Malta Tours and Trips

There was not one experience that did not disappoint being a great one. Marco the tour director I wish I could have him every time. Mt Etna I am glad I met you. Food out of this world. Hotels excellent.

The tour was just fabulous- so many wonderful sites and experiences. Our tour guide, Cinzia, was passionate, organized and knowledgeable. We were in good hands with our bus driver Danielle too. As favorite things go, 2 things come to mind, the olive farm of Nicola Clemenza. Tour & Food were really great. And seeing Mt. Etna out of our hotel room in the morning then going there followed by a special little lunch in a rather remote area was memorable. Even the sheep came by!

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.

I have traveled the world in the past 35 years with various tour companies. Because of our guide, ALTHEA, this has become my favorite trip! The itinerary is excellent and Althea turned 15 strangers into good friends by the 2nd day. Hopefully Althea will be your guide in Malta - she’s enthusiastic, well-versed in the culture and history of this amazing country. There is something for every traveler in Malta, and having this exceptional guide made every road trip and stop meaningful. All travelers appreciated Althea’s talents, kindness and organization. When the weather was poor or big crowds anticipated, Althea smartly rearranged the day’s activities for our comfort. This is never a boring, canned tour experience. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

The tour was absolutely wonderful!!! Val (tour manager) was amazing! The only thing that I would recommend to remove for sure from the itinerary is the "Palace Hotel" in Marsala. It was actually terrible...It smelled musty and it was not clean. :( It looked like they just opened a week before we got there. I do have bad allergies to dust, molds and mites and let me tell you, I could not breath in that hotel. So we had to move to a different hotel for 3 nights because of it. It was not good for me because of my allergies but it was not good for anybody else on the trip either to breath that "stuff" either. Note: We staying at the Best Western in the Marsala Plaza and it was the best location!!! I would recommend this hotel for the future. Other than the Palace Hotel, the trip was a 10/10 for us! :) Totally loved all of it! Josee

A very enjoyable week with a great guide taking us to a wide variety of historic sites and places on the two islands. It was great to see the contrasts between the two islands, and to learn all about the various peoples who have controlled these places over the last thousand years and before.