Family Holidays and Reunions for large groups in Cyprus

Cyprus is a great place to come to if there is a large crowd and especially with kids. We had a crowd come over for a reunion and used www.illiadasvillas.com The villas are all based on a private road with about 9 (3 bed) villas on it, giving you a bit of privacy at the end of the day, but still all close enough together to have a great time with family and friends. There is also a restaurant on site as well which was really handy!

We used this as a base and met up with everyone, ventured to Costas Taverna for the usual Meze, had an evening in the Stone House Inn (the restaurant on site) there was also some live music on as well, which the mums and dads loved. We took everyone down to Coral Bay for an evening with dinner at the Coral King restaurant and then onto the Coral Sunset bar for some drinks and watched a bit of cricket!

Lunches were usually Sense Cafe at the foot of the Pegia/Coral Bay Hill or at Andria's on the Coral Bay strip.

It's a great place for the kids as well, there is a Paintball and Skate park in Yeroskipou, a Waterpark for the kids (& big kids), Go Karting, Mini golf in Coral Bay, there is a new driving green for all ages really, water sports, horse riding, ten pin bowling, pool, give them a football, let them loose on the beach! They'll have a great time!

The weather, especially June through to end of September is hot as you can see http://www.myworldwebcams.com/cyprus/paphos_cyprus_webcam.html July and August is crazy hot - but if the kids are in the sea and pool all day, running up your ice cream bill, they'll love it!

Easter time is still lovely weather - it's not busy (I'm talking about Paphos) but there are still things to do. (You might get some rain, not uncommon for April time).

Flights are always a bit more expensive at School holiday time, I know many properties will be a lot cheaper in April. But I think if you look to book early, you might still benefit from special offers people have had on for the recession these last couple of years. I know quite a few places that have slashed their prices by about 35% to make it easier for people to come across. Can't see that kind of discount continuing forever, so get in quick.

Personally - I'd say that May/June time is a perfect time to come to Cyprus for a family holiday, not too hot if you want to make the most of the island.