Malta Travel Forum

Hi all - we drove to Malta in Aug 08 from UK. We travelled Dover - Dunkerque, through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy stopping along the way. We then caught a ferry from Napoli (Naples) overnight to Palermo (Sicily) and then drove across Sicily to Pozzallo and caught the Virtu Ferries catarmaran to Valletta (Malta). There were 3 families and we all towed our Ford Escort race cars to race at Hal-Far Raceway. We all won trophies in our classes entered and stayed for 7 days before journeying back home again. It was a fantastic adventure and we saw some beautiful scenery along the way!

This year we are making the trip again but only 2 of the families (the 3rd family left their race car there and he flies over to race during the year - coming over again next week-end 13-15 March). We stayed in Bugibba in the Falcon Court apartments which were clean and VERY cheap for mid August (although basic as we were on a budget).

This year we will be taking the new ferry service from Genoa all the way down to Valletta (39 hours) which will make our journey a little more relaxing (it will also be 1600 miles less driving and €1000 less). And we have located a house to rent for 10 days in Mqabba. We will be racing again on 21/22/23 August at Hal-Far and our holiday is based around the racing so we are not looking for accommodation overlooking a beautiful bay.

We know that Mqabba is very close to the airport but can anyone else tell me anything about the village??

Oh, and I forgot to say, we absolutely love your country and we spend as many week-ends there as we can. Usually staying in Bugibba or St Julians areas as we have many Maltese racing friends in Zabbar and surrounding areas.

Thanks for your replies :o)

imqabba is a very qiute village but it is in walking distances to other small villages .in summer it has one of the best fireworks displays in its local feast anyway malta in summer is full of feasts .. hope you like your stay

by the way make sure your accomodation has ac as it will be very hot in august ..hope you enjoy your stay

Thanks for your replies. We were over in Malta in August last year so we are aware of the heat and have booked a house already with aircon. Can anyone tell me how much aircraft noise we are likely to encounter while staying at mqabba please? Thank you.