We decided to take a trip to Malta for a much needed break and ended up staying in St Paul's Bay. The area itself was very scruffy, bags of smelly rubbish on the pavements, some boarded up buildings. The hotel was *very* basic which was fine in theory as we were really just planning on using it as a base... more

We were open minded about going to this hotel after reading the reviews. We arrived in the early hours and were greeted by a bad smell (the stale smell of the evening meal) in the foyer and first impressions of our room was that it was basic and shabby but it was absolutely huge. The whole hotel could do with... more

09/09/2007 Trip adviser Suffolk Just arrived back from Malta.After reading reviews of Santa Maria before we went I was a little bit concerned but when we arrived I was pleasently suprised.The hotel was clean and tidy the room was clean and quiet and the food was good and plentyfull.As for the staff they were pleasent and helpfull.The pool area was... more

The Santa Maria Hotel has an air conditioned lobby (bliss when coming in from the Malta sun in the evening), polite reception and waiting staff and reasonable facilities. I've just got back from a week there staying with my mum. She had been to Malta before and knew it had no beaches to speak of and was generally quiet but... more

after reading a lot of the bad reviews for the hotel. me , my mum and dad and my 15 year old sister weren't really very excited. we had an early morning flight and it was great . the flight took 3 hours from manchester airport and we landed at 11 o,clock maltese time. we collected our luggage and made... more

hotel is very grubby, food is repeated daily, the pool isnt large enough for the complex, the service is some times very slow, the location isnt brilliant, our room was tiny but some in the hotel was of a reasonable size,overall a below average hotel that every one was complaining about the only good things was some of the staff... more

We were supposed to stay in this dump for 2 weeks in the middle of july it was over run by students who were allowed to run wild and just about destroyed the irish bar which is connected to the hotel, the food was terrible,the rooms were very dirty and we found a used condom under our bed along with... more

Been back from the Santa Maria 6 days, ok it is a basic hotel but my sister and i paid 280 sterling for 1 week all inclusive. we got what we paid - the rooms were clean the food was ok, the only down side for me was the number of unruly kids. i found the staff friendly enough but... more

This is by far the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. The Pool bar service was so slow that I bought water from a nearby shop, came back and was still saw the same people queing. If you fancy standing in a que of 4 people for 20 minutes to be served then go for it. The maid stole... more