I paid to go on some excursions, and felt that when I took the bus it was a lot better and saw more. So take the bus to Mosta, Mdina and Valetta with the market on Sunday rather than the coach tour.

Malta was nice,Qawar was a fairly clean resort with entertainment in most bars/resturants. The beaches were rocky but lovely and spent a few days there.Would probably visit malta again but not in the very near future.

Qawra was a great resort for all ages.

It is clean and pleasant and a good starting point for visiting the rest of the island.

There is plenty of entertainment for everyone whatever your tastes. Trips can be booked or you can travel by local buses or taxis.

The Water Park is only 20 mins by bus away and is a must for everyone. Plenty of sunbeds all under parasols, but it is a salt water park, not that it bothered us!

There isn't a beach as such, but where is there one in Malta?

Great Resort and Fantastic locals who cant help you enough.

We will be going back to see more of Malta, we couldn't do it all in a week!

the resort is great for resturants and bars and the people are great. jump on a bus to anywhere for buttons although we hired a car.a visit to elvis revue bar on tourist st is very good and will keep you a table until 9pm good shows and hosts simon and josie are very freindly.crazy daisys round corner from hotel is a no go as the price depends on what the barman thinks he can get goes up as night goes on.cigs 15lire 200 vodka 7lire a bottle same price at airport on way home.meals depend anything from 60cents 5star pizziera round corner to 5lire for a good steak at a nice resturant.average 2.50for meal.pints are only about 70 cents in most bars vodka,gin and bacardi about same so not too costly.will go back to malta again

oqwra is a good base to explore malta plam court is a 10 min walk from bus terminus.shops bars beaches restaurants and many other forms of entertainment.allbeaches in area arerockey with steps to get in and out ask local advice as jelly fish are prevelent on some winds.we as a family will most certainly be back in malta in the very near future

beach standard???? its malta, its a rock! the beaches in malta are few and far between, those that are can get crowded (mind you not like spain). golden bay is the best on the island about 20 mins by bus

The Sanatna is around 5 to 10 mins walk down to Bubbiba which has plenty of shop and bars really good atmosphere around the square, around the hotel are plenty of bars & restaurants.

The Red Lion is where we went most evenings just to see Manuel 1 of the barman ( he`s a character ), a new man-made beach has been done near the Dolman, but we either caught the bus to Mellieha, Golden bay or went down to the rocks near the Qawra Palace.

There were plenty of bars and restaurants charging about the same price or slightly cheaper for food and drink than the UK. The food was good.

If you buy fruit from one of the many of the mobile fruit stands, ask how much first. We paid 2 lm 85 cents for a bunch of grapes which is nearly five pounds and it wasn't a massive bunch!

The buses were very cheap but hot and crowded. You pay between 23 - 50 cents to go anywhere on the island. If you decide to go by taxi, ask first. They are very expensive. if you can bear it, go by bus.

Beware of the timeshare touts, they give you tickets, you win an holiday and then you spend nearly half a day of your holiday being wasted. There are strings attached to the free holiday. They also try to bribe you with wine and fags.

the resort is very good offering excellent transort links into the neighbouring and far our villages and towns . there are masses of bars and restaurants , so u will have to takr your pic and have a nice time , there are plenty of newsagents and local shopps selling cold drinks and foods , very good

When I visited Qawra over 10 years ago I found it to be a very enjoyable place to visit but things have changed dramatically. The resort of Qawra is in decline. Many of the locals are intent on taking as much money as they can from the gullible tourist. We were warned by fellow holidaymakers to check our change when shopping and especially when travelling by bus. We felt as though we had to be constantly on our guard. A resident of Qawra told us that local rumour is major hotels are to be bulldozed and skyscrapers will take their place. Unbelievably, he also said the resort will be closing for 4 years whilst regeneration takes place. He purchased property there 8 years ago when it was a good investment but now he is finding it very difficult to sell as the area has deteriorated so much.

We met up a few times with guests from the Palm Court Hotel, Qawra. They told us several rooms had been burgled at this hotel during the week and this had been going on for many weeks. One guest on arrival put his luggage in his room went to the reception for a safety deposit box key and on returning to his room found it had been ransacked. What a start to your holiday!

The Santana Hotel literature contained an advertisement for a local store named Craft Point, opposite the hotel. The advert offered, ‘15% discount on all gifts and souvenirs purchased’. We visited this store wishing to buy several gifts which we took to the cashier who told us we would be offered only 5% discount. My wife queried this and said the hotel advert was offering 15% discount. The cashier said we could have 15% discount but only on certain items, he also said discount was only available after spending a certain amount of money. Upon returning to our hotel we checked the advert only to discover the cashier had lied and was attempting to deceive us. We left the store without purchasing these items.

We booked a trip costing Lm31.00 (£48.19) with Captain Morgan Tours (this company seem to have conquered the tour market on Malta) which involved us being picked up at our hotel, a morning boat trip to the Grand Harbour, lunch at an hotel, an afternoon boat trip (Above & Below) and return travel to our hotel. We did everything except the last boat trip as this was cancelled by the company. We were told we could make this last trip at our own convenience. We visited the tour operators office to arrange the last leg of our trip and were told we would have to make our own way back to the hotel. My wife disputed this as we had paid for this service. We were then told if we did not want to do this we would be offered a refund of only Lm6.50 (£10.10). Fortunately for us we still had time to make the trip but people who didn’t would have been offered only a partial refund for something beyond their control. We spoke to a couple from Cardiff who had booked a trip with the same company and paid Lm60.00 (£93.27) only to have the trip cancelled by the company and be offered a refund of only Lm40.00 (£62.17). What a scam!

I bought 2 bottles of water from a shop fridge. The cost of the water was advertised on the fridge as 20c. I waited for change from 50c and was told there is no change as there was an extra charge of 5c for ‘cold’ water. We would have paid 25c for the water without question as we had been charged between 12c-50c for the same size bottle in various locations (incidentally our hotel charged 50c). Little things like this underhand way transactions are made do not endear you to the local way of life.

Touts who pester people on a daily basis constantly swarm the area around the bus terminus at Qawra. They offer ‘Free’ this and that, again we were informed by a local resident that these touts were giving nothing away as what they were offering was free anyway. I mentioned this to one of the touts who shouted loudly after me “we’ve got a clever one here!”

Tourist Street, a main street leading to the bus station was deserted come midnight and during the evening many bars were empty or had 1 or 2 couples sitting outside. Our room at the Santana was a corner one with 2 bars opposite, we were pleased to see some life in the area, all music ceased come midnight and the bars closed. There was a bar, Hannibals, which seemed quite lively across from out hotel. We could hear the DJ doing his best to entertain the small number of visitors in the bar. We wondered why there were never many people present, as he seemed to be working hard to attract custom. We decided to go one evening and discovered they only served warm bottled beer. No wonder it hardly ever had any patrons!

We felt confined to the resort as buses ceased to run at about 6pm. We made a day trip by bus to Gozo. On our return a couple alighted the bus at Mellieha bus terminus and got off at Qawra – a journey of about 45 minutes. They asked the time of the last bus back to Mellieha and were told it would be at 6pm. It was then 5.45pm so they crossed the road and waited for another bus to take them back to Mellieha – so much for touring the island and seeing something different! Their only other option was to take a taxi. We had been warned about the local taxi drivers. Either they do not have meters or if they do have meters they don’t use them. Personally we never took a taxi anywhere despite being besieged by taxi drivers whilst waiting at bus stops. One taxi driver returned to pester us several times in the hope of a fare. A holiday maker told us of how she was harassed by a taxi driver who initially offered to take her the distance of a 50c (78p) bus ride for Lm6.00 (£9.33) eventually dropping his price to Lm3.00 (£4.66) before driving off passengerless. During the day buses are frequent and at most cost 50c but passengers take their life in their hands. We heard from one couple who found the experience so frightening they got off a bus mid journey. Passengers were often heard gasping loudly in disbelief at the erratic driving technique of the bus drivers and other motorists. We usually hire a vehicle when on holiday, I am an experienced driver (it is a major part of my job) but I did not want to take the risk of driving amongst very unpredictable Maltese road users. We were told there was sometimes a late night bus but unreliable and you were lucky to get on it when it did turn up. Another taxi, maybe!

All in all this was a holiday experience never to be repeated and we will certainly not be returning to Malta. We feel compelled to make other tourists aware of our experience and it is our intention to publish the details of this holiday on the Internet along with many photographs of the hotel and the surrounding area. They certainly differ from those in the holiday brochure.

Please do not feel we only complain when things are bad. We have used MyTravel several times in the past and have experienced very enjoyable holidays. On our return we have made reference to these on the Internet giving very favourable reviews. People often put up with bad situations when on holiday saying they will complain when they get home only to do nothing about it once they have returned. We feel our major annual holiday was a complete let down and spent many days in Malta looking forward to our return home. We have returned with a feeling of despondency.

The world is a big place and we wanted to experience somewhere different so we went to Malta – what a big mistake!

We love everything about Greece, the climate, the people, the culture, the food and will probably return there in the future. Our advice is to give Malta a wide berth!