within the gardens, each with a sea-view balcony. Sleeps up to six, three in each part.
Family Interconnecting Junior Suite with Pool & Garden Studio with Sea View
A Junior Suite with Pool and a connecting garden studio set in the gardens, sharing a dining terrace with a private 3.74 × 3.44 m pool (heated on request) and sea views. Sleeps up to six.
Adonis or Aphrodite with Outdoor Whirlpool
Two one-bedroom top-floor suites — Aphrodite on the sunset corner, Adonis on the sunrise corner — with a four-poster bed, a fireplace, a sea-view bathroom, key-access private lift and a balcony with a whirlpool. Sleeps up to three.
Two Bedroom Family Suite
A family suite in the main building with two bright en-suite bedrooms off a shared living room with an L-shaped sofa, a guest bathroom and dining terraces facing the sea. Sleeps up to six.
Two Bedroom Suite
A main-building suite with two en-suite bedrooms, a separate living room and a large sea-view dining terrace. Sleeps up to six.
Two Bedroom Suite with Pool
A suite in a garden house with two bedrooms, a living room and a sun terrace with a private pool (heated on request) and sea views. Sleeps up to six.
Three Bedroom Suite
A main-building suite combining a Two Bedroom Suite with a connecting panorama suite: three bright bedrooms, each with its own sitting space, a separate central living room, al fresco dining terraces and views over the hills and the coast. Sleeps up to nine.
Anax Suite - Two Bedroom
A palatial two-bedroom top-floor suite with a round, domed living room overlooking Chrysochou Bay, Cypriot antiques, a balcony and key-access private lift; anax is ancient Greek for “lord”. Sleeps up to six.
Alcyone Residence with Pool
A secluded residence with two en-suite bedrooms with balconies, a sea-view terrace, an outdoor lounge with a fireplace and a 5 × 9 m infinity pool (heated on request). Sleeps up to six; dogs welcome.
Alexandros Residence with Pool
The resort’s most secluded residence, on its edge, with a grand entrance hall, antiques and art, private gardens, two en-suite bedrooms with balconies, a fireplace and a sun terrace with an infinity pool (heated on request). Sleeps up to six; dogs welcome.
Andromeda Residence with Pool
A three-bedroom residence with en-suite bedrooms and balconies, generous shared living spaces and a sun terrace with a 4 × 9 m infinity pool (heated on request), well suited to several generations travelling together. Sleeps up to nine; dogs welcome.
Aether Residence with Pool
A villa on the outer edge of the resort with vast, light-filled interiors, three en-suite bedrooms with balconies, king-size daybeds and a 4 × 9 m infinity pool (heated on request). Sleeps up to nine; dogs welcome.
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