Ramla Bay Resort

Great location. Beach, swimming pools, great food.

Plastic in the sea, but it is not up to hotel.

Superbly run hotel. Brilliant spacious room with fantastic view. Staff were all friendly and rooms kept clean. Breakfast buffet was varied and delicious.

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Ramla Bay Resort Junior Suite, sea view, breakfast and dinner included, 7-day stay during the second week of October. Location – The hotel is situated in the northern part of Malta. The surrounding area is quiet. It is an excellent spot for those who enjoy lounging by the pool, families with children (especially preschoolers), and hiking enthusiasts. There is a bus stop nearby, though buses run infrequently; we didn't use them. We went on a few hikes of no more than 8 kilometers—visiting the Red Tower, the White Tower, and viewpoints on the eastern side of the peninsula. The ferry terminal to Gozo is about 2 km away—a half-hour walk. A round-trip ticket costs €4.65; the ticket is valid for 6 months but cannot be used for buses on Gozo. The hotel features an "IKEA style"—inexpensive furniture and a stark, minimalist décor lacking aesthetic flourishes. However, it is functional. At reception, you can borrow or buy a power adapter if you’ve arrived from outside the UK. The complex includes a shop, restaurants and bars, four cold-water pools, and plenty of sun loungers for sunbathing. There is also a small sandy beach nearby; the sea temperature was 26.2°C, making it significantly warmer than the pools. The food is good—one of the hotel's biggest pluses. There is also a gym, a large playroom for young children, and two indoor spa-style pools, though these are small with limited capacity. Beach towels are available for rent, included in the room rate. The overall atmosphere differs from that of family-run hotels; this is a corporate-operated establishment. The room—a junior suite—is spacious, measuring 70 square meters. It features two bathrooms and a balcony over a dozen meters long, offering a lovely sea view. The quality of the beds is not exceptional, though the air conditioning is excellent. The staff is diligent, but as they are seasonal workers, they sometimes lack a certain level of professionalism—though this is not a major issue.

Music in the pool area is too loud. There is no smoking free area near pools. Prices are too high both for breakfast and dinner and in the hotel shop.

View from the room was really great, generally the room and shared areas in the hotel are nice and clean. The hotel has really interesting architecture, indoor gardens are really cool and calming, lifts are typically close to the rooms, so one doesn't have to walk through long corridors. Food quality and variety on breakfast/lunch/dinner is decent.

The infrastructure of the hotel don't appear to be maintained well: * coffee/tea maker in our room didn't work (was fixed fast, but still) * the room door stopped working at one moment and locked us out of the room for the whole hour. Places for breakfast/dinner tend to be overcrowded in peak times, and you can even be turned away from the place you've paid for already.