Anassa
Neo Chorio, Polis, Cyprus
Location
On the Akamas coast
On a secluded twenty-acre hillside on the remote northwest Akamas coast near Polis Chrysochous, at the edge of the Akamas National Park over Chrysochou Bay near the Baths of Aphrodite and the Blue Lagoon, around fifty minutes from Paphos airport.
Transfer
A Paphos transfer
Around fifty minutes from Paphos airport, set on a secluded hillside on the remote northwest Akamas coast near Polis.
Villas
Around 165 rooms & villas
Around 165 rooms, suites and villas, including four Private Residences, built as a traditional Cypriot village of low-rise buildings around a square with a Byzantine chapel, in coastal-elegant interiors with gardens cascading to the beach; suites and residences add private pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Families and couples alike — family-friendly luxury beside genuine romance — along with the wellness crowd drawn by the Thalassa Spa, the Akamas nature explorer and weddings and honeymoons, on the wild northwest coast.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, with farm-fresh, sea-view dining, a lounge bar and sunset terrace and a poolside bar by the sea.
About the Resort
A Thanos-flagship Cypriot-village resort on the Akamas coast
Anassa is the Thanos-flagship Cypriot-village resort on the Akamas coast — the family-owned group's grand flagship and a Leading Hotel of the World, on a secluded hillside on the remote northwest coast at the edge of the wild Akamas National Park. Around 165 rooms, suites and villas, including four Private Residences, are built as a traditional Cypriot village of low-rise buildings around a square with a Byzantine chapel, gardens cascading to a secluded golden beach and suites and residences adding private pools. Its award-winning Thalassa Spa is a Roman-bathhouse concept with eighteen treatment rooms and an extensive thalassotherapy programme drawing water from the bay, the dining is farm-fresh and sea-view, and sailing cruises reach the Blue Lagoon and the Baths of Aphrodite along the coast. The setting is as wild as Cyprus gets: the resort sits over Chrysochou Bay near Polis Chrysochous and the Baths of Aphrodite, with the trails, gorges and turtle beaches of the Akamas Peninsula on the doorstep and the harbour village of Latchi and the diving and swimming of the Blue Lagoon close. It is the grand, remote-Akamas village resort — distinct from the harbour-set, design-led Almyra and the all-suite Columbia in Pissouri Bay. A long season on Cyprus's mild coast.
Accommodation
Rooms, suites & villas
Around 165 rooms, suites and villas, including four Private Residences, are built as a traditional Cypriot village of low-rise buildings around a square with a Byzantine chapel, in coastal-elegant interiors, with gardens cascading to a secluded golden beach and private pools on the suites and residences. It feels like a village more than a hotel, grown into the hillside above Chrysochou Bay, the whitewashed buildings and the square giving the resort the feel of a genuine Cypriot settlement.
Entry
Garden Studio Suite
Sleeps two. A king over the garden or sea.
GardenGarden outlook
Signature
Junior Suite Sea View
Sleeps two to three. A king with sea views and a terrace, over Chrysochou Bay.
Sea viewsChrysochou Bay outlook
Pool
Suite with Private Pool
Sleeps two to three. A king with a private pool, over the sea.
Private poolSea outlook
Villa
Private Residence
Sleeps four to six. A multi-room residence with a private pool, over the sea.
Private poolSea outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
The table is farm-fresh and sea-view, the sea-view restaurants leaning on local, seasonal produce, joined by a lounge bar and sunset terrace and a poolside bar by the sea. It is relaxed, ingredient-led Cypriot dining with the wild Akamas coast as the backdrop, much of the produce drawn from local farms and the surrounding hills.
Signature
The sea-view restaurants
The sea-view restaurants, farm-fresh, local and seasonal.
Lounge
The lounge bar
The lounge bar, and sunset terrace.
Pool
The poolside bar
The poolside bar, by the sea.
Wellbeing
The Thalassa Spa & pools
The award-winning Thalassa Spa is a Roman-bathhouse concept with eighteen treatment rooms and an extensive thalassotherapy programme drawing spa water from the bay, joined by indoor and outdoor pools and a secluded golden beach for watersports and cruises to the Blue Lagoon. It is one of the great spas of the eastern Mediterranean, the heart of a wellness-led stay on the Akamas, treatments drawing on sea water and Mediterranean botanicals.
An 18-room Thalassa Spa
An eighteen-room Thalassa Spa, Roman-bathhouse.
A secluded golden beach
A secluded golden beach, watersports and cruises.
The Blue Lagoon
The Blue Lagoon, sailing cruises.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The spa, the village and the Akamas define a stay — lose a day in the eighteen-room Thalassa Spa, wander the Cypriot village and its Byzantine chapel, and sail to the Blue Lagoon and the Baths of Aphrodite. The trails, gorges and turtle beaches of the Akamas National Park and the harbour village of Latchi and the turtle beaches at Lara are all close, with sunset sailing along the wild coast a fixture of a stay.
The Thalassa Spa
The Thalassa Spa, eighteen treatment rooms.
A Cypriot village
A Cypriot village, with a Byzantine chapel.
The Akamas & Blue Lagoon
The Akamas and Blue Lagoon, sailing cruises.
Farm-fresh dining
Farm-fresh dining, sea-view.
The Baths of Aphrodite
The Baths of Aphrodite, nearby.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Paphos
Around fifty minutes from Paphos airport.
On the coast
Polis
On a secluded hillside on the remote northwest Akamas coast, over Chrysochou Bay.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Anassa. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half board.
Long season
- A long season, on the mild Akamas coast.
Made for families
- Made for families and couples.
Getting there
- Around fifty minutes from Paphos airport.
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