Cyprus offers a wide variety of holiday accommodation ranging from modern, large and luxurious establishments to small and simple family-run operations. Holiday accommodation includes hotels, hotel apartments, tourist villages, tourist villas, camping sites, traditional houses, tourist apartments, furnished apartments, guesthouses and hotels without star. Accommodation in private houses is not available in Cyprus.

The modern tourist accommodation infrastructure in Cyprus is widely recognised as being one of the strengths of the Cyprus tourist product, mainly due to strict legislation governing the establishment and operation of hotels, which demands high standards in accommodation facilities. In spite of the above, the Strategic Plan aims at further raising the quality levels of tourist accommodation in Cyprus. To this end, the Plan calls for a very modest increase in the hotel bed supply by the year 2010, and stipulates that any new development is limited to the 3-5* hotel categories (especially boutique hotels), tourist villages, tourist villas and traditional houses. Moreover, special incentive schemes will be introduced, to encourage the owners of accommodation units in the lower categories to either upgrade them if possible, or withdraw them from the bed supply.

The rates charged by accommodation establishments are approved by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and most hotels offer special off-season discounts on the accommodation rates usually during the period from the 16 November to the 15 March, excluding the fortnight between 20 December and 6 January.

English is spoken in all hotels; French and German are also widely spoken. The Cyprus Hotel Guide, issued by the CTO, includes the hotels and tourist establishments officially registered and classified by the CTO in accordance with the provisions of the Hotels and Tourist Establishments Law and Regulations.

All the accommodation establishments are listed by town/area, type and class, and are in alphabetical order. Detailed information on terms of stay, rates, discounts and facilities offered by each hotel operation is included in the Guide, a copy of which can be obtained, free of charge, from any of the CTO Offices in Cyprus and abroad.