Holidays in Malta

xern

I'm heading to malta next week and i'm just wondering if anyone has been there before and what to do and see?? i just got the currency changed 240 maltese lira for 600 euro. what are the prices like out there? can you get cheap stuff or anything like that??
any help would be appreciated!

Acidflash

Try here

Slutmonkey57b

malta's nice - there's no shortage of stuff to do, and you can get around the island itself in about 3 hours on one of the insane buses. Be prepared for hills in Valetta (I mean HILLS). You can eat out well for about 15 lire a head, and the steak is great out there.

And the churches are spectacular. Local dirt villages have cathedrals.

mdf

Was there last year and had a great time...got a little worried on the plane when all when - at 28 - appeared to be youngest person on broad plane. However, beautiful restaurants particularly around Julian's Bay, good nightlife (try the Hilton for how the other half live!), Mdina and Mosta for must-see history, and hire a car for spectualar cliffs and access to sandy beaches (resort beaches generally aren't great) such as Little Armier Bay and Mellieha Bay. Bus service has to be seen to be believed...certainly quaint. Can honestly say one of the best, and bext value holidays have ever had.

xern

Well just got back yesterday! had a great holiday,got to see all the island and got the ferry to gozo as well. your right mdf, the buss service has to be seen to be believed!! we hired a car for 2 days as well, drivers over there are lunitics, it certainly was an experience! st julians is the place to go out in. we went on an evening cruise on the fernandes in the evening an all package, all you can eat and drink for the evening! went swimming off the boat as well, won 2 bottles of wine cos i was the first one in swimming and i dived off the railings!! (i had'nt started drinking at that stage)
Valetta.... nice place but when you shopping and walking those hills fúck its a killer!!

I would deffinetly recommend malta to anyone. great island.

veryangryman

Going again to the little island next week.

Ive been before and had a good time, but spent most of it in bars and clubs. What would be a decent cultural tour that youd recommend?

bjork

Hire a car, it's cheap and easy, explore the island inland sea etc, and ruins, catacombs, churches dripping in gold, go to gozo Ġgantija Temples in Xagħra

pjproby

The Medina, Rabat, Marsaxlokk fishing village, the Three Cities - Vittoriosa, Senglea and Cospicua are worth a look as well as a trip to gozo and cominio

Doyler92

I was under the impression that Euro was the main currency of Malta. Is this incorrect?

bjork

Doyler92 wrote: »

I was under the impression that Euro was the main currency of Malta. Is this incorrect?

Yes the Euro is the currency used. Check the date on the other post

veryangryman

Yep Euro. Whats more, the ATMs don't charge you to take your irish bank account cash out there.

All in all a great place.

ianuss

The hypogeum is great but needs to be booked in advance http://heritagemalta.org/