So at the end of July/Beginning of August 2015, we spent 10 days in the lovely Maltese Islands. I wanted to do a post about Malta so that people thinking of their next holidays might consider it. I can't recommend Malta enough for many reasons, which will follow in the blog post.
However, as I have already mentioned, the bus service in fantastic. There are buses every half hour/hour or so down the hill to the beach, and to various towns around the island, including the capital city, Valletta. We decided to purchase the "Tallinja Card", which is a prepaid oyster-like card that you can top up as and when. For €21, we had unlimited bus travel around Malta and it's archiplego. We had to pay the bus fare (€2 each) to get to Bugibba bus station in order to buy the cards, but I recommend making the trip, a) because of the saving on the buses, and b) because Bugibba is a lovely little town, but I will come to that later.
The sea is clear and clean and you can still touch the seabed by the time you reach the bouys sectioning the beach off from the marina. It's worth grabbing some snorkels around here as there's lots in the way of fish and crabs, especially round the rock pools!
As the heat was increasing, we spent about 2 hours by the beach and then headed to the bus stop to get back up the hill. Buses are fairly regular but make sure you lotion up and bring a hat as there's little shade around the bus stops and the midday heat can leave your blood boiling.
We hopped on the bus back up the hotel, stopping off at a little pastry shop on the street for some homemade pizza and doughtnuts for lunch, and headed to the rooftop pool in our hotel. Plenty of sunbeds available meaning no need for towel-reservations! You could order food from the bar to your sunbed or sit at the tables, overlooking the bay. We had a dip in the pool before heading for some shade to enjoy a chilled day after a busy couple of days.
Lunch consists of our favourite waffle place, where we have amazing milkshakes and chocolate covered waffles!
For dinner that evening, we took a bus into St. Julian's, which we found out was the 18-30s party hotspot (not exactly Ibiza, Ayia Napa or Malia, but still has a buzz!), and went for something a little more familiar to the palate... Hard Rock Cafe!
Thanks for reading, have a nice day!
L xx