Corallia Beach Hotel Apartments

If you like your dive base with a little more room than a standard hotel bedroom, the apartment format is the main reason to look here. Corallia Beach Hotel Apartments combines studios and one-bedroom apartments with a direct beachfront setting, a pool, places to eat and the option of making your own arrangements rather than living entirely by restaurant timetables.

You can deal with the hotel team in English, French, German and Russian. That matters when you are sorting out a transfer, asking about dinner or trying to explain that the problem is not your mask but the strap you packed in the wrong pocket. The property has 94 rooms across four floors, with a lift and accessibility facilities for wheelchair users.

Coral Bay, in Paphos, Cyprus, is the hotel’s address, right on the seafront. The beach is directly accessible, with sun loungers and parasols available, so the route from breakfast to the water is pleasingly free of transport logistics.

Paphos city centre is about 7 miles away. Around the hotel, Coral Bay Beach and Hakuna Matata Beach are listed among the nearby places to explore, giving you a choice between staying close to the coast and heading into town when you fancy a change of scenery. Parking is available, and car hire can be arranged at the hotel.

The choice is chiefly between a studio and a one-bedroom apartment, with double or twin beds and either a limited sea view or a limited view. For a couple travelling with dive bags and the usual collection of drying clothes, the one-bedroom layout makes more sense: it gives you a separate living area rather than asking the bed to do every job in the room.

Studios suit a simpler stay, especially if you expect to spend most of your time outside. Every listed category has a private bathroom, shower facilities, air conditioning, a refrigerator, television and storage, while kitchens are part of the apartment setup. A fridge is exactly the sort of small luxury that earns its keep when you return hot, thirsty and unwilling to negotiate with anyone before drinking water.

Room service is available, and the property also lists family rooms and a bridal suite. Other practical amenities include a hairdryer and toiletries, and an ironing service is available. Check the details of your chosen category carefully: the sea view is limited in the relevant room names, and the room equipment varies by category.

You have three named restaurants to choose from: Porto Antico Restaurant Lounge Bar-Cafe, Arapis Coral Bay Restaurant and Corallia Beach Tavern. Each serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, so the choice is less about hunting for a single meal window and more about deciding where you want to sit down after the day's activities.

There is also the Porto Antico Lounge-Bar, alongside a bar, a pool bar, a café and a snack bar. Breakfast is available as a buffet, while the meal arrangement depends on the booking you select. That is worth checking before arrival if you are planning your days around early departures or prefer to keep dinner flexible.

No specific cuisine is listed for the restaurants, so this is not the place to book expecting a particular menu. The range of places to eat is clear: a tavern, restaurant and lounge-bar café, with snacks available when a full meal feels like unnecessary paperwork.

The hotel lists a pool and an outdoor swimming pool, with the beach immediately beside the property and loungers and parasols available there. For a slower afternoon, you have a garden, terrace and sun terrace, plus a library when the idea of another organised activity has lost its appeal.

There is plenty to do if you want to keep moving without getting back into diving kit: mini-golf, bowling, billiards, tennis, fitness facilities, cycling, hiking, fishing, windsurfing and snorkelling are all listed. Bicycle hire is available, which gives you an alternative to spending the entire day orbiting the pool.

For relaxation, there are massage, beauty treatments, a sauna and a spa, while a games room and children's play area give families their own outlet. Excursion assistance is available from the hotel, and babysitting is listed among the family services. In short, you can make the day as active or as deliberately unproductive as your legs require.

Check-in runs from 3 pm until midnight, with check-out by 11 am. The reception operates around the clock, and express or private check-in and check-out are available. Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel, while luggage storage, a safe, laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services take care of the less glamorous details of a longer dive trip.

An airport transfer and shuttle service are available through the hotel, and car hire is also offered. The property has parking, an ATM, currency exchange and shops on site, including a souvenir shop. An information service can help with excursions, while an on-site infirmary and a doctor on request provide practical support if a minor holiday problem decides to become theatrical.

The hotel closes between 1 December and 28 February. It accepts major cards including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, JCB, Maestro and Visa Electron. The electricity supply in Cyprus is 230 volts, with type F and G sockets, so check your adapters before leaving home rather than discovering the issue beside the bed.