Limassol; Wednesday, 24 January, 2024

The poor quality of the hotel room continued the following morning in the pretty lacklustre breakfast which I had included in the room rate – if it hadn’t been it wouldn’t have been worth paying for.

After checking out of the hotel much earlier than I’d originally intended on doing I caught the bus round to the airport so that I could sit in the comfort of the lounge, rather than the discomfort of the hotel room.

The journey through the airport was pretty smooth, though with the plane delayed on it’s inbound flight from Cairo it was obvious from pretty early on that we were going to be late leaving. In the end all the passengers were onboard only about 10 minutes behind schedule, but the luggage and freight was taking quite a bit longer and we were already 35 minutes late by the time we pushed back. Originally the BA app had been predicting being 30 minutes early into Larnaca because of tailwinds, the delays ensured that we were 5 minutes late by the time we reached the gate.

Larnaca Airport was a breeze to sail through – helped by the Cypriots allowing UK passport holders to use the EU eGates – and about 15 minutes after landing I was already at the baggage belt hauling my luggage off of it.

When I’d gone to book transfers a private taxi to my hotel was quoting at nearly €200, so I decided to opt for the slightly cheaper express shared shuttle service for €75 with the warning that it could make up to three stops before my hotel, and I may have to wait up to 45 minutes at the airport whilst all the guests made it through.

It turned out that nobody else had booked the shuttle as the moment I approached the shuttle desk they called me by my name and took me straight out to a waiting taxi-van which whisked me away in comfort to the hotel.

Checked in and my bags dumped in my room I headed down to the hotel restaurant for dinner, before heading back to my room for an early night and a hopefully better sleep.