The Best Breakfast in Cyprus

The Amphora Hotel has received a well-deserved award for its breakfasts – the buffet is sumptuous and it caters for all tastes and ages. You are greeted by the courteous and efficient waiters, seated at a suitable table (there are some small tables on the balcony looking out to sea but inside is air conditioned!) and offered a choice of tea, coffee, hot chocolate. Then you can help yourself to whatever is on offer. There are fruit juices (orange or grapefruit) to refresh the palate before you select. At the far end are large ceramic bowls full of cereal, fruit, dried fruit, yoghurt, and serving pots of jams and honey. There is usually a slight variation of fruits to choose from – pineapple rings, grapefruit, peaches, fruit salad – a plain Greek yoghurt (yummy) and strawberry yoghurt, dried raisins and cranberries, figs and prunes, and a bowl of almonds too. Next to this is a wonderful cold buffet of sliced ham, cheeses, olives and tomatoes. The cheeses are local ones (halloumi, and one carob flavoured cheese almost like a solid ricotta was on offer) as were the absolutely gorgeous green and black olives, so well-seasoned. The tomatoes were delicious too. On the other side of the room was the hot buffet – all you would expect from a traditional English breakfast; bacon, sausage, scrambled egg, beans, mushrooms, grilled tomato, ‘grits’ – and there was a chef making fresh pancakes who could also cook fresh omelettes on request (ham and cheese and totally delicious). There were also a variety of breads available to toast for yourself in the conveyer belt toaster (apparently so easy to use no one ever burnt the toast)! There were sometimes croissants and Danish pastries available too. We usually started with an omelette and finished with yoghurt and fruit and this set us up royally for the day. Well done Amphora for your high standards – it is easy why even Cypriots from Nicosia choose to stay for a great family holiday by the sea, as well as us tourists!