New Helvetia Historic Hotel

New Helvetia — уютный отель с очень «расслабленной» атмосферой горнолыжного домика на холмах чуть выше Платреса. Нам дали номер с прекрасным видом на 2-м этаже и 2 балконами, а персонал был предупредительным и услужливым по любым вопросам. Как учитель истории, я влюбился в прекрасный декор, большая часть которого из Австрии и датируется 1930-ми годами. Идеально для короткого перерыва в Платресе вдали от суеты и шума города!

Excellent location, perfect weekend escape. Lovely staff they accommodated all of our needs. Platres is a great village to explore with you friends. Pleanty hiking trail options and great Cypriot food.

16 years I live in Cyprus and here is a hotel I fell in love with at first sight : it captures the authenticity of this beautiful island, and it becomes quite rare. The place seems to stop the time and you feel like hanging around in this hotel. It's charming and comforting, and it really has a soul (if you look for brand new infrastructure, a pool and modern stuff, this place is not for you, just to be clear). The staff was helpful, discrete and reactive just like the manager of the hotel, Yiorgos, an energetic and friendly person who advices well on what to do round Platres (hikers, cyclists, wanderers, outdoors people: he is your person). The views are lovely (we were in room 35 with a view to the inner centre and main entrance of the hotel), as well as from the restaurant. The bedroom and bathroom were clean. Pictures from the website are honest, you won't have any bad surprises. From around midnight the place becomes silent, as the hotel is conveniently located just at the entrance of Pano Platres (upper Platres city), 2 minutes walk from the Caledonian falls trail (superb and feasible with kids, round 10-11 yo if willing to walk up this path, that is not steep but not flat either - count a good 45 minutes to 1 hour to get up there for sure, more if you take breaks). In order to access the main road of Platres (restaurants, Millomeris falls access (and lower/Kato Platres) the Milia bridge, count about 7-8 minutes by car and a good 35 minutes by foot (going down hill on the way, uphill back to the hotel). In our opinion as locals, the prices are more than reasonable for the quality of the stay. Loved the whole experience as a French who lived long here and grew really tired of the super modern bling bling bad taste resorts bursting out everywhere like ugly mushrooms.