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Thanks Malta!
With special warmth, I remember the time spent on this hospitable island. Our vacation was from 07/16/1999 to 07/24/1999. I remember being exhausted by everyday problems, going down the stairs of the plane at the Malta airport, looking up, after hitting the hot air…. For the first time I realized where I am! Handsome planes with red crosses stood on the runways of the airport. This moment is imprinted in me for the rest of my life!
The transfer to the hotel took a little time, though not without incident, the minibus broke down, but the driver immediately contacted someone and another car appeared out of nowhere and we continued on our way.
The hotel received us in the evening, the reception immediately placed us in the room, warning that there was a dress code for dinner in the restaurant.

Here we are already in the restaurant, very pleasant memories, the service is really at a high level! Decent wine, according to the wine list, seafood on the plate, how else can you say goodbye to flight fatigue? ! : )
Spacious room, but with separate beds… at first I was bewildered, but everything was decided on our own… : ) Ap! and beds together.
However, every day the beds mysteriously parted. . . : ) , but again Ap!... I remember it without irritation - it amused us. (reception was addressed, but the beds lived their lives).
We visited many excursions: Valletta, Mdina, Mosta, about. Gozo, believe me, these are places that will leave indelible impressions for a lifetime! The land of the knights and the Templars, the richest slice of history!! ! The island simply breathes history.
At this time, the soil in Malta resembles a Martian landscape, but as the guides said, at other times the greenery is just raging!! ! The island is unrecognizable.
Daytime can be spent in the hotel pools, on this side of the hotel there is a descent to the sea, a rock and handrails leading into the water. The water is the purest, when I saw a teaspoon at the bottom, it seemed to be nearby... : ), but having made 2 attempts to dive, I “left” it there.
On the other side of the hotel there is a sandy beach, but there are already reefs, a bar, beach umbrellas and sun loungers in the water. Don't forget skin creams, maximum protection!
Meals were half board, breakfast and dinner, which is very convenient when you devote time to excursions.
Breakfast - a good selection of seafood, salads, potatoes. In Malta, potatoes taste different from ours, but everything is delicious. (And everything is fresh!!! , scuba divers picked mussels at night)
Longing was only for one product - white buns are good, but I wanted to
black bread, they don't know what it is. . . : )
Dinner - wines, delicious food, not intrusive service, smoothly turning into evening animation.

Animation for a relaxing holiday. It is more like a performance, imagine you are sitting in the stalls with a glass of pleasant Maltese wine or whatever suits your taste and watching some action on the stage... at the same time, you can take part, dance if you wish... it all depends on your desire and mood.
I remember the evenings with invited professional dancers, a fakir spewing flames and swallowing swords.
I remember a barbecue on the beach: there was great music with a DJ, but why didn’t people dance? We've fixed this! They supported us and now, in a single impulse, laughing and circling in a dance, an international company had fun, as it turned out later: Germans, an Australian, an Englishman, a Frenchman, a resident of Austria...
This is remembered for a lifetime!
Visiting excursions and communicating with fellow citizens, it turned out that the location of our hotel has advantages:
- own beach, and even with sand - this is a rarity by the standards of Malta;
- the geographical position of the hotel (on the isthmus of the end of the island) creates its own microclimate, the wind blows through this area, unlike the accumulation of hotels in other cities located in bays and bays (complained about the stagnation (stuffiness) of the air outside, especially in the evening).
The island is not big, you can travel on it on your own. Of the thrills - taxi rides... : ) I was apparently lucky and the taxi drivers were women, narrow streets (parked cars stand on both sides) at a speed entering a 90-degree turn, it seemed that my elbow touched the standing cars... A couple of trips next to the driver was enough so that in the future I would sit only at the back and in the middle of the seat... : )
Be sure to visit the excursion on the yacht "Sunset", the sun quickly sinking into the sea, night swimming when the yacht stops, funny dances on the swinging deck of the yacht : ) and a view of Malta at night from the sea!!!
All the positive impressions of a holiday in Malta cannot be conveyed!
Decide on a rest period and go to Malta! You will remember the rest for a lifetime.