We stayed at the Manolya for 2 weeks in the Spring, nice temperature and not too crowded. Had a great time. Made to feel very welcome - We thought it represented great value for money. Staff were helpful and the service brilliant, nothing was too much trouble. Our room had great sea views, and first-rate facilities, satellite TV, fridge etc. The Hotel is well situated to explore the many local attractions and Kyrenia is not far away. The hotel is clean and serves good food. There is a fantastic swimming pool over looking the sea, you can swim in the sea from the hotel and there is a small sandy beach right there. Certainly if we want to go to Cyprus again (we don't often go to the same place twice, otherwise you never see the world before its too late !) we will definitely use the Manolya again.

I stayed at the Manolya Hotel for the second time and found it excellent. In the Northern Cyprus guidebook available at the airport in TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) this place is rated as 3-star. Mehmet is wonderful and his staff, who are very young, are friendly and very eager to please the guests. The foyer of the hotel is beautiful. My husband and I found the rooms to be of good quality. The bed linen was changed daily, and towels the same. We had a full size fridge, a settee, a TV, air-conditioning, and a mini-bar. The beds were twin but could be pushed together to make a double if required. We had a double wardrobe with shelving above and space underneath and also another double pine wardrobe along with a dressing table and stool. Our room had a balcony with both sea and mountain views, which of course could not be sustained for all rooms. The breakfast was substantial: eggs, salami, fruit, olives, cereal, yoghurt, etc. and omelettes on demand. Tea, coffee, lemon tea were freely available. Invariably on returning to our room during the hot time of day around noon and afterwards I always met the cleaning ladies doing our room. And I have to say our room was always spotless. We had a wonderful Turkish night in the hotel, and there were plenty of tours advertised along with fishing, boat trips, snorkelling, etc. As anyone who has visited TRNC knows, along certain parts of the Mediterranean there are only stony beaches. To get the best beach you need to go past Kyrenia and to Famagusta and the Panhandle where the finest beaches in the Med are to be found. The swimming pool at the hotel is lovely, and I found that especially after my knee surgery it was an ideal place to relax. We had problems with the water on the first day of our arrival and we did have a power outage but this again is par for the course for Cyprus. On speaking to other residents during my two-week stay, I discovered that some people had been back for the third and fourth year and had already booked for next year. So have I. I also have recommended this hotel to my friends, as I find that for people of my age, 55-60 plus, it is an ideal place to relax. We had no noise whatsoever to disturb us. We did hire a car from Mehmet at reasonable rates but some nights we walked to different restaurants which are plentiful around Lapta. I certainly would recommend this hotel and Lapta in particular to anyone of middle age and upwards.