City Royal Hotel and Casino is among the tallest buildings in the heart of Northern Cyprus's capital hence making it more conspicuous. The hotel is a typical city hotel that has over time shifted its focus to casino operations with businessmen, casino tourists from Turkey, and travelers who want a centrally located place within the walled city as its main target markets. It gives an old-school luxurious ambiance-by heavy velvet curtains, chandeliers, and marble floors slightly outdated relative to present boutique standards yet still magnificent. This is not some holiday resort with large gardens; it’s rather compact high-rise urban accommodation intended for functionality through gaming besides providing easy access to what forms the administrative cum commercial hub of TRNC.

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Key Takeaways - City Royal Hotel and Casino

  • ✓ The hotel is excellently located for a pleasant long walk through the city’s old streets. Just outside Kyrenia Gate, inside the walled city, lies a network of narrow roads and ancient buildings both intriguing and picturesque.
  • ✓ From its upper floors (ask for a room as high up as possible), this building offers one of very few available panoramic views across Nicosia- into both North and South sections over the divided capital.
  • ✓ A large, professionally run casino operates on what seems to be most guests’ preferred entertainment option premises within it.
  • ✓ An indoor swimming pool and spa area, a rather rare amenity within the city center, is open here more as a logical provision for use during scorching summer months but available throughout all seasons.
  • ✓ Mostly in Turkish and English, the staff are used to international guests. Their service is professional and polite.
  • × The place looks like it has been there since the 90s or early 2000s. The furniture, carpets, and color schemes are simply old-attractive-trying so hard to be charming but failing miserably! They could do with an uplift.
  • × Wi-Fi is, at times, slow in the rooms. Most guests have commented on having to frequently reconnect or that it was simply slow during the peak evening hours.
  • × Breakfast is practical but again and again while it contains the essentials within a Turkish buffet there is neither variety nor quality more than newer 5-star properties.
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Full Review - City Royal Hotel and Casino

  • Worth the Cost Solid city option, serves its purpose well as a central base with good amenities.
  • Staff & Service Professional, front desk and bellboys are helpful though restaurant service can be slow.
  • Location Convenience Urban central, you are right on the edge of old town-perfect for walking tours.
  • Area & Access Focused on casinos. The general feeling is set by the gaming floor which remains busy and smoky.
  • Clean & Tidy Manageable. Housekeeping is carried out daily but the carpet, being old, hardly ever appears truly clean.
  • Breakfast Turkish standard. Good meze and kebabs but not really a culinary destination.
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