Elysium, Paphos
Queen Verenikis Street, Paphos, Cyprus
Location
By the Tombs of the Kings
In Paphos, right beside the Tombs of the Kings, a third-century-BC UNESCO World Heritage site, around a ten-minute seafront walk to Paphos Harbour, on a small sandy cove, around twenty minutes from Paphos airport.
Transfer
A Paphos transfer
Around twenty minutes from Paphos airport, set beside the Tombs of the Kings a short seafront walk from the harbour.
Villas
Around 287 rooms & villas
Around 287 rooms, suites and villas in grand Byzantine-inspired palatial design — colonnades, mosaics, waterfalls and stone, in terracotta and ochre — amid landscaped gardens, with Royal Garden Villas around a lemon-tree village square in an adults-only section.
Best For
Who it suits
Families drawn by what is billed the most child-friendly hotel in Cyprus, with five pools, a waterslide and a kids' club, couples and weddings for the Byzantine chapel, amphitheatre and adults-only Royal section, and the culture crowd — by the Tombs of the Kings.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, with five restaurants from themed buffets to Italian Ristorante Bacco and pan-Asian O'Shin.
About the Resort
A grand Byzantine-palatial hotel by the Tombs of the Kings
Elysium is the grand Byzantine-palatial hotel by the Tombs of the Kings — a palace of colonnades, mosaics and waterfalls in Paphos, beside the third-century-BC rock-hewn UNESCO site, a ten-minute seafront walk from the harbour. Around 287 rooms, suites and villas run terracotta and ochre amid landscaped gardens, with Royal Garden Villas set around a lemon-tree village square in an adults-only section. It is billed the most child-friendly hotel in Cyprus, with five pools and a waterslide and a kids' club, while a Byzantine chapel and amphitheatre stage weddings and an adults-only sunken, colonnaded Royal Pool keeps a grown-up corner. Five restaurants run from themed buffets to the Italian Ristorante Bacco and the pan-Asian O'Shin, and the Opium Health Spa with ESPA rounds it out. The setting is steeped in antiquity: the Tombs of the Kings lie right at the gate, the UNESCO mosaics of the Paphos Archaeological Park and Paphos Castle are a seafront stroll, and Aphrodite's Rock and the Akamas are an easy drive along the coast toward the birthplace of Aphrodite. It is the Byzantine-palatial, family-and-weddings pick of Paphos — distinct from the remote-Akamas Anassa, the harbour-design Almyra and the Pissouri-Bay Columbia. Year-round, on Cyprus's mild coast.
Accommodation
Rooms, suites & villas
Around 287 rooms, suites and villas run terracotta and ochre through grand Byzantine-inspired palatial design — colonnades, mosaics, waterfalls and stone — amid landscaped gardens, with Royal Garden Villas set around a lemon-tree village square in an adults-only section. Grand and theatrical, the architecture turns a family beach hotel into something closer to a palace by the sea.
Entry
Deluxe Room
Sleeps two to three. A Byzantine-decor king with a balcony, over the sea or garden.
Byzantine decorMediterranean outlook
Family
Family Interconnecting Room
Sleeps four to five. Connecting rooms for families, over the gardens.
ConnectingGarden outlook
Signature
Royal Studio
Sleeps two. An adults-only king over the village square and Tombs of the Kings.
Adults-onlyTombs-of-the-Kings outlook
Pool
Royal Garden Villa
Sleeps two to four. An adults-only villa with a private plunge pool, over the square or Tombs.
Private plunge poolSquare outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Five restaurants run from the themed buffets and fine dining of the Epicurean Restaurant and Terrace to the Italian of Ristorante Bacco and the pan-Asian and Japanese O'Shin. It is generous, varied dining for a large palatial resort, with something for every age at every meal.
Signature
The Epicurean Restaurant & Terrace
The Epicurean Restaurant & Terrace, themed buffets and fine dining.
Italian
Ristorante Bacco
Ristorante Bacco, Italian dining.
Asian
O'Shin
O'Shin, pan-Asian and Japanese.
Wellbeing
The Opium Spa & pools
The Opium Health Spa brings ESPA treatments, an indoor heated pool, a jacuzzi and a sauna, set against five pools in all — a multi-level outdoor pool, a hydro-massage rotunda, a waterslide, two children's pools and an adults-only sunken colonnaded Royal Pool — and a small sandy cove. Wellness and play sit side by side, from the grown-up calm of the sunken, colonnaded Royal Pool to the multi-level pools and the waterslide for the children.
The Opium Spa
The Opium Spa, ESPA treatments.
Five pools
Five pools, with a waterslide.
The adults-only Royal Pool
The adults-only Royal Pool, sunken, colonnaded.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The architecture, the Tombs and the family offering define a stay — wander the Byzantine-palatial colonnades and mosaics, step out to the Tombs of the Kings at the gate, and let the children loose across five pools and a waterslide. A Byzantine chapel and amphitheatre stage weddings, the adults-only Royal Pool keeps a quiet corner, and the UNESCO mosaics of the Paphos Archaeological Park and Paphos Castle are a seafront stroll, with Aphrodite's Rock and the Akamas an easy drive along the coast.
Byzantine-palatial architecture
Byzantine-palatial architecture, colonnades and mosaics.
The Tombs of the Kings
The Tombs of the Kings, a UNESCO site at the door.
Five pools and a waterslide
Five pools and a waterslide, most child-friendly in Cyprus.
A chapel and amphitheatre
A chapel and amphitheatre, for weddings.
The adults-only Royal Pool
The adults-only Royal Pool, sunken, colonnaded.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Paphos
Around twenty minutes from Paphos airport.
On the coast
Paphos
In Paphos beside the Tombs of the Kings, a ten-minute seafront walk from the harbour.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Elysium, Paphos. 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.
Year-round
- Year-round, on Cyprus's mild coast.
Made for families
- Made for families, weddings and culture travellers.
Getting there
- Around twenty minutes from Paphos airport.
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