Almyra

Almyra is the contemporary face of the Thanos family's Cyprus portfolio—Anassa's urbane younger sibling, set in eight acres of seafront gardens in Paphos with the medieval harbour castle a ten-minute promenade walk away. Rebuilt in clean white modernist lines around lawns, pools and old olive trees, it brought design-hotel thinking to the island's family-resort coast, and two decades on the formula still feels fresh.

The signature Kyma Suites put terraces—some with daybeds and open-air showers—on the roofline facing the sea, and their adults-leaning calm balances the resort's other identity as one of the Mediterranean's best-organised family hotels: crèche and kids' clubs by age, family rooms in their own wing, and children's suppers that liberate parents for dinner à deux.

Dining moves from poolside Mediterranean to Asian-accented tables under the pergolas, while the Almyraspa adds an adults-only infinity pool and thalassotherapy-influenced treatments. The seafront promenade leads to the harbour, the UNESCO mosaics of Nea Paphos and the castle; the Akamas wilderness is under an hour. For families who want design and couples who want ease—often the same booking—Almyra remains the island's cleverest balance.