Cap St Georges Resort

A new property opening is always exciting and this was no exception. A stunning new resort in Peyia, just a few minutes’ drive from the Coral Bay strip in Cyprus welcomed us in October into an oasis of calm and an uninterrupted view of the ocean. The reception lounge has a beautifully lit shoal of fish chandelier spanning the central ceiling, huge elegant silver grey sofas and displays of white orchids. Once our luggage was unloaded our car was whisked away into the underground car park by a valet. The Cap St George Resort has 202 rooms and suites that are all sea facing. The rooms all have 9ft high ceilings and the glass patio doors are almost as tall with a huge balcony. The bathrooms are beautiful & high tech with a privacy glass window beside the free standing soaking tub that has views across the bedroom out to the sunset. There's also a walk in shower, Lalique toiletries, double vanity and mood lighting that senses and activates when you walk in! The 55” TV was almost lost in the 58sqm room which also comes with a Nespresso machine.

With so few rooms it’s hard to imagine that they have a 130-metre blue flag beach, three outdoor pools, a heated indoor pool, a playground, a fitness centre, 10 restaurants and bars, a nightclub and a chapel on site. Several of the restaurants are situated around the Agora square which gives you the indoor/outdoor village feel alongside their organic shop, jewellery store, gelato café, outdoor cinema and boutique. The property is built on the edge of the Akamas National Park and they also offer horse riding in the park from their stables. There are huge olive trees all around the property bedecked with fairy lights and one of them is reputedly the oldest on the island. Rather than move it, they have made a feature of it. Their ‘quiet’ beach is actually a secluded olive grove set above a small cove serviced by a cute Piaggio style van providing cold drinks, towel service and ice cream. There are so many olive trees on the property that they’re harvested for their local olive oil and most of the fresh produce is sourced from their farm (which you can visit by arrangement). As you walk along the coastal path to the quiet zone you pass by some of the residential villas and will smell the scent of rosemary from the hedges along the pathway. If you keep going past the quiet zone you will reach the white cliffs scenic outlook and the sea caves.

Our favourite restaurant was Kohili overlooking the beach with a Cypriot/seafood menu. Sapori, the Italian and Bonsai the Teppanyaki were fully booked the evenings we were there and Sky7 is a fine dining restaurant that’s open for selected dining events with visiting Michelin star guest chefs. Breakfast is served daily in Yeronisos – buffet style but with cooking stations. You can eat inside or outside on their huge sea view terrace and everything is clearly labelled with food groups for anyone with dietary requirements.

Another fairly unique offering on the island, Cap St George has their own private yacht that can be hired for half or full day snorkelling trips or secluded beach visits. The watersports centre offers non motorised watersports and a boat shuttle to a local beach where motorised watersports are available. In the height of the season, the nightclub has guest DJ’s and beach parties and for the younger guests a great kids club plus an amazing Gamer’s Lounge to keep the teens amused.

A resort hotel of this quality wouldn’t be complete without a luxurious spa complete with 8 treatment rooms, mud chambers and an array of indoor pools, thermal saunas, steam rooms, and aromatherapy experience showers. We didn't venture to the tennis courts, the expansive gym or ever go looking for the football field, but we couldn't help noticing that there was a national football team in house who must have been there for a training camp.

We didn't get to see any other rooms types than the one we were staying in, but in addition to the one and two bedroom suites (some with private pools) there is also a stunning 7 bedroom Presidential Suite/Villa that you can see from Sky7. It has a private 20m x 5m infinity-edge pool with a 6m x 4m incorporated jacuzzi and and extended sun terrace almost as big as the terrace at Yeronisos. It has private parking and sleeps up to 18 people, but the thing that surprised me is that the bathrooms in the top suite on property were exactly the same as ours!