Qawra, St Paul's Bay

Celebrating our Engagement

Fun in the roof top pool!!

Qawra at dusk

The view from the hotel roof top

Our hotel was nestled up a slight hill in Qawra. We only booked into one hotel during our entire stay because Malta is a small island with 27km being the longest distance from southeast to northwest, so having one base seemed plenty.

On our first morning we decided to check out the hotel before taking a walk along the promenade to see what day trips we could take during the rest of our trip. The hotel indeed did have three pools, one large one on the terrace which was more than adequate with the most stunning views (beyond the other rooftops!), one smaller one hidden in a courtyard surrounded by the rooms and one inside in the basement which was a lovely pool but very warm. The basement was also a gym.

The lobby was quite grand looking and the staff seemed friendly and pleasant enough.

There was a bar and indeed restaurants. Just down the road from the hotel was another little bar, which we were to enjoy a few nights at!

Our complimentary breakfast wasn't anything to shout about and decided there was probably better breakfasts out there. We don't always tend to constantly have all our meals in our hotels as we like to go out and sample different cuisines at different restaurants, so we weren't really disappointed.

After our stroll down the promenade which took us into an area called Bugibba we had decided what we shall do. We booked ourselves onto a glass bottom boat which would also take us along the coast to where St Paul was shipwrecked, another booking secured us a place on a boat that would cruise us to the Blue Lagoon just off Comino island. There is also the island of Gozo as well. The blue lagoon is a tourist hot spot, but considering the time we had decided to visit, there was no escape! Mosta and the Rotunda and the walled city of Mdina with a trip to a beach would all be done by car hire. A trip to the capital Valletta and water park and marine park were also on our list. Malta doesn't have 'proper' beaches, they are mainly pebbled and very small, the one we visited was a sandy beach called Golden Bay.

After our first day of exploring our immediate surrounding and deciding on our sight-seeing, we returned to the hotel to get ready for some nightlife! Now as I was in the middle of getting ready, Andy starts to act all strange, being a bit more lovey-dovey than normal, I finally click and he has proposed! Of course I said yes! Claire and David were a little shocked, not because of the proposal (they knew), but the fact he had done it already. The plan was that they would leave us so we could have a nice meal together but Andy 'chickened out' figuring that our hotel room was a safer bet! No matter as you could probably imagine we were all ecstatic and enjoyed our night out immensely!