Rachel W
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The Pergola Hotel and spa was a delightful little hideaway set on the side of the hill. ||The cave bar at night was beautiful over looking the parish church of Mellieha, the lights made it look so picturesque.||The spa was a lovely little setting however it would have been more peaceful without children after a day of exploring. We had to leave on 30 minutes in. This was the only indoor pool in the hotel which meant kids would naturally want to go in as it was cold in the outdoor pools. ||The room was a self catering room we were given directly behind reception. Given we requested a quiet room because we are both light sleepers we were far from impressed. The noise from 6:30am until late morning meant little to no sleep. Needless to say we were not happy because we were only there for two nights we decided against asking to move. Mixed in by the fact that the luggage store (with an annoying alarm, kept going off because people hadn’t closed the door) and the thoroughfare from the two lifts leading to the ground floor. There seemed to be a slight lack of information about the hotel. It would have been really handy to know that lift ‘B’ from the lower level brought you up to floor 6 which meant you avoided the steps. The only thing to note is that you need your room key to enter the building. |||I would not recommend the shuttle bus €14 per person, there and back. We only got three hours there which was not enough! It felt like we spent more time on the bus than exploring. The shuttle bus I formation was on reception which is how we happened upon it. What the receptionist didn’t tell us is that the bus drives to Mdina first and then Vallerta. I have to say those were two of the worst bus rides of my life, so dangerous, speeding and flinging the bus over speed bumps and round corners. Awful! |We would recommend the public buses, so frequent and bolt (taxi service) €23 one way but it means you don’t have to be confined to times. The driver bringing us back was the worst, he seemed as though he was doing personal errands on our run and purposely dropped us off at the bottom of the hill after driving past the top. This is how we happened upon the lift to level 6.