Hilton Nicosia, five stars in Egkomi

In a capital with little hotel choice, the Hilton Nicosia is one of the two big names. I cover its register entry, exactly where it stands and the kind of trip I’d pick it for. The capital’s other options are in Nicosia hotels.

Its entry on the list

The 2026 Nicosia list gives it five stars, 194 rooms and 388 beds at 1 Achaion Street, Egkomi, on the edge of central Nicosia. It carries an L, a firm licence and classification, which only ten of the island’s forty five-stars hold, as explained in luxury hotels in Cyprus. Oddly, the list gives the same street and number to Altius Boutique, a two-star. As operator, the list names not the chain but Louis Hotels Public Co Ltd, the same group behind the Polis 1907 house in Polis Chrysochous. Next to the capital’s other five-star, The Landmark, with 283 rooms, the Hilton is the smaller of the two.

Where it is

According to OpenStreetMap, the hotel stands a little over 3 km, as the crow flies, from Eleftheria Square, by the Venetian walls. That’s not a walk you’ll fancy every day in summer, so for the old town, Ledra Street and the museums I’d plan on a car, taxi or bus. The capital is about 40 km as the crow flies from Larnaca Airport.

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The distances, one by one

To get a feel for it, I measured in OpenStreetMap, as the crow flies, from the hotel to what nearly everyone wants to see in the capital. The Cyprus Museum in Nicosia is about 2.8 km away; the Leventis Museum in Nicosia, 3.2; Ledra Street, the Laiki Geitonia quarter and the Shacolas Tower observatory, around 3.3; and the Archbishop’s Palace, 3.8. On foot along the streets, every one of those walks is over three kilometres. Larnaca Airport is about 41 km away.

Two more official lists

Alongside the general register, the Deputy Ministry puts out themed lists. The Hilton Nicosia appears on the list of vegan-friendly accommodation, dated August 2024, which helps if you follow that diet. It doesn’t appear, however, on the 2026 list of pet-friendly hotels, so if you’re travelling with a dog you’ll need to look elsewhere, as I explain in travelling to Cyprus with a dog.

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What I can’t tell you

The chain’s website can’t be read automatically, so I’m not listing services, pools or restaurants I haven’t been able to check. What’s here comes from the official list and the map. Before booking, check its website for anything that matters to you, such as parking or the gym.

The trip I’d choose it for

For a business trip, or if you’re driving and want a firmly rated five-star, it fits well. If your plan is to explore the old town and walk across to north Nicosia, I’d stay closer to the walls, in one of the small central hotels. And compared with the capital’s other five-star, The Landmark Nicosia is bigger, with 568 beds, and sits on Makarios III Avenue. A short way from the centre is the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia, the island’s great archaeological museum.

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