Wow! What a wonderful hotel! Myself and my now husband were lucky enough to have both our holiday, wedding and honeymoon here, all rolled into one! We stayed here for 10 nights (we flew out on the Wednesday and our family joined us on the Saturday).
On arrival we were given a glass of bubbly, we then checked in and our luggage was kindly taken up to our room for us. When we arrived to our room we checked out the wonderful sea view (it really is worth upgrading to this as it's lovely to sit out on the balcony!)Our room was fantastic, clean and really spacious! Also in our room was a bottle of bubbly, fresh fruit and flowers- as we were getting married the next week. The next day we met up with our wedding coordinator for TUI which was Sue - she was fantastic and worked so well with the wedding team at Louis Imperial - Matheos, Emil and Gabriel. (I just want to also mention the lovely Ligia , who always stopped to chat to us and helped us so much in the beginning with the wedding documents!) We sorted out all the other extras that we wanted for our wedding and this was all taken care of. The following day we were at the town hall sorting through all the paperwork and the transport to and from was arranged for us, this was with Jack and Sons - very professional and friendly. Once this was all sorted, we had the weekend to welcome our family into resort and relax before the big day on the Tuesday. In these few days we enjoyed the hotel very much, the food was amazing - something for everyone and we did have a few fussy eaters in our party of 12! Nevertheless, they always found something to eat and we certainly were never hungry! The facilities were excellent - even for March! The only thing that wasn't open was the Fortana Bar for pool bites during the day- this being in March and out of season, completely understandable- though we ate so much during mealtimes we probably wouldn't of used it anyway! That being said, the restaurant was open after lunch for Louis bites - e.g: burgers, nuggets, etc! The indoor pool was lovely and although an adult pool during the summer months, it was lovely they open it to children in the winter months - our 2 year old niece was very happy!! The sauna, steam room and jacuzzis were all a hit with our party and all were very well maintained! We had a few walks out into Paphos as the hotel is in such a great location!
Onto our wedding day- I had the lovely Julie doing my hair on the day, she is just incredible and so friendly! I was a nervous wreck on the day and she really helped calm my nerves!! My makeup was also done at the hotel and it was wonderful- 5 other ladies in my party including bridesmaids and mothers had their makeup done and it was lovely to get all glam! Back up in the room, Sue our TUI rep came up and told us what would happen and when I needed to be ready for- she helped with the prep and putting on the dress- I can't stress enough how amazing she was! We made our way down and my father walked down with us- he was as nervous as me!!! We walked past the adult pool (to applause and lots of well wishers looking on)... down to the private gazebo area- our music started and my bridesmaids walked down the aisle then followed by me and my father. The day was absolutely beautiful and I cannot thank all the staff at Louis Imperial enough- they made our dreams come true! We now have these beautiful photos to look back on and the setting is incredible (big shout out to our wonderful photographer, Tomas, who Tui arranged for us- he was amazing)! We chose to have our evening meal/reception outside of the hotel and we went to a lovely restaurant - Poppadums - Sue arranged this for us and it was lovely, the food was amazing and staff again, so friendly! We were even given a complimentary glass of champagne (myself and husband) to toast our wedding!
If you are thinking about getting married abroad but just aren't sure, I would urge you to go for it and get married at Louis Imperial! It was wonderful, the staff couldn't do enough for us, just a perfect day! Thank you Louis Imperial for everything - we loved every second and we will be back to celebrate our 1 year anniversary- we can't wait to see you all!
