Monday, 13 August 2007

Melodrama in Malta

I am back from my holiday in Malta. The island is lovely, and the weather was just right for the time I was there( it wasn't so hot that I couldn't walk around without feeling faint due to the heat, anyway) But I must say that I wasn't pleased with the hotel or the delayed flights.

I spent a few hours at the beginning of the holiday negotiating, and finally got a room that didn't look like it was trashed by a failing rock band. However, doom set in when we realised that there is a general water shortage in Malta so we couldn't access water in our room most of the time, and we were not informed of an excruciatingly out of tune cabaret couple who ruined some of my favourite 60's tunes outside the hotel EVERY night. I was greated by a flat rendition of 'The Green green grass of home' EVERY night by a man resembling Pavarotti, but who should have been told years ago that he,unfortunately, cannot sing. The food at the Hotel was a disaster also! I hope you get the picutre...

As you may have guessed I will be writing a letter of complaint to the company. I am bemused that Hotels can get away with advertising themselves as being of a certain standard in the starring system when the quality of services and the general standard does not reflect this one bit. I will be booking with caution next year, that's for sure.

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Rwyf nol o fy ngwylie yn Malta. Mae'r ynys yn brydferth, ac roedd y tywydd yn dda( wel, o'n i'n gallu cerdded o gwmpas heb i'r gwres effeithio arna i gormod ta beth) Ond rhaid dweud, roeddwn i'n llai na blesd da'r problemau da'r taith yno ac yn nol, yn ogystal a'r gwesty.

Treuliais cwpl o oriau ar ddechrau'r gwyliau yn negodu ystafell gwell, a chael ystafell erbyn y diwedd nad oedd yn edrych fel bod methiant o fand roc wedi ei ddinistrio. Er hynny, roedd pethe gwaeth i ddod, pan wnaethom sylweddoli bod problem dwr gyda Malta oedd yn meddwl nad oeddem yn derbyn dwr i'r ystafell yn aml iawn drwy gydol y dydd. Doedd neb wedi dweud wrthym chwaith am y canwyr Cabaret ofnadwy oedd yn dinistrio caneuon gwych o'r 60au POB nos y tu allan i'r gwesty. Roedd dyn allan o diwn a oedd yn edrych fel Pavarotti yn canu 'The green green grass of home' BOB nos, er dyle rhywun fod wedi dweud wrtho'n glen blynyddoedd yn ol na fedra fo ganu. Roedd bwyd y gwesty yn wael hefyd. Gobitho eich bod yn cael darlun clir o'r sefyllfa erbyn hyn!

Wel, dyw e ddim yn sioc felly fy mod i'n barod i ysgrifennu i gwyno. Dwi ddim yn deall sut mae gwesty o'r fath yn gallu hysbysebu ei hun i fod o safon penodol pan nad yw'r cyfleusterau yn adlewyrchu'r safon hynny. Byddaf yn dewis fy ngwyliau yn llawer mwy ofalus y flwyddyn nesaf yn sicr!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi,
I recently retired and moved from Wales to live in Malta. I have walked past the awful singing you mentioned, I surmise you mean outside the Karrane Hotel, on a regular basis and have to agree about the songs he regulary murders.

I do recognise the the Hotel grading system seems to differ greatly from the rest of Europe, but the matter is being addressed.

What I can't understand is the shortage of water in the Hotel I have lived here two years and have never experienced or heard of a water shortage.I assume it is an internal problem in the Hotel.

Come back to Malta again and give it another chance.

Great blog, "Cymru am Byth"
regards
Bob Davison

bethan said...

thank you for your comments bob. I won't be put off. malta was lovely and i would like to return. The water issue is probably a fault at the hotel. I woulndt be surprised!
all the best.