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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jun 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Cosmos |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs M Reid |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
| Comments: |
Just got back from a wonderful holiday at the Santana Hotel.
The location of this hotel is perfect, just being round the corner from the bus station where you can get a bus to take you all over this lovely island.
The hotel itself was excellent food was very good and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Maid service was great towels changed every day and room left clean.
Qawra itself was lovely. Would go back to Santana Hotel again as we enjoyed it so much.
Only complaint was the entertainment as it was not very great and hopeless having it up at the rooftop bar, as when its windy you get blown away.
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| Board Basis: |
Bed & Breakfast |
| Date of
Holiday: |
May 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Booked Independently |
| Submitted
By: |
Mr S & T Wollschlager & Kole |
| Overall
Rating: |
2/10 |
| Comments: |
We booked a 4star hotel. I can tell you this should be downgraded to a 2 star.
Dirty hotel with dirty carpets. In the bathroom was a toilet brush that had not been
cleaned for months. Smell was atrocious and the sight of it was appalling. To save the
maid her job we put it in a plastic bag and dumped it.
We booked this hotel because it had a fitness room. What a joke. 2 rusty pedal machines, and 2 equally rusty running machines, the latter not working. I don’t believe they had worked for many years.
All the four machines had obviously been dumped there just for the sake of saying they had a fitness room. I complained and they said they knew they were broken and would fix them in 48 hours. Needless to say there still not operative. They could have come from a shipwreck they were so bad.
Breakfast time next. Everything so bland. and overcooked. One toast machine blowing smoke so bad I believe it was older than the Malta buses. An old knife stuck together with black tape was the tool to get the toast out with.
Indoor swimming pool always cold .What’s the point? Apparently it is seldom heated, to save electricity I suppose. 4 star hotel Don’t make us laugh. NIGHTMARE.
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| Board Basis: |
All Inclusive |
| Date of
Holiday: |
May 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Chevron |
| Submitted
By: |
Mr R Blair |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
| Comments: |
Had a great time, food and drinks were good, staff were very polite at all time, very helpful.
Accommodation was very clean with maid service each day.
Only let down was the entertainment, which tended to be local singers and Karaoke, we went with our two kids age 22 and 18, and they found it boring.
But we really enjoyed the area, right next to a bus station we jumped on a bus and travelled the island each day, which saved a lot of money.
Only tour we went on was Horn Blower which takes you to the Blue Lagoon for a 3 hour sun bathe which was a nice relaxing day out.
We are going back to the same hotel this September for 2 weeks, as we felt we missed a lot and a week is not enough time to explore the island.
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| Board Basis: |
Full Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Mar 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Lastminute |
| Submitted
By: |
Ms J Reid |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
| Comments: |
My partner and I have just returned after a weeks holiday staying at the Santana Hotel Malta. The hotel looked quite impressive from the outside and we weren't disappointed when we went in. The room was clean and comfortable, although a little on the dark side. The bathroom was very large with a bath and excellent shower.
Unfortunately there were no tea making facilities in the room, but I think you could have them for an extra fee. The beds were two single beds pushed together and there were blankets and spare pillows in the wardrobe.
The restaurant was large and nicely decorated and the tables were laid and looked lovely. The food on offer was varied with something to suit most peoples taste and the service was very good. We went all inclusive, but there was some confusion as to what that meant, as it wasn't very well explained to us.
The hotel has two swimming pools, one indoors and one on the roof. The rooftop one was closed at the time we went because the weather isn't warm enough in March, but we did use the indoor one. The pool was warm enough and the size was pretty good, my only complaint was lack of changing rooms, there wasn't any!
Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Santana, the staff were very friendly and helpful and the location was perfect. We would highly recommend it as a place to stay in Malta.
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
May 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Booked Independently |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs C Lindgren |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
We have stayed at the Santana Hotel both as a family and on our own as a couple May is always a quiet month, just as we like it. The staff cannot do enough to help. I found their internet pc's very, very slow, their food a little predictable but plenty of selection.
We go every year and will continue to go there, having been to other hotels and found them absolutely awful. Qawra itself we do not like, but we hire a car and go off to some beautiful places, in particular can recommend Mgarr (Charley’s restaurant) for a good quality Maltese meal, also Mellieha in particular the sanctuary open between 9-11 a.m.
For the children Malta is not the ideal place, but they enjoyed water world and the beaches in Mellieha. Have already booked for 2007.
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Apr 2006 |
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Operator: |
Malta Bargains |
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Miss K.L Surtees |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
I am a fourteen year old girl and I stayed at the Santana hotel with my mam and dad. We could not fault the hotel apart from the roof top swimming pool was cordoned off for maintenance but we didn’t get told this.
The area was quite quiet and most of the pubs were quiet too. This made it a bit boring for me. I would go back to this hotel but more in the summer or if I had to go in Easter, I would take a friend.
I would recommend it to older people more than younger couples. But definitely take a bus ride.
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| Board Basis: |
Bed & Breakfast |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Feb 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Lastminute |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs J Edwards |
| Overall
Rating: |
5/10 |
| Comments: |
This was my "bargain bucket" deal, I had purchased flights separately and 3 nights B&B in a twin room cost me £49! so I wasn't really expecting a lot.
It was a spacious room, and although clean, the decor looked old and the carpets looked dirty, and I was so cold on the first night we arrived that I had to put the towels on the bed for extra warmth!
Not much of a view - room at the back of the hotel overlooking waste ground.
Breakfast was a buffet feast, and whilst I am not a breakfast eater, as there were no facilities in the room, we went down for morning "coffee".
It was an eye opener to see the "older" guests, who I am told were "long stay winter guests" (who come for upwards of 4 weeks in the winter season) on B&B or half board basis, sneakily filling up their bags and pockets with breakfast!!
Presumably in order to save money later in the day, despite all the signs indicating that food must not be removed from the restaurant.
The hotel is centrally located and a few minutes walk to the bus terminal. Buses are cheap and easy to use and the island is so small that even if you were to get lost, you could quite easily get in a taxi back!
There is no real "beach" just a rocky outcrop, but there is a nice promenade to walk near the sea.
It was very early in the season and so lots of bars and restaurants were shut.
The capital Valletta is a vibrant place; there are many museums and churches to visit.
Would go back to Malta, maybe in high season, but would probably try a better hotel.
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| Board Basis: |
Half Board |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jun 2004 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Airtours |
| Submitted
By: |
Miss D Reid |
| Overall
Rating: |
7/10 |
| Comments: |
Holiday was really good. Hotel was lovely only complaint is that you got a view of a crane when lying by the pool. The holiday was very relaxing which is what I needed at the time but had I wanted to be out and about I felt there was not a lot to do.
Weather was gorgeous. Choice of holiday gifts was very limited, possibly not the most happening of places but well worth a visit. No sandy beaches but thankfully the hotel had a pool.
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