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mumart
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It has been noted, by a far more famous person than myself - long ago, that Malta will be a fine place when they have finished it.
What do you want out of a holiday? If it is an island that you can traverse either by car or bus simply, (inspite of the bumps);
a resort where you can allow your teenagers to wander round the streets without fear of losing them;
a nightlife that can be as exciting as you want or quiet and romantic;
weather that is consistent and enjoyable; locals who welcome you with open arms and food and alcohol at cheap prices then this is as good a starting point as any.
The local colour of fiestas bring their passion and the skies to life. It is a Scuba diving heaven with reefs and wrecks worth diving and one of Jacque Cousteau's dive sites of the world in Gozo.
There are markets, old towns, gory history, standing stones and it goes on.
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Mr & Mrs McMahon -
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We went to Ta Cenc, Gozo for our honeymoon. We chose Gozo because it looked beautiful and tranquil in the brochures. We chose Ta Cenc because it was 5 star with a spa.
The hotel is beautiful and the staff are very friendly and helpful but the location for us was not good at all. Other than the hotel there is only two restaurants nearby and no bars. We wanted quiet but not deralict. We was told that Gozo was quiet but were expecting there to be somewhere other than our hotel to go to in the evening. If you wanted a walk after your evening meal then you could if you fancied a dirt track with no lighting.
The rooms are the english equivalant to a 2 or 3 star. They are cleaned and the sheets changed daily. The hotel itself is very luxourious we felt the rooms let it down a bit. We booked bed and breakfast. Anything you could want for breakfast was on offer.
If you leave the hotel in the evening and go somewhere else on the island for a meal then bear in mind that there are not any taxis after 7pm. We learnt the hard way. If you want a holiday where you sit by the pool all day and stay at the hotel all evening or like alot of walking then this is definatley the place for you.
Not sure we will return.
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Chris
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Were to start?
I will start at the very begining.
I promise it's not all doom and gloom.
This is our 3rd visit to Malta in 4 years and our 1st visit to The Comino Hotel and Suites.
We love Malta so much so we got married in 2004 at The Paradise Bay Hotel, you can read our review of that on this web site.
Flew with Air Malta yet another great flight with them cant fault this airline.
On arrival in Malta whilst waiting for our luggage the conveor belts stopped working due to a power cut for about 20/30 min, no problem I say to my wife and son, little did I know.
Get in to van to head for Cirkewwa and the Harbour with 4 other families one going to Gozo so get off at the same place as us the two other we drop off half way round Malta before heading for the Harbour to get the Hotel boat to Comino.
Arrive at Cirkewwa at 17.00 our bags and us are thrown out and we are informed by the driver that we have missed the 16.45 boat to the hotel the next boat will arrive at 18.30 a short wait of just
90 min.
As luck would have it this is were the buses terminate and there is a kiosk were we were able to get a drink and something to eat and thank god there is a porter loo, so we sit and wait for the hotel boat to arrive, this is something we will get used to on our two week stay on Comino.
When the boat does turn up at 18.45 we can not wait to get to our Side Sea Veiw Suite in the hotel just a short 25 min trip away, be warned if you dont like boats the crossing can be rough when the wind picks up as my wife found out.
Arriving at reception we check in and are told we are in the Bungalow suites some 10/15 min walk away or a 5 min ride away in a wreck of a van which managed to work for about 2 days before they started using a Land Rover to transport guests between the hotel and Bungalows.
This was not what we booked as I have said but informed by the hotel the Side Sea Veiw Suites in the hotel are not for use to Malta Direct Guest (they had even E-mailed Malta Direct and told them) (not my problem I told them) anyway no Suites in the hotel are avaliable we reluctently go to the Bungalows to see what they were like. We were given number 4 dirty, smelly horrible, damp with a broken basin.(we were later told by other guests that bungalows 1 to 20 are all nasty and the higher numbers were ok)
I ring for the van go back to the hotel and refuse to stay in the bungalows, we were eventualy given a garden veiw room in the hotel and an extra bed for our son, NOT A GREAT START to our holiday.
We were given a sea veiw room the next day all be it with 3 beds in one room as the suites were not avaliable for our two week stay.
I quote the Malta Direct brouchure and the hotel web site as well regarding the hotel boat it states " There is a free REGULAR ferry service to Malta and Gozo (on reguest) web site also adds timings are subject to change without notice.
How REGULAR is regular?
This is a must for you to know:
Boat times listed are as follows:
Departure Comino Departure Malta
06.40 via Gozo 07.30
08.45 On request 09.10
09.40 10.00
11.30 Maybe 12.00
16.15 16.45
18.05 Normally 18.30
23.00 On request 23.00
Departures to Gozo are just as bad, you can really get stuck with theses times and be warned the hotel will not send the boat to you if you miss it.
You will have to make an informed judgement as to weather you can get to where you want and get back as well.
If you do venture out the buses are great and still cheap Express buses like 645 to Sliema for the Grand Harbour Tours cost 50 cents, bus 48 to Bugibba also 50 cents and the 45 to mellieha just 23 cents.
The food at the hotel was quite average pleanty of chips, chips and more chips but you can normally find something just one day we could not, you may have to resort to the very limited snack menu.
The staff all be it very few of them do there very best to help you and without them the hotel would be in real trouble so thanks to John, Sammy, Mark and all the other multy tasking staff.
Due to the lack of staff the waiting time for ordering anything (just one bar to order food, drinks and coffee etc) can be quite await up to 20 min sometimes.
The hotel is kept clean until the daily influx of day trippers arrive and pay to use the hotel at 14.00 LM pounds they get to use the same as you although you may have paid 2 or 3 thousand pounds to stay here.
We witnessed one day trippers child poo by the side of the pool when I told the manager Marco it took him 10 mins to come out and get it cleaned up, a day later there was more poo in the pool this time they did'nt do anything until night time when the pool was drained and cleaned.
There is talk from regular guest most of which have said they will not be returning that the hotel is in real trouble and the site will have a five floor hotel built on it in the next couple of years, I dont know how true this is though.
What could be a fantastic hotel in a fantastic location is really let down by the lack of staff and the fact managment seem to no longer care.
The water sports were great and the swimming wounderful although jelly fish did come in for a couple of days hence why we where by the pool. Tuesdays were the quitest days for some reason day trippers did not come.
Would we go back to this hotel?
NO
Would we recommend this hotel?
Not unless they employed more staff and stopped the day trippers
Would we recommened the Island of Comino, Gozo and Malta?
Yes stunning
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