Gozo; Tuesday, 16 October, 2018

We had a late breakfast and checkout and then asked about getting a taxi down to the harbour, which is where we found out the hotel had a shuttle bus that did just that for free!

A few minutes later we were down in the ferry terminal, just as the incoming ferry was docking, so we only had to wait a couple of minutes before we could board. We headed out onto the sun deck and sat out in the warm sun as we crossed back to Malta.

Whilst the buses to the airport run every 45 minutes to match the ferry schedule, the buses to Sliema run every 30 minutes, and so it was inevitable that we would have a 20 minute wait once we’g got back to Cirkewwa, but that did atleast mean we didn’t have to run.

An equally long journey across the island we eventually made it Sliema and headed over to our hotel to check in.

By now it was mid-afternoon so we decided to catch the bus into the centre of the island and visit the Maltese Rabat, as apposed to the Gozitan one. By pure chance we timed it so we were at the bus stop as the express bus that ran fast, and more importantly direct, from St Julians to Rabat, arrived.

A speedy journey later we arrived in Rabat. We had a bit of a wander around the gardens, stopping for some refreshments in the pleasant café in overlooking the walls of the Mdina, before deciding to do the very touristy thing and get a horse and carriage ride round Mdina, as well as out into the narrow streets of Rabat itself. Whilst the ride was a bit cheesy and not cheap, we did see some bits of the city we hadn’t seen before.

Back at the starting point of the carriage tours we wandered back over to the bus stop in time to catch the slower bus back to Sliema.

After quickly freshening up in the hotel we headed out to dinner in one of the restaurants immediately outside the hotel.