The Minthis resort near Paphos, Cyprus, goes winter forest for Christmas, with Christmas Eve dinner at €100

From 4 December 2026 to 5 January 2027, Minthis Resort, near Paphos in Cyprus, is staging “Step Into the Winter Forest”, a festive programme conceived as a winter forest. On the bill: the tree lighting on 6 December, a Christmas Eve dinner at €100 per adult, two New Year’s Eve dinners at €180 and festive spa treatments from €50 to 230.

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1. On 6 December, the tree lights up the square
2. Wreaths, yoga and an icy dip until 5 January
3. A €100 Christmas Eve dinner at the Clubhouse
4. New Year’s Eve: two dinners at €180
5. Four festive treatments, from €50 to 230
6. Christmas or New Year: a two-night minimum
7. A golf course around a 12th-century monastery

On 6 December, the tree lights up the square

The “Step Into the Winter Forest” programme promises lanterns, candles and the scent of pine around the tree on the Plateia, the resort’s square. On Sunday 6 December, from 4pm to 6pm, the lighting brings together music, mulled wine, children’s workshops and a visit from Father Christmas.

The same day sees the arrival of the “Giving Tree”: guests leave a wrapped present beneath it, which a charity will pass on to children.

Wreaths, yoga and an icy dip until 5 January

From 4 December to 5 January, the calendar offers something for every age: children’s workshops, Christmas wreath-making, tours of the organic kitchen garden, afternoon tea at the Clubhouse, hiking, a golf tournament on the TrackMan simulator, yoga and tastings at the Bottles wine cellar. On 26 December, the bravest take an icy dip, the “Polar Bear Plunge”.

A €100 Christmas Eve dinner at the Clubhouse

On 24 December, the Clubhouse, which serves Cypriot and Mediterranean cuisine, offers a four-course festive menu with live music and entertainment for children: €100 per adult, €25 for ages 4 to 12, free for under-4s. The same evening, Amaracus, whose cooking draws on the estate’s kitchen garden, orchards and vines, serves an à la carte dinner from 6pm to 11pm.

On 25 December, everything is à la carte, with no published prices: lunch at the Clubhouse with live music, dinners at Amaracus and the Clubhouse, and an evening at Bar-M with a DJ and fire pits.

New Year’s Eve: two dinners at €180

On 31 December, two restaurants, one price. The Clubhouse lays on a festive buffet with live music, children’s entertainment and the cutting of the vasilopita, the New Year cake with a coin hidden inside: whoever finds it receives a gift. Allow €180 per adult, €70 for ages 4 to 12, free for under-4s. At Amaracus, an eight-course tasting menu costs €180 per person. The night continues at Bar-M from 10pm to 2am, and 1 January begins with brunch at the Clubhouse.

Four festive treatments, from €50 to 230

Minthis Spa has created four seasonal treatments: the geranium “Aroma Festive Journey” (90 minutes, €230), the “Scent of the Season” candle massage (60 minutes, €140), the “Essence of Christmas”, a back massage and organic facial (60 minutes, €180), and “Season the Shine”, a hair treatment and blow-dry (€50).

The spa has a heated 25 m indoor pool facing the Troodos range, the mountains at the heart of the island, as well as a sauna, a hammam and a salt room. It is open daily from 7am to 8pm, to guests aged 16 and over.

Christmas or New Year: a two-night minimum

Two packages let you stay on site: Christmas from 23 to 26 December and New Year from 30 December to 2 January, with a two-night minimum. Both include prosecco on arrival and in the suite, plus 10% off spa treatments; the Christmas package also includes dinner at the Clubhouse on the 24th. Prices are not published. The resort offers suites, villas and residences, the villas with private pools.

A golf course around a 12th-century monastery

The estate covers five million square metres of protected landscape on a hillside in Tsada, around the 12th-century Stavros tis Minthis monastery. It is being developed by the Cypriot property group Pafilia, founded by Elias Eliades, and its golf course runs close to the monastery.

Elsewhere on the island, read about the transformation of Olympic Lagoon Resort Paphos. For more 2026 festive season ideas, see Christmas at Anantara hotels in Europe and the Christmas and New Year’s Eve dinners at Four Seasons Resort Megève.