Blue Crane Hotel Apartments

The Blue Crane Hotel/Appartments is very spacious and well equipped. Very clean and the maid service comes virtually every day. Good supply of towels and the rooms have plenty of storage for clothes/bags etc. and also a good size fridge :-) The only down side was that we had just one pillow each and they were very thin. However - on my 5th day there, I realised one only had to ask for another pillow and it was readily supplied. !! The complex has 2 lifts and slopes adjacent to outside steps, giving easy access for people with walking difficulties. There are also handrails and gentle steps down into the pool.

It is an ideal location for the beach, softly sloping sand and beautiful clear water - albeit across a busy/noisy dual carriageway, however, the double glazing of the appartment takes this down to a low buzz. We had an appartment at the front of the complex, facing the sea, and although there are - as some reviews mention - appartment buildings opposite, I still had great views of the sea and surroundings from our balcony. However, we were on the 4th floor, so I cannot comment on the views from other rooms.

There are plenty of places to eat and drink nearby and supermarkets containing everything for your self catering needs. We did not eat in the restaurant so can't comment there.

There are two pools, one small one for kids, which are immaculately clean, with plenty of sunbeds around. These are cleaned every day in the early morning. Would you believe, on the very last day I found that there were Sauna and Steam room facilities downstairs !!!

The Blue Crane is located outside the main part of Limassol, which for us was ideal. The position is handy for all the other big towns and bus services were good and taxi prices fairly reasonable. I liked to be outside the town away from all the noise + bustle. A good base to start out from if you want to sight-see Southern Cyprus. There were plenty of leaflets in reception with information about places to go and things to see.

We went to Cyprus for someone's wedding and I must say, that of all the others hotels where our friends were staying, we think that we got the better deal at the Blue Crane. It has the feeling of a friendly, family run establishment and not the cold, two faced, cheesy grin attitude given out at the VERY expensive hotels nearby and along the boulevard.

The Hotel staff were very friendly and helpful and you get a very good value buffet breakfast, which we made use of on our last morning.

Generally the Blue Crane could do with a lick of paint here and there, but overall a great place for a budget self catering holiday. I would definitely use the Blue Crane Hotel/Appartments again if I ever returned to Cyprus.

Go to the Blue Crane Hotel Apartments year after year, great family feel. Unfortunately there were kids there and parents who couldn't care less what they were up to. Will continue to go there until they either close or I buy a house there.

The Blue Crane Hotel apartments were fine for a basic self catering holiday - they were not luxury but they served the purpose. The location of the apartments is very much out of the main town centre so I would not recommend them for those party people! We got the bus almost every day in to town as it was just outside the apartments and cost only 80 cents for adults - the kids went free. Not really much to do in the location except go to one of the many restaurants all of which served similar menus, and go to either the beach or the pool each day. Michael's and The Stallion Inn (turn left and walk about 100 metres to the left) and Drifters (turn right and walk about a mile) we would recommend for great food. We would definitely recommend hiring a car during your stay as it means you can do much more and see much more whilst you are there.

Thee Blue Crane Hotel apartments in Limassol were a bit out of the way from the tourist area, but you could get a bus down to it, which only cost 80 cents on the bus, and a taxi cost about £3 to £4, which was reasonable also. We went to a Chinese restaurant called Mr Chews in the tourist area, which I would tell everybody to stay away from! This was the worst Chinese I have every tasted. We had our starter, which I only had one taste of, and I could not eat anymore, and my boyfriend did not like his soup at all. We were not the only people, as another family left while we were there. We only had our starter then we left, as I could not stand it at all.

I would definitely recommend Michaels, which was only round the corner from the apartments. This was a lovely place, and the food was tremendous. It was also great value for money.

A mixed review for the Blue Crane Hotel Apartments. We've just returned from two weeks at The Blue Crane from the end of February '06 to March '06 - we chose The Blue Crane on the strength of the super reviews we'd seen online. The good points first. The one room appartments are very spacious and extremely well equipped, they're immaculately clean and maid service is five times weekly which is more than you'd usually expect for a self catering complex of this rating. Reception is similarly spotless and a well stocked bar serves a good range of drinks at reasonable prices.

The hotel overall could use a lick of paint in places, but that's purely cosmetic. Staff vary from the very friendly and helpful, to a couple the less than welcoming and sometimes downright rude. The biggest drawback for me was that the brochure made no mention of the fact that the hotel is situated on a very busy and noisey dual carriageway. You have to cross that, and go down past the peeling tower blocks opposite to get to a small and somewhat uninspiring beach. The afforementionned tower blocks mean that you can't really get a sea view at The Blue Crane.

Overall a nice hotel for those on a budget - but not ideal if you're looking for the beautiful beaches and quiet meditteranean holiday that you'd expect from Cyprus.

Blue Crane Hotel Apartments: This is first class self catering holiday in a lovely part of Cyprus. Very handy for Nicosia, Larnaca, Troodos Mountains, Paphos (50 mins) and also Famagusta (The lost city). If you want to see southern Cyprus with all it's attractions this is definitely the place to start from.