Edelweiss Hotel Platres

Amongst the green slopes of Platres village in Cyprus, is the Edelweiss Hotel. A small mountain hotel promising a pleasant stay both in winter and summer season. Edelweiss is 75Km from Larnaca International Airport, and a public parking place is accessible for free near the hotel.

The Hotel has been welcoming visitors from all over the world for years now. As a family run business, Edelweiss Hotel provides an excellent service. The friendly staff members are always happy to help guests and ensure a memorable stay at the hotel. Cleaning is provided daily, while the experienced cook promises for healthy cooked meals.

All the rooms at the Edelweiss Hotel are fully airconditioned and heated in order to provide a cool environment during the summer and a warm one in the winter period. Each one of the rooms has access to a balcony with a seating area, offering stunning views of the valley or the lush mountain heels. Interiors are simple and unpretentious with wooden furnishings and materials in warm colors. En suite bathrooms and complimentary toiletries are available in every room, while other amenities include flat TV screens, hairdryers and mirrors.

A continental breakfast, meals and dinner are served daily at the on site Austrian style restaurant with the fitted wooden decor creating a warm ambience. Delicious dishes of the local cuisine are traditionally cooked with fresh meat, vegetables and fragrant herbs from the nearby farms of the countryside. A wide selection of meals from the international cuisine can also be enjoyable. A broad variety of selected local wines and drinks are offered at the bar. Guests can rest at the comfortable lounge area and relax by the fireplace, which is lit all day long during the winter season.

There is a lot to do at Platres and Edelweiss Hotel can provide information for car rentals or arrange a variety of excursions through the tour desk available on site. Some of the activities offered at the tour desk include fishing in the streams of the area or hiking in the dense pine forest, amongst breathtaking rock formations, taking one of the various trails available. Lovers of nature can take the opportunity to study rare species of flora or do bird watching. The area is also ideal for biking, with excellent terrain, with cycling routes offering road marking, maps and bike guides. Bikers and walkers can combine their excursion with site seeing or picnics or just enjoy nature and the spectacular views of the scenery and the waterfalls. Winter skiing is also another favorite activity for visitors of the area with Troodos organised ski resort being situated only 7km away from the hotel. However, guests who would like to spend a day at the sea and take the opportunity to enjoy the sun and the warm, crystal waters of Cyprus beaches, can take a 45 minute drive away from the hotel to the beautiful beach of Kourion.

Edelweiss Hotel offers an escape from the hussle and bustle of the everyday life and the fast rhythms of the city, to the fresh air, the tranquility and serenity of the mountains. A stay at the Edelweiss suggests a terrific choice in order to take up a healthier way of living. The Hotel inspires a simplicity which matches perfectly to the character of the Cypriot villages and gives the opportunity to unshackle from the lifestyle of modern life and unify with nature.