I knew it would be popular, whats a shame i did a great video alone and chatted to many people, but for some reasom the gopro just sliced the footage and deleted it , then when francis contacted me thought it would be a great opportunity
I love all these places you go. it is nice some of the shops have opened up. Thank you for taking the time to attend our premiere this morning. You rock!
Thank you so much for this video Steve, made my day 😍 I can't wait to show Mum! You walked past all the places we usually walk past. Lovely to see the Canifor where we usually stay and the Elvis bar of course. Redent who is the resident Elvis there is fabulous! The Knickerbocker cafe is lovely (they do the most amazing omelettes!) Fingers crossed that we get over soon so we can start our new lives there 😍 That was a lovely story Francis told about the church. Very uplifting! x
@@EnglishmaninMalta spent 2 days in an empty house no beds or furniture lol before we flew and wow spent 2 days unpacking 21 suitcases nearly there. So not really seen outside of the house lol but will be right for next week x
You brought back a lot of memories with this video, had a few stops for meals and beers along Tourist Road. Car museum is worth a visit. We came to Australia in 1964, remember Qawra as a sleepy hamlet with fields all around and hardly any buildings. Much much changed now.
Hello Steve. I've been enjoying a lot of your videos during this current unpleasantness and being unable to get there in person. Your videos are a real tonic to those of us missing Malta. In normal times I get to Malta 2 or 3 times a year, always staying in Qawra/Bugibba area, so this video has brightened a dull Saturday. Keep safe and keep the videos coming and hopefully I shall be back there next year.
Loved it Steve Buddigba is so beauiful love it so many bars and lovely shops to visit l loved it. We were there last year we went down Tourist Road so many times Thank you Steve l really loved it Sandra from Australia
Great video Steve, know the area very well, been going there for over 30 years. La Stalla does a fantastic fillet steak, the owner Joe make you feel very welcome. Keep up the good work.
Your videos "ROCK" ENGLISHMAN..... I left Malta when I was 5 years old and have been back a number of times but l unfortunately have not been back since 2004. Hoping too visit soon have alot of family in Malta. Really like when you interact with the locals keep up the good work!!! Alfred Mifsud 🇨🇦 CHEERS BUD!!!!
We've stayed a couple of times in both Bugibba and Qawra, walked up Tourist Street many times, past all the shops and restaurants that you're walking by. Loved drinking all around there, by the bus station. Definitely have to return soon.
I've stayed at Db San Antonio 3 times and back in April . Can't fault it Steve, really nice hotel and food . You and Francis make a great pair, like when you're together in the vids.
@@EnglishmaninMalta Great idea. I'm arriving late on 21April staying until 28 April. Be good to meet you and for you to do review. New manager there I believe but I'll try and email and ask if you can do a vid. After all you would be promoting the place. Will let you know how I get on 👍
Nice walk about Steve la Stella Joey's good for food can you remember the San Antonio standing derilect but now good for a drink and cake seems Avery good hotel gets good reviews car museum worth a visit
@@EnglishmaninMalta yeah mate for sure i already have my holiday for next year booked its the 27th july its a timeshare room but gets you in to see the hotel etc
Good morning from a very windswept Liverpool everybody. How I miss malta. Does anybody on here think I may get back in September? I Need to be with my MALTESERS! You know who you are.... X
Francis, I hope you do get back in September as that's when I'm due to go with my Mum, If it was just a holiday we would have postponed it until next year (it was already postponed from April) but we're going over there to live so we have everything crossed! We've got to start living there before the end of this year because of the Brexit deadline..aarrgghh!
@@michellethompson1422 You lucky pair, I do hope you get there soon. We've always had a resiprocal agreement with Malta ever since WW2 so I'm sure if you don't make it this year you will next... 🤞
Everytime i walk down this road things are changing but definitely my favourite place in malta. My friend owns Murphy irish bar definitely worth a drink and has excellent live entertainment in evening's 👌👍👍
@@EnglishmaninMalta yeah it can get busy worst times in may when they do that concert thing all over the island think its called lost and found absolute carnage down there 😂
When we come we mostly stay in Bugibba. We used to stay at the Shamrock Apartments, family run place, very clean and just off Touristi Street... by La Sopressa restaurant. We've stayed at the Hotel Santana with the grandkids, great hotel, hired a car from Joseph's... just opposite. We love Malta so much we became citizens... Thank you to my mother in law, who was Maltese 😊👍
Touristy Str vry nice. Another area to put on my to do list. Steve, my cousin George Johnstone is the drummer at The Elvis Tribute Lounge! One of our many visits to Malta he took me to one of their rehearsal nites. Caio Steve fm Melbourne♥️
Hi Steve! Great memories, my stamping ground when I come to Malta - the new Seaview Hotel, just passed the Dolmen, almost finished - I used to stay in the old Seaview, so hope to try the new one when times are safe. Keep well Steve, and everyone!
Yes that hotel forgot the name, , i had a girlfriend waitress work there when i was at the seaview ..i will do a video there if you are interested when you come over ?? Give me a shout !!
Just arrived back from staying in Sliema which was 35 + everyday! Forth time in Malta and throughly love it. Stayed in bugiba before which is more lively and better for families. Brings back fond memories 👏
Nice to hear you had a good time , Yes bugibba, ( i think a littlr cheaper ) to sliema , we have been getting an heatwave lately...nicento hear from you
Steve, Mum is staying with me now until we come over so I'm showing her your videos. Of course we had to start with this one 😍 When you walked past the Canifor she noticed that the front of it has been painted. We're getting so excited and can't wait to get there! 😍
Oh what a great video , I wish I had a euro for each time we have been along there , Magic times in Malta. Go to Qwara Steve sometime by the Seashells Suncrest please . You have found a true friend there with Francis . Take care guys .👍
@@EnglishmaninMalta I noticed in one of your videos an advertisment for (I think) a €2.95 full English... Now that's cheap! Your quest should you choose accept it, is to find a cheaper one 😂 👍
I loved staying in Qawra walking down from the Canifor to the seafront and swimming near Qawra point. Having fresh Orange at the beach cafe. I liked playing Bochi and watching the locals play it, they were amazing. I liked dancing on the coloured water jets outside the aquarium. 😀😀😀
Rewatching this video as well today Steve as it’s one of my favourites! 🥰 I love Bugibba 🥰 We have stayed at the db San Antonio about 5/6 times now. It’s a lovely hotel!! I love everything about it. We’ve made good friends with many of the staff there and I regularly stay in touch with them. I really hope that we can get back across there sometime this year 🙏🏼🤞🏼
Enjoying your videos of Malta and wishing we could get there this year. Can you show the Qawra Palace Hotel where we stay? We are missing swimming off the Qawra coast. Can you go for a swim for us?
Good one Steve & Francis 👍 memories memories 😔 OMG the area is UNrecognisable 😲. My old Summer beat 👮!!!. Last visited the area in 1987 and it's now a bigger concrete jungle. Area is great for a few weeks holiday, but not to reside there permanently. Wardija or Pwales are looking more attractive to me by the day 🏡. Bless you, THANKS FOR THE GOOD MEMORIES GOOD STEVE 👋 👍 🇲🇹 🇪🇺.
Sitting here depressed now after watching , i was meant to be there from the 1st September but BA cancelled flights. Have not visited Malta since they were putting finishing touches to the church (very strange design). Used to visit Malta every year since 1977 until early 90s. Was going to stay in apartments near the Topaz which are owned by the Relax inn hotel, i remember that hotel when it was called the Concord and had a swimming pool at the front. It looks like so much has changed from the days of Stones night club, Cesar's bar, Ta'casa bbq farm house, The Salad Bowel restaurant, JJ's disco and many more places that are no longer. Hopefully all will be well next September and i can return to enjoy the feasts in Naxxar and Mellieha that happen in the first week of September. Wondering how much per week that apartment was with the couple from London ? Looks in a good location. Any way back to my box of tissues .
"Salad Bowl" 👍 my favourite until moving to UK and every year whilst on holidays @ Mum's in SPB. Wasn't the proprietor JOE a great bloke?! Lovely Memories.!. CHEERS 👍. 🇲🇹 🇪🇺.
You will have seen a lot of changes then, over the years. We moved from my native Yorkshire to live in Mellieha from 2012 to 2015, now living in Cyprus. Your videos make me feel so nostalgic, so many places I recognise. Been back for holidays since we left, were planning to go back for Christmas this year but this won't happen now. Hopefully early next year we will be back. Take care, keep safe and keep the videos going. Thank you for sharing.
@@EnglishmaninMalta The Maltese people are so lovely and friendly. Definitely love Malta,🙂. So much different scenery. Cyprus is very different, very green though. Would love to return to Malta, not sure when now, in the meantime, will catch up with your stunning videos. Thank you again, keep safe.
You should have started by the junction with Triq ic Cern, as you have missed quite a chunk of Triq it Touristi with nice little bars and restaurants. La stalla is still in the same ownership and is my favourite place for pizza.
@@EnglishmaninMalta we’ve had a holiday flat at that end of Triq it Touristi for 35 years so know the area well and been visiting Malta for over 40 years 👍🏻 I agree there’s been a lot of changes in that time.
@@johntonna2235 oh !! Will have to inform google maps , it shows run from Triq Cassarino, bugibba to Qawra sea front , we never said halel street was triq il turist ? , we said we on the way to walk triq il turisti ?
I came to Qawra with my Mum, her best friend Rosina and her two sons it was about 1978/79 when I was 9/10 I think. We went all over Malta as mum’s friend was Maltese we visited her family too. I will return when this nonsense is over. Sadly my mum passed away 2016 but have very fond memories. See you soon 😊 and thank you for the videos!
Un-F*****g-believable!! I cannot believe you made it from the hotel DB San Antonio to the bus station without being intercepted by the timeshare touts. The first words I ever learned in Maltese were: 1. "F**k off" = no I don't want a timeshare. And 2. "What part of F**k off don't you understand?" = No, seriously, I'm on holiday. I really don't want a timeshare. Other than that it was great to see Tourist Street again. Hope to be there again in September (Pandemic Permitting)
@@EnglishmaninMalta sadly they may not pester you because you'll be tanned from living in a sun kissed environment. Tourists that are still pink or sun burnt are what they look for. Anyway, I'm coming back to Malta in September, let's see how many times I'm approached by them
The San Antonio was a nice hotel 11years ago when I was last there in 2009, and stopped in an apartment near the bus terminal great memories. Can’t believe they turned the park opposite Manor Court apartments into a car park :(
Great video that Steve. One of the best you’ve done for me as I stay in san Antonia hotel! That restaurant opposite it ta paula is probably the best restaurant in bugibba. I’ve not found one better than it. On weekends it’s packed full of Maltese people.
St. Paul, with the districts of Buggiba and Qawra, is a tourist ghetto without the typical Maltese flair. Only hotels, restaurants and bars in modern buildings. If you want to experience the real Malta with the typical houses with wooden balconies, small pubs and shops in the small side streets, you should book a hotel in Valletta, Sliema, Mellieha or San Gilian. The "Malta National Aquarium" and the "The Malta Classic Car Collection" are the only reasons to drive to Buggiba for a day.
Stayed in the Bugibba Hotel (which I believe is now apartments, and I remember it being near a disco called Rose, or something in 1989 on my first holiday abroad with a boyfriend, then again in 1990 at the Mavina, then 2010 at the Topaz, 2013 at the Mavina (practically the same as 1990 apart from pool area) and then the Primera (never again) last year.
@@EnglishmaninMalta we were booked in the Qawra Palace as a treat and then I got pneumonia and had to take 5 weeks off so had to go cheap! Booked in the Dolmen next June, subject to being allowed to go!
Wonderful to follow you. A very Nice place. Thank you.
Thanks for visiting
Great Video. We Love Bugibba and Qawra
I knew it would be popular, whats a shame i did a great video alone and chatted to many people, but for some reasom the gopro just sliced the footage and deleted it , then when francis contacted me thought it would be a great opportunity
Thank you Steve and Francis for your video of Triq ILTouristi in Bugibba & Qawra
It was great fun !!
Beautiful keep up with the great footage love it ♥
Thanks so much
I love all these places you go. it is nice some of the shops have opened up. Thank you for taking the time to attend our premiere this morning. You rock!
Any time! it good fun to notice place i have been many years ago
WOW!!!!!!! How much it has changed. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Francis is a nice man too. Thank You Steve 💁♀️💐🥂🍷
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much for this video Steve, made my day 😍 I can't wait to show Mum! You walked past all the places we usually walk past. Lovely to see the Canifor where we usually stay and the Elvis bar of course. Redent who is the resident Elvis there is fabulous! The Knickerbocker cafe is lovely (they do the most amazing omelettes!) Fingers crossed that we get over soon so we can start our new lives there 😍 That was a lovely story Francis told about the church. Very uplifting! x
I hear Knickerbocker cafe make the best Breakfast ...going to do a hunt for the best maybe the cheapest Breakfast !!
I have a dear Maltese friend that lives near the church. Thankyou made my day watching You 💗 xx
Hey it's a lovely church ..And a great story Thanks to francis
Oh i Love Bugibba me and My Wife was there last year and i Love it❤️👍. Good video as Always
Yes its not my cup of tea, but i guess for a holiday, you have everything..
Nice one Steve & Francis. Great video. Thankyou. 😀👍🍀🍀
Glad you enjoyed it
I love Bugibba thanks for this video ste, canifor was were we had our honeymoon last year, and we move to Malta in 3 days x
Sounds great! Not heard from you ...how's it going ??
@@EnglishmaninMalta spent 2 days in an empty house no beds or furniture lol before we flew and wow spent 2 days unpacking 21 suitcases nearly there. So not really seen outside of the house lol but will be right for next week x
You brought back a lot of memories with this video, had a few stops for meals and beers along Tourist Road.
Car museum is worth a visit.
We came to Australia in 1964, remember Qawra as a sleepy hamlet with fields all around and hardly any buildings.
Much much changed now.
Even i remember it so different in the old days, but its becoming so popular now
Hello Steve. I've been enjoying a lot of your videos during this current unpleasantness and being unable to get there in person. Your videos are a real tonic to those of us missing Malta. In normal times I get to Malta 2 or 3 times a year, always staying in Qawra/Bugibba area, so this video has brightened a dull Saturday. Keep safe and keep the videos coming and hopefully I shall be back there next year.
Sounds good , bugibba sounds a popular place , we must have another walk around
Loved it Steve Buddigba is so beauiful love it so many bars and lovely shops to visit l loved it. We were there last year we went down Tourist Road so many times Thank you Steve l really loved it Sandra from Australia
Glad you enjoyed it Sandra ...Sounds like you have fun
Hi steve good video mate stayed at Buggiba a 6 times over the years love the place thanks for the vid hopefully get next year 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video Steve, know the area very well, been going there for over 30 years. La Stalla does a fantastic fillet steak, the owner Joe make you feel very welcome. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the info!
Your videos "ROCK" ENGLISHMAN..... I left Malta when I was 5 years old and have been back a number of times but l unfortunately have not been back since 2004.
Hoping too visit soon have alot of family in Malta.
Really like when you interact with the locals keep up the good work!!!
Alfred Mifsud 🇨🇦
CHEERS BUD!!!!
We've stayed a couple of times in both Bugibba and Qawra, walked up Tourist Street many times, past all the shops and restaurants that you're walking by. Loved drinking all around there, by the bus station. Definitely have to return soon.
You brought back a lot of memories at this clip, keep going filming steve.
Yes my friend more on the way
Hi Steve,loved👀 around buggibia at all the shops& pubs,restraunts will be coming out in September will be staying in San Antonio hotel hopefully 👍😎x
I've stayed at Db San Antonio 3 times and back in April . Can't fault it Steve, really nice hotel and food . You and Francis make a great pair, like when you're together in the vids.
Good to hear maybe next time you are over and if you stay San Antonio we do a video review, yes me and la click most times, he is a real laugh
@@EnglishmaninMalta Great idea. I'm arriving late on 21April staying until 28 April. Be good to meet you and for you to do review. New manager there I believe but I'll try and email and ask if you can do a vid. After all you would be promoting the place. Will let you know how I get on 👍
@@gillpurves9347 Sounds great !! you can tell them I did the sister hotel Book db Seabank Resort and Spa it got 15k views so far
We have been twice in Malta, at db San Antonio, last time 2 days ago. Wonderful experience. I Hope to come back again in Malta. Saluti dall'Italia
I hope so too! we need people !!
Nice walk about Steve la Stella Joey's good for food can you remember the San Antonio standing derilect but now good for a drink and cake seems Avery good hotel gets good reviews car museum worth a visit
Used to go for sunday lunch at la stella . Many years ago
Nice !! Bugibba & Qawra are sure worth seeing. Cool that you showed San Frangisk Church in Qawra ! 👍 I hope to be there in a week (!!!)
To be fair its not my sort of place, but its got plenty of entertainment
Great video Steve. We was in the Elvis bar in July there was 13 of the family. Great night.
Shared in north Wales.
Glad you enjoyed it it does look like nice people
Brilliant!!
Thank you so much x
My best friend used to work in San Antonio! She now works for Malta today. We stayed in xara palace last year in mdina 🇲🇹🇲🇹
We always stay in the San Antonio in the winter time, beautiful hotel. We've enjoyed staying there for a few years now 👍
Yes it looks nice from outside
I went to xara palace when they were building inside..It had big shafts ....never got back after finished
Englishman in Malta I’ll send you photos
Tony is my grandad 😅🤣 bless him, great video guys I cant wait to go back to malta 🥰
Tony ?? Which tony ?
The one you see in the video from the balcony 😅🤣
@@shaunnamaria2763 oh...ok from london. , yes we were just finished the video 🙏🙏👍👍👍👍
Such a great tour around the area, lovely city to live in.
Thanks for visiting
I stay every year in San Antonio round the corner from here I love it
I would love to do a room review next time give me a shout
@@EnglishmaninMalta yeah mate for sure i already have my holiday for next year booked its the 27th july its a timeshare room but gets you in to see the hotel etc
I miss Malta sooooo much!! Love ur video .keep safe n god bless 🙏🏽
Try bring you more when i can !!
This is your best work fella .👌👌👌🍻
Bet you say that to everyone...🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍
Hi Steve, there is also a car museum in the Bella Vista Hotel.
Oh ..Never heard of that ?? Must check it out next time
First visit to the channel,Enjoyed , visit Malta on 16/4 staying at Canifor , will try one in the Elvis bar, thanks
Welcome, thanks for the support
@@EnglishmaninMalta Thanks i shall watch a few more ;}
Good morning from a very windswept Liverpool everybody. How I miss malta. Does anybody on here think I may get back in September? I Need to be with my MALTESERS! You know who you are.... X
Francis, I hope you do get back in September as that's when I'm due to go with my Mum, If it was just a holiday we would have postponed it until next year (it was already postponed from April) but we're going over there to live so we have everything crossed! We've got to start living there before the end of this year because of the Brexit deadline..aarrgghh!
@@michellethompson1422
You lucky pair, I do hope you get there soon. We've always had a resiprocal agreement with Malta ever since WW2 so I'm sure if you don't make it this year you will next... 🤞
We're hoping to get there soon, but this year 🤔 I'm not so sure... I hope so 🤞
You also need to help me achieve the challenge to find the cheapest breakfast in bugibba ??
hope you both make it !!
Everytime i walk down this road things are changing but definitely my favourite place in malta. My friend owns Murphy irish bar definitely worth a drink and has excellent live entertainment in evening's 👌👍👍
Just summer too busy for me 🙈🤪🤪🤪🤪
@@EnglishmaninMalta yeah it can get busy worst times in may when they do that concert thing all over the island think its called lost and found absolute carnage down there 😂
Thats nice street my friend different people you met at the street of malta, thank you for showing us the beautiful place of malta
So nice to meet and chat to people if you can get them chatting
There seems no end to your BRILLIANCE, STEVE.;-)
Guess hard to keep a superstar down ...lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi Mary from Australia stayed in relax in 2019, luv your show,😎
Thank you mary , take care x
When we come we mostly stay in Bugibba. We used to stay at the Shamrock Apartments, family run place, very clean and just off Touristi Street... by La Sopressa restaurant. We've stayed at the Hotel Santana with the grandkids, great hotel, hired a car from Joseph's... just opposite. We love Malta so much we became citizens... Thank you to my mother in law, who was Maltese 😊👍
Thanks for sharing sounds great
Touristy Str vry nice. Another area to put on my to do list.
Steve, my cousin George Johnstone is the drummer at The Elvis Tribute Lounge!
One of our many visits to Malta he took me to one of their rehearsal nites.
Caio Steve fm Melbourne♥️
I had a chat with the owners daughter.after the video .very pretty lady. Looks a nice place .
@@EnglishmaninMalta Steve if U ever go there on th nite they play see George (drummer) mention me and I'm sure he'd shout u a beer!
Hi Steve! Great memories, my stamping ground when I come to Malta - the new Seaview Hotel, just passed the Dolmen, almost finished - I used to stay in the old Seaview, so hope to try the new one when times are safe. Keep well Steve, and everyone!
Yes that hotel forgot the name, , i had a girlfriend waitress work there when i was at the seaview ..i will do a video there if you are interested when you come over ?? Give me a shout !!
@@EnglishmaninMalta Ha ha that's a date!!
There last september in the ODYCY really enjoyed the island.
Sounds great, maybe you come back some time soon !
nice street scenery,thanks for the tour
Thanks for visiting
Stayed at the aqwra palace couple of times great time
Yes Patricia Its a lovely busy area
We were supposed to go to the primera but its closed for the rest of the year unfortunately, it's a nice hotel,
Wonder why they closed ! Its a popular hotel. Lots have closed and took the opportunity to refurbishment
@@EnglishmaninMalta it's a great hotel but the manager said they might as well refurbish with all this 19 nonsense going on .
Just arrived back from staying in Sliema which was 35 + everyday! Forth time in Malta and throughly love it. Stayed in bugiba before which is more lively and better for families. Brings back fond memories 👏
Nice to hear you had a good time , Yes bugibba, ( i think a littlr cheaper ) to sliema , we have been getting an heatwave lately...nicento hear from you
Steve, Mum is staying with me now until we come over so I'm showing her your videos. Of course we had to start with this one 😍 When you walked past the Canifor she noticed that the front of it has been painted. We're getting so excited and can't wait to get there! 😍
sounds great ...Now i wished i walked that way ..But i had my tour guide with me ..lol 😂
Hi Steve, we stayed at Hotel Santana, very close to Tourist St. Love your videos😍
Nice i know that hotel maybe we check theat out nice time ...
We just wanted to walk only that street
Hi Steve. like your French language sounds like scramble eggs LOL...like Bugibba very nice, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching you should hear my italian ....
@@EnglishmaninMalta .....Perche no, love Italian language, never was interested in French
Good work sir
So nice of you
Wow wonderful, detailed tour from the locals of this popular tourist area.
Thank you Mr Lion
Alessandro bajada videos of Malta 50s60s very good shows some of the places you go now steve
Cool, thanks
Mary 🇦🇺 was there 2019 stayed at relax inn, hope we can come back soon,💕💕🇲🇹💕💕
Great memories
nice one me old mate F , and Englishman.... 05.35.. David Bowie hotel
Hey ..Thanks for your comments ...where is david bowie hotel ??
How do you record your voice its too clear and sounds very good
At the moment just with gogro 8 mic
@@EnglishmaninMalta thank you
Lived in st pauls bay and qwara for 4 yrs used to go round the bars.
Its changed so much over there
@@EnglishmaninMalta left in July this year. Was quiet then.
Oh what a great video , I wish I had a euro for each time we have been along there , Magic times in Malta. Go to Qwara Steve sometime by the Seashells Suncrest please . You have found a true friend there with Francis . Take care guys .👍
I did have a video over that way last year, i walked the whole coast now
@@EnglishmaninMalta ahh ok steve i will check through your past footage .cheers
Great breakfast at the Knickerbocker just past the bus terminal
Yummy ice cream too 😋
Breakfast with ice cream?? And a glass of cisk
Sounds great will keep it in mind for my nest great adventure...cheapest breakfast hunt ...🤪🤪🤪
@@EnglishmaninMalta
I noticed in one of your videos an advertisment for (I think) a €2.95 full English... Now that's cheap! Your quest should you choose accept it, is to find a cheaper one 😂 👍
I loved staying in Qawra walking down from the Canifor to the seafront and swimming near Qawra point. Having fresh Orange at the beach cafe. I liked playing Bochi and watching the locals play it, they were amazing. I liked dancing on the coloured water jets outside the aquarium. 😀😀😀
Wow !!! Sounds like you have real fun adriana,
Love it will be there sept
Hope everything goes well my friend
I live in qawra yes it very nice in qawra
Oh its too busy for me
I love the DB San Antonio and Spa and the George pub opposite.
Give me a shout next time over i do a room review
Hi Englishman, yes I will give you a shout when next in Malta. Stay safe
Great video !
Glad you enjoyed it
My parents have an apartment around the corner -I love this place 💞🇲🇹
Seems like a popular place in the good times
I know the area well, had some excellent nights out in the area
Looks a lively area
you place very nice
Yes, thank you
Rewatching this video as well today Steve as it’s one of my favourites! 🥰 I love Bugibba 🥰 We have stayed at the db San Antonio about 5/6 times now. It’s a lovely hotel!! I love everything about it. We’ve made good friends with many of the staff there and I regularly stay in touch with them. I really hope that we can get back across there sometime this year 🙏🏼🤞🏼
Sounds good yes nice place to have a holiday ..Not sure I f I would like to live there ..But I would enjoy the walk along the front in the evening
Enjoying your videos of Malta and wishing we could get there this year. Can you show the Qawra Palace Hotel where we stay? We are missing swimming off the Qawra coast. Can you go for a swim for us?
Hey , Nothing planned at the moment, But i will keep it in mind ...Thank you for the support
Good one Steve & Francis 👍 memories memories 😔 OMG the area is UNrecognisable 😲. My old Summer beat 👮!!!. Last visited the area in 1987 and it's now a bigger concrete jungle. Area is great for a few weeks holiday, but not to reside there permanently. Wardija or Pwales are looking more attractive to me by the day 🏡. Bless you, THANKS FOR THE GOOD MEMORIES GOOD STEVE 👋 👍 🇲🇹 🇪🇺.
Glad you enjoyed it
Sitting here depressed now after watching , i was meant to be there from the 1st September but BA cancelled flights. Have not visited Malta since they were putting finishing touches to the church (very strange design). Used to visit Malta every year since 1977 until early 90s. Was going to stay in apartments near the Topaz which are owned by the Relax inn hotel, i remember that hotel when it was called the Concord and had a swimming pool at the front. It looks like so much has changed from the days of Stones night club, Cesar's bar, Ta'casa bbq farm house, The Salad Bowel restaurant, JJ's disco and many more places that are no longer. Hopefully all will be well next September and i can return to enjoy the feasts in Naxxar and Mellieha that happen in the first week of September. Wondering how much per week that apartment was with the couple from London ? Looks in a good location.
Any way back to my box of tissues .
"Salad Bowl" 👍 my favourite until moving to UK and every year whilst on holidays @ Mum's in SPB. Wasn't the proprietor JOE a great bloke?! Lovely Memories.!. CHEERS 👍. 🇲🇹 🇪🇺.
29th august us
Hope all goes well !!
152 like thank you for sharing
Thank you too
Love all your beautiful videos of Malta. Do you live there?
Yes. Lived here 25 years but been coming from 70s
You will have seen a lot of changes then, over the years. We moved from my native Yorkshire to live in Mellieha from 2012 to 2015, now living in Cyprus. Your videos make me feel so nostalgic, so many places I recognise. Been back for holidays since we left, were planning to go back for Christmas this year but this won't happen now. Hopefully early next year we will be back. Take care, keep safe and keep the videos going. Thank you for sharing.
@@vickygibson1519 Malta got its good and bad ..they say you love it or hate it . But could not get to like Cyprus. Not sure why !
@@EnglishmaninMalta The Maltese people are so lovely and friendly. Definitely love Malta,🙂. So much different scenery. Cyprus is very different, very green though. Would love to return to Malta, not sure when now, in the meantime, will catch up with your stunning videos. Thank you again, keep safe.
nice tour well done 👍
Thank you 👍
You should have started by the junction with Triq ic Cern, as you have missed quite a chunk of Triq it Touristi with nice little bars and restaurants.
La stalla is still in the same ownership and is my favourite place for pizza.
Thanks for the tips! but I was in the capable hands of francis
@@EnglishmaninMalta we’ve had a holiday flat at that end of Triq it Touristi for 35 years so know the area well and been visiting Malta for over 40 years 👍🏻
I agree there’s been a lot of changes in that time.
We stayed at the sunflower hotel last visit real nice hotel,and we would eat outside across the road from alberto
Sounds great are you planning to come back soon
@@EnglishmaninMalta maybe next year 🤞🏿
You do get a good pint of draught cisk in the elvis bar.
I wanted to go ...But Francis is tea total !! 🙄🙄🙄
They do also sell a good coffee 👍
Mid 80's in Budigga was a great place full of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish. Very cosopoatain now a days.
Yes john i worked in many hotels in that area, do you remember the tartan bar ? I work there for two nights ...worked my socks off !!
@@EnglishmaninMalta
That's a name from the past
That first street is Halel street, Bugibba while Tourist street is in Qawra, around 10 minutes from Halel street
Not sure you are right ?? always know it where we walked ?
@@EnglishmaninMalta Of course I am right I am local and live in Bugibba
@@johntonna2235 oh !! Will have to inform google maps , it shows run from Triq Cassarino, bugibba to Qawra sea front , we never said halel street was triq il turist ? , we said we on the way to walk triq il turisti ?
Watching this on A freezing cold night here in Sydney wishing I was there 🇦🇺🇲🇹😩
Hey rita ...turn the fire up a cuddle up with one of my videos...lo, 👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I came to Qawra with my Mum, her best friend Rosina and her two sons it was about 1978/79 when I was 9/10 I think. We went all over Malta as mum’s friend was Maltese we visited her family too. I will return when this nonsense is over. Sadly my mum passed away 2016 but have very fond memories. See you soon 😊 and thank you for the videos!
Sounds great ...Nice to think back on great memories , yes you will see a bit change over here
Hy my Great lovely friend your Good name your Great country name
Thank you
19:20. We stayed in an apartment just a couple of doors down from The Elvis Lounge and were subjected to Elvis every night!
Is that good or bad ?? lol 😂
@@EnglishmaninMalta I guess good as it meant that I would usually go for a walk down to Bugibba Square!
Must be 30 years since I last went to Bugiba, its changed a bit.
Its dead at the moment ..
Un-F*****g-believable!! I cannot believe you made it from the hotel DB San Antonio to the bus station without being intercepted by the timeshare touts. The first words I ever learned in Maltese were:
1. "F**k off" = no I don't want a timeshare. And
2. "What part of F**k off don't you understand?" = No, seriously, I'm on holiday. I really don't want a timeshare.
Other than that it was great to see Tourist Street again. Hope to be there again in September (Pandemic Permitting)
Agree 100% I am waiting for the day i can catch them on video
@@EnglishmaninMalta sadly they may not pester you because you'll be tanned from living in a sun kissed environment. Tourists that are still pink or sun burnt are what they look for. Anyway, I'm coming back to Malta in September, let's see how many times I'm approached by them
San Antonio is 100% worth the stay best hotel I’ve ever stayed in
Yes it looks a nice hotel
The San Antonio was a nice hotel 11years ago when I was last there in 2009, and stopped in an apartment near the bus terminal great memories. Can’t believe they turned the park opposite Manor Court apartments into a car park :(
Yes so much changing now that area, just many Maltese holding back progress asking so high prices
Was a nice little park providing much needed greenery but the parking situation is so bad in the area I suppose it was inevitable
As a Maltese in Australia, it is great to see my second home! Great job!
Thank you my friend. More on the way
Not been there for a long time. I remember a empty swimming pool there
Sorry Terry where ?? in place of elvis ?? no Idea ??
Great video that Steve. One of the best you’ve done for me as I stay in san Antonia hotel! That restaurant opposite it ta paula is probably the best restaurant in bugibba. I’ve not found one better than it. On weekends it’s packed full of Maltese people.
Oh...i must go back and do anther walk around ...
St. Paul, with the districts of Buggiba and Qawra, is a tourist ghetto without the typical Maltese flair. Only hotels, restaurants and bars in modern buildings. If you want to experience the real Malta with the typical houses with wooden balconies, small pubs and shops in the small side streets, you should book a hotel in Valletta, Sliema, Mellieha or San Gilian. The "Malta National Aquarium" and the "The Malta Classic Car Collection" are the only reasons to drive to Buggiba for a day.
I was there last week.......
Oh..No Thought They were closed last week ??
Look so much nice place. Think beautiful night there . Say hello to friend francis from uk.
Thank you, I will ...you like go bars drink party and dance all night ?
3:28. Did I see a free parking space? How much do they want for it? ;-)
No free parking in bugibba lol 😁
Been there so many times,and fallen out of the Elvis bar more times than I care to remember!😂😂
Now that sounds like a good holiday ...lol 😂
Stayed in the Bugibba Hotel (which I believe is now apartments, and I remember it being near a disco called Rose, or something in 1989 on my first holiday abroad with a boyfriend, then again in 1990 at the Mavina, then 2010 at the Topaz, 2013 at the Mavina (practically the same as 1990 apart from pool area) and then the Primera (never again) last year.
Yes I heard that primera ..Was a bit cheap and cheerful ..I work at the floria Before it changed ..But I guess You get what you pay for Suzi ??
@@EnglishmaninMalta we were booked in the Qawra Palace as a treat and then I got pneumonia and had to take 5 weeks off so had to go cheap! Booked in the Dolmen next June, subject to being allowed to go!
Not far from the incognito bar grill, only open at night bit the best food. Got to know mike the owner 1988.
sounds great hope you had fun !!
Yes I did steve that was when I fell in love with Malta went back many times.
Steve I set you a challenge last year too find Oakley you remember,its Rocky
Paul i looked no idea where oakley is . ?
Look up the Queens head pub in Qawra its next door
Ahh you are close to The Chef's Table my cousins resturant
Is he open ?? its a busy area ..just a shame not so good at the moment
@@EnglishmaninMalta Yes in the afternoon onwards
The miracle St. Francis.
Yes a legend