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The magnificent development at the Aphrodite Hills Resort is capped by designer Cabell B. Robinson's outstanding championship golf club. A painstaking five-year development programme was necessary to realise Robinson's vision, but the consensus is that it is worth the wait.
Since being awarded PGA National status in early 2017, it was later named as the European Golf Resort of the Year 2018 and the Best Golf Resort in Europe by IAGTO. The course will also host new back-to-back tournaments in 2020 with some of the biggest names in golf due to take part in the Cyprus Open and Cyprus Showdown, each carrying a prize fund of €1million.
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Whether on a short or long-term basis, the professionally rented self-catered accommodation at Aphrodite Hills is a fantastic option, both for travellers who want 5* facilities with added privacy, and for larger groups and families.
There are luxury villas with 2 to 5 bedrooms, and spacious townhouses and apartments, all of which are complete with air-conditioning, fully-equipped kitchens, and the finest individual furnishings. Each of the resort villas has a private balcony or terrace and can be booked with either private pools or use of communal pools.
The added bonus added by the rentals at Aphrodite Hills is the outstanding value that it represents; villa holidays for larger sharing groups, 5* luxury surroundings can be yours for a terrific price.
The focal point of the resort is the Village Square; with bars and restaurants, it is the perfect meeting place, and also has an ATM, chapel, mini market, medical centre, gift shops and a car rentals office. The Golf Lounge is a stunning bar and restaurant, where golfers can get together to dissect the day's events.
The Clubhouse Restaurant serves a 5* menu, packed full of regional favourites and international classics. The Aphrodite Hills Kids club and baby crèche, playground and mini-golf will ensure that 6months to 12 year-olds will have a memorable and sociable holiday, with a great range of activities. In addition the resort offers a horse riding school, a tennis academy, nature walks and an exclusive beach club.
Guests staying in the residences are provided with a welcome food pack and basic kitchen cleaning amenities along with bathroom toiletries and pool/beach towels. A service reception desk is open 7 days a week and guests are also entitled to a discounts and offers on food and beverage from the village square nearby restaurants (excluding Costa Coffee and Haagen Dazs) as well as preferential rates at all resort facilities, including the Retreat Spa and fitness centre.
Spanning the contours of the landscape's two plateaus, Aphrodite Hills is carved through lakes, carob trees and delightful olive groves, all of which are part of its immediate position among the elite of European golf. Aphrodite Hills golf club, the PGA National hosted the prestigious PGA Europro Tour Championship in 2010 and will host back to back tournaments for the European Tour in 2020. However, it is essentially a resort course, and as such the variety of tees ensures that this course also remains playable for the average visitor.
The course spans the magnificent cliff-tops to the south of Paphos Cyprus and affords incredible views of the Mediterranean Sea. Robinson has also used this landscape to create a number of awe-inspiring holes; the most notable are the short 7th, at the foot of a gaping ravine, and the nerve-jangling island green at the long closing hole.
This superb golf course does justice to both the 5* quality and the natural beauty that are the trademarks of the resort, and should ensure a truly memorable golf holiday at Aphrodite Hills.
Aphrodite Hills boasts a top quality academy; sharpen your skills at the double-ended range, the dedicated short game zone, or the three-hole academy course. Be sure to check out Secret Valley when in Paphos too, another superb golf club.