Malta and Gozo Discovery

Althea was a great guide. She made sure to tell us if any festas or other things were happening close by that were in the evening, which made for an even better experience. I loved all the historical sites. Malta and Gozo are easy to travel through. This trip packs a lot in. I liked the hotels. Transportation was comfortable. It's definitely worth an extra day before or after in Valletta, but there is time to see the museums there and do shopping within the tour.

This trip was fabulous. The itinerary, activities and accommodations were great. Our tour guide John was personable, organised, well-informed on Malta and Gozo and passionate in sharing his knowledge. I doubt that I could have enjoyed the trip more. 10/10

Gozo was calm and relaxing, Malta was full on, but wherever we were or whatever we were doing, Althea, our guide was there with history, insight and humour. She went above and beyond and I think we all had a fantastic time. I loved the history, the boat trips and the food.

We just returned from a wonderful trip in Malta. A jam packed week of history, culture, architecture and food in this lovely beautiful country totally exceeded our expectations. Our illustrious leader promised on our first day and boy did she deliver. So much to see and brought to life by animated Althea. After traveling to more than 70 countries I can honestly and confidently say she is one of the best tour leaders we’ve experienced. She kept us totally engaged and entertained with her personal experiences and KNOWLEDGE. Malta can’t have a better ambassador and Explore Worldwide a more competent representative. We always felt safe, taken care of and enlightened. Thank you Althea for such an amazing experience in your incredible home country

I gave the Plaza Regency (Regency Plaza) a "good" rating only bc the staff was not customer oriented & did not go out of their way. We had a few issues (showers not draining, towels not left in rooms on a daily basis), but there was a major issue, especially with management (specifically a female manager) bc we had picked THIS hotel bc we were coming in early before going to meet the group on our tour date. We had prior communications with the hotel requesting to leave our suitcases in the baggage hold for 2 days while going to Gozo as part of the tour & afterwards the tour would return to this hotel & we'd pick up said luggage. There were 3 of us. (We had been on a prior tour for 2 weeks with another company & didn't want to haul our luggage to Gozo.) The hotel responded positively that we could store our luggage for the 2 days, YET once there there insued a 2 day argument with management ensued whereby they refused to hold our larger luggage. Because one of our members knew the name of the person from previous correspondence, management finally relented, allowed the holding of our luggage, however, they would not take responsibility for it & they promised to reprimand the person giving the initial permission to hold our luggage. (This should not have been communicated to us, very unprofessional. ) This was a stressful beginning to our Malta excursion. Honestly, I have put this ordeal on Social Media with Expedia, Booking.com, Trip Advisor and on Facebook. I only mentioned the hotel, not the travel company. The travel company was excellent & had nothing to do with the luggage issue. What a shame bc there was nothing wrong with the hotel physically and it was in an excellent locale, it's just that the management was so bad. I travel 3-4 major trips around the world each year & have never encountered such abhorrent behavior on the part of any hotel.