This was our second stay at Almond HV and it lived up to and far exceeded our memories. We were looking for a quiet week away just to recharge our batteries and the AHV ticked all the boxes.

The owners and staff are genuinely warm and friendly and nothing seems to be too much trouble for any of them. They organised our hire car and airport transfers from Larnaca.

We had booked on a bed and breakfast basis but, as the menu was so varied, with a daily special available, we decided to eat at the hotel for some of our evening meals. We did go out for 3 evening meals, The Verandah, Ambience and Di Figaro. My personal favourite was Di Figaro - overlooking the sea, excellent food and attentive staff. (Dont be put off by its grand appearance its very reasonably priced).

We stayed in the hotel rooms this time round which were very spacious and kept immaculately clean by the housekeeping staff.

The gardens and pool area are just beautiful and very relaxing. There is a supermarket close by, but its on the other side of a busy road, but thats about it, no touristy shops in the vicinity, thank goodness.
There is a bus (dolmas) service which takes you to the nearby beaches, restaurants or the town centre (about 20 mins). You can walk along the road side but, it's busy and, it's dusty and, it's VERY hot. AHV can organise taxis as well if you dont want to hire a car - they do drive on the same side of the road as us!!

We had a thoroughly enjoyable week away and will definitely be visiting again, and we have already recommended the AHV to friends.

We booked a three week stay independently with the help of the family who we found to be very helpful regarding car hire, and airport transfers and accommodation. From the moment they pricked us up at the airport to the moment they dropped us back we had a wonderful relaxing and carefree holiday. We used all the facilities at the complex and found the resturant to be very good with an excellent choice for breakfast, lunch and evening meal together with poolside snacks. The family and staff could not do enough to make our stay any more relaxing and trouble free they were always there to answer any questions you had regarding the Island and its many beautiful features.
We stayed in a one bedroomed villa which was tastefully decorated and spotlessly clean, and serviced everyday. We over looked the pool area and gardens which again were extremely well maintained and beautiful to overlook whether it be sunrise or sunset.
We will definitely recommend the Almond to all of our friends and family and will be returning in the near future.
We would like to say a very big thank you to the family and all their very hard working staff for making our stay so special.

Having just read a review about the Almond Holiday Village in Northern Cyprus posted on 8-6-2008 and I am somewhat confused by the content and I feel that I must add our impressions to clarify this review.

Having stayed at the Almond Holiday Village several times over a period of years, we have always enjoyed our time there and received a warm & friendly attention from the family & Staff. We found the accommodation comfortable & clean and suitable for both a short or long term stays.

Over the years the owner and family have made many improvements to the Holiday village, especially for children and with the new villas added recently most families can be suitably accommodated, as can be seen from photos posted by other reviewers.

The food is always up to a very good standard and there is a very a large variety to suit most tastes, and the chef will always do his best to cater for special requests. As to the point made about “breakfasts being boring” – we have never had this problem, and if the large variety available is not enough, you only have to ask for something different.

My wife is an avid sun bather and has never had a problem ‘moving her sunbed or sun umbrella’ around. It should noted that to the rear of the pool there are nicely laid out lawn & gardens, which would allow uninterrupted sun bathing for most of the day if that is what you require.

In the review there was no mention of whether the reviewer went with children, but most of the families with young children we have seen holidaying at the Almond Village seemed satisfied with the childrens’ pool , pool table, table tennis and play area.

Whilst I agree that not all children may be satisfied with this, within a few minutes walk/drive there is an aqua-park which is always well patronised and a complex which has many attractions for older children (and is enjoyed by some adults as well) There are also several beaches nearby with water sports available if this is required.

Addressing the final point made in the review, I can only say that Kyrenia (or to give it its proper name – Girne) is very busy with both pedestrian and vehicle traffic during the day and noisy into the night, whilst the Almond Village offers a peaceful and welcoming environment to enjoy your holiday.

Having read other reviews about the Almond Village this is the only one on which I have seen any negative comments, and we have seen many guest come back time & time again, I can only assume that The reviewers were looking for something different in a holiday. Both my wife & I can thoroughly recommend it.

We talk about home from home, well, Almond was that and more, Ali and his family could not have made us more welcome.
Whenever you go on holiday it always takes a couple of days to settle, but not here, from the moment we stepped into the Village it felt like home, and that great smell of Jasmine.
I have never seen a place so clean, the cleaning maids are more than helpful and make sure they are not in your way when working, i loved the garden, it was a pleasure walking around looking at the well kept garden, so colourful. The food was excellent and served with a smile, both at breakfast, lunch and dinner, if you wanted to visit another restaurant it was their pleasure to book it for you and the taxi.The pool area was always clean and well looked after with more than the amount of sunbeds required.The bungalows were brilliant, so clean and very comfortable and being so well laid out in the Village,only a short walk from everything.Would i want to go back to Almond ?
I have already booked my whole family in for next year, can't wait.
Well done Ali and his Family.