Qawra Palace Hotel St. Paul's Bay

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Malta - Mediterranian Stronghold.

A travel blog entry by heatheravan

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... and find our prebooked accommodation at the Astra Hotel.

Our room is spartan but comfortable with single beds and close to the ocean and transport. We have enjoyed our sightseeing by tourist hop-on-hop-off bus and a boat harbour cruise. We walked around Valletta and stopped via the bus at some ancient temples and a gorgeous blue grotto. Mostly we have enjoyed the chance to wind down a little and catch up on some blog writing, planning and sleep.

Off now ...

Freeport

A travel blog entry by ricki958

... you’d expect in the Med. Back to the hotel to rest our feet (both suffering a little with our winter-softened soles!) then lunch across the road at an outdoor restaurant (cod for Mum, calamari for me) then another rest before a 20 minute sunbake on the beach. Dinner @ 7pm (lasagna for Mum, chicken schnitzel for me) – still daylight outside at 8pm! Short walk along the beach after tea. Bed @ ...

The Maltese experience

A travel blog entry by andrewjerome

... alone.

The day didn’t quite start as planned as the transfer didn’t arrive so after the hotel receptionist called again, it finally came. The weather today was really warm with a cooling breeze. The tour was one of those open-top buses with headphones giving commentary, which I only agreed to do after seeing it was a local company, not a foreign one. The tour included sights mainly around Valletta which suited me fine as the city is so beautiful. These ...

Cape Town and Kruger Park 2010

A travel blog entry by stevefell

... to Mark, Cape Town is for woofters and real men live in the Lowveld of Nelspruit or the Highveld of Pretoria. Well it just so happens that Nelspruit is about fifty kms from The Kruger and was on Peter’s list of our overnight destinations so I would get to see it first hand and be able to judge for myself.

Saturday morning dawned very cold but happily the snow had stopped falling and Mark dropped me at the National Express pick-up point in Milton ...

A Family Holiday in Malta

A travel blog entry by angelaincanada

... local "How do we get to Popeye Village" and they said "oh, it's just about a 15 minute walk that way". What they failed to mention was that it was all up-hill and down roads that didn't have foot-paths. About 45 minutes later and parched from the hot sun, dad and I arrived at Popeye Village. It was pretty interesting, although I had never seen the movie. Dad loved it and we took heaps of photos. We were sure to be there in time for the bus back down to the town.
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