Five-star Paphos, Poseidonos Avenue, Paphos
Annabelle
Gardens of palms around a lagoon pool, a grotto bar and a waterfall, five minutes on foot from Paphos harbour, with a spa and an indoor pool on the roof.
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- MICHELIN
- In the guide's hotel selection
- Rooms
- 244, including 51 suites
- Opened
- 1985, renovated in 2018
- From the airport
- About 20 minutes from PFO
The hotel
A Famagusta hotelier starts again.
Alecos Michaelides ran hotels in Famagusta until 1974, when the town was lost in the Turkish invasion. He moved west to Paphos, opened the Paphos Beach Hotel, now Almyra, and then bought the land next door. The main building of Annabelle opened in 1985, with George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy and former Speaker of the House of Commons, at the ceremony.
The second wing and the grotto followed in 1987, and the waterfall in 1989. After a renovation of ten million euros the hotel reopened in 2018 with a new top floor: the Ouranos lounge, a spa, a gym and an indoor pool facing the sea, along with duplex suites. Three outdoor pools now run through the gardens, among them a lagoon pool and a semi-Olympic one. The family's group, Thanos Hotels, still runs it.
- The grotto A swim-up bar in the grotto, by the lagoon pool. Two more outdoor pools sit in the gardens.
- Ouranos The rooftop lounge, with cocktails and sharing plates over the sea, next to the spa and the indoor pool.
- Byz Bar An adults-only bar that stays lively late into the night.
Rooms & suites
Sea views, duplexes and plunge pools.
Of the 244 rooms, 51 are suites. Some have a terrace with a whirlpool or a plunge pool of their own.
- Top floor Panorama Sea View and Panorama Duplex Rooms and duplexes on the highest floor, looking over the sea.
- Garden level Studio Suite with Plunge Pool A studio suite with a small pool of its own.
- Suites Karyatis Sea View Suite A suite facing the Mediterranean.
Dining
Four restaurants, four bars.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel. Asteras opens on some summer nights. Shown for information.
- Amorosa Fine dining The most formal of the restaurants
- Mediterraneo Italian One of the four restaurants
- Asteras Dinner by candlelight On certain summer nights
- Fontana Buffets Breakfast and buffet dinners
- Ouranos Lounge Bar Cocktails and sharing plates On the roof
Good to know
Before you go.
- Check-out By noon. Sources disagree on the check-in time, so we confirm it with the booking.
- Children All ages welcome. The kids' clubs are at Almyra, the sister hotel next door.
- Pets Pets under 10 kg in some room types, for a fee.
Getting there
Flying to Paphos.
Paphos International, used by scheduled airlines and private jets, is about twenty minutes away by car. Larnaca is about two hours by road.
- Tel Aviv 50 min
- Athens 1 h 25
- Dubai 3 h 30
- Geneva 3 h 40
- London 4 h 35
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Does Annabelle have a MICHELIN Key?
- No. Annabelle is in the MICHELIN Guide's selection, but no hotel in the Paphos district holds a Key in 2026.
- How far is Annabelle from Paphos harbour?
- About five minutes on foot along the seafront.
- Can we bring a dog to Annabelle?
- Small pets under 10 kg are accepted in some room types, for a fee.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Paphos?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Paphos, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Paphos
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Anassa White villas built like a Byzantine village above the bay, with 166 rooms, suites and residences and a Roman-style thalassotherapy spa.
- Almyra A contemporary seafront hotel of 187 rooms, some fifteen minutes on foot from the harbour quarter.
- Amavi, MadeForTwo Hotels A seafront hotel made for couples, a stroll from the old harbour.
- Elysium Two hundred and eighty-seven rooms, suites and villas on a sandy cove beside the Tombs of the Kings.
- Constantinou Bros Asimina Suites Hotel An adults-only, suites-only hotel with its own jetty, some suites with private pools.
- Ivi Mare, Designed for Adults by Louis Hotels An adults-only hotel of 148 rooms on the seafront at Geroskipou, east of Kato Paphos.
Staying at Annabelle?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Paphos, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.