We had a fantastic stay at Lawrence’s apartment.
Our party was my wife and I and our two young children (2 years old and 6 months old)
The apartment itself is fantastic and communication with Lawrence was excellent throughout the trip.
As we had a lot of bags, Lawrence helped us get things up to the apartment and was a fantastic host with great communication. You have to take 2 lifts to get there and the 2nd lift is a little narrow so we had to collapse a double buggy to get in there - however, no detriment to the holiday at all. He also came and helped us on departure with all of our bags and travel cots etc.
He provided one crib and a high chair for us which were in great condition. The kitchen is well equipped and has a coffee machine where you can get pods from Iceland. We used this a lot as we have one at home.
There are lots of information leaflets in the apartment and he recommended various places to go. Due to convenience, we got Lawrence to help us with the car hire. However, there are lots of car hire places in Qawra and the walk to Buggiba.
The area itself is quiet, which was good for us because of the babies.
There are some nice restaurants nearby we went to Napoli Vecchio and went to Luzzu - 3 times.
Luzzu is a really nice restaurant that has a Soft Play in it so we could let our 2 year old play in there while we had a nice meal.
There are some play parks on the way to Buggiba if you are walking that way plus loads to do including the Aquarium.
We sat on the balcony in the evening as it was still warm in Oct. We did have a couple of rainy days but again this made no detriment to the holiday and it was only half a day & still very hot. Air con in there was lovely as it was hot in the evening - please note there’s an additional charge for air con - we paid 15 euro for the 10 days so I didn’t mind at all.
If my wife and I went without kids, I wonder if Qawra might be too quiet, Buggiba looked a bit nicer but it was a lot windier there. We went to St Julian’s for the day and that seemed a bit too lively for us now.
We went to Mdina and Valletta - busses are regular and cheap but they got crowded and my kids didn’t like it so we got a car. This was good as they drive on the same side as the UK, but the drivers are a bit crazier than British. However, I drove to Valletta, Mdina, St Julian’s and Popeye Village and forgot I was in a different country to be honest.
There is a Convenience Store next door, a Halal shop and then Iceland (which sells everything), these are all next to each other, so there’s plenty of opportunity to get supplies.
All in all, a fantastic stay and if I went back to Malta, I would stay again.
Many thanks again Lawrence