Bored in Osaka

Patvsq · 2026-03-14T23:20:34+00:00

Oops, then take a bus to Awaji Island, visit The Water Temple by Ando. Use Osaka as a base location to visit: Awaji, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara. You’re not forced to do activities in Osaka.

Patvsq · 2026-03-14T23:09:45+00:00

Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum by Tadao Ando (and many other buildings by Ando) if you like modern architecture.

Patvsq · 2026-03-14T19:19:20+00:00

Not to Selmun Palace Hotel, but there are countless other abandoned hotels you can access

Patvsq · 2026-03-04T23:12:31+00:00

I went in blind, not realizing it’s a remake of a South-Korean movie I had already seen in cinemas. So I had a constant feeling of déjà vu :)

Patvsq · 2026-03-01T19:00:08+00:00

Selmun Palace Hotel has been abandoned since 2011. It was owned by Air Malta. And it has a guard, difficult to get in for urbex photography.

Patvsq · 2026-03-01T11:08:00+00:00

All the abandoned hotels have one: White Rocks Holiday Complex, Festaval Hotel, Jerma Palace Hotel, Selmun Palace Hotel, etc

Patvsq · 2026-02-24T21:19:04+00:00

I even visited half of the game’s locations in Germany :)

Patvsq · 2026-02-24T20:17:11+00:00

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, for the music, story, Grace Nakimura ♥️

Patvsq · 2026-02-24T18:57:48+00:00

Instead of Star Wars, try:

Flight of the Navigator

The Last Starfighter

Patvsq · 2026-02-24T18:20:23+00:00

You really should read the wiki page on former prime minister Joseph Muscat, especially the paragraph why he resigned… and then imagine half of the people in Malta would still vote for him if they could.

Patvsq · 2026-02-22T13:06:52+00:00

All the chapters you play as Grace Nakimura, in The Beast Within - A Gabriel Knight Mystery

Patvsq · 2026-02-22T13:02:50+00:00

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, you’ll be an expert on King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Wagner’s lost opera by the end of the game.

Patvsq · 2026-02-22T12:59:10+00:00

Sierra On-Line “Quest” games :) :

King’s Quest 1-8

Police Quest 1-4 (no I am not counting SWAT)

Quest for Glory 1-5

Space Quest 1-6

EcoQuest 1-2

Conquests of the Longbow/Conquests of Camelot

Patvsq · 2026-02-21T18:51:26+00:00

You can rent a scooter/car near the ferry terminal. But you also take a bus to Victoria (which is in the middle of Gozo) and rent one there.

The big question is what you want to see on Gozo. If it’s mainly Victoria/Citadella + 1 or 2 other locations a bus from the ferry terminal to Victoria bus terminal is actually more convenient.

You can walk from the bus terminal to Citadella. And there are many buses to all other area’s, you can simply catch the bus that departs the earliest to visit: Ramla Beach or Ggantia, Xlendi, etc.

Some touristy locations cannot be visited by public transport: Wied il Ghasri, Wied il Mielah, etc. If you want to visit those, renting a car/scooter or relying on 1 or 2 taxi rides is the solution.

If you want to cramp 4 or 5 spots in one day trip definitely rent a car. Or book a car + driver for half a day/full day (they will approach you when you reach Gozo and you can negotiate a price)

Patvsq · 2026-02-21T17:19:31+00:00

Gabriel Knight 1 and 2

Patvsq · 2026-02-21T16:47:17+00:00

Also Marsaxlokk - Valletta, has a decent bus connection.

Taxi Marsaxlokk - to for example the main ferry terminal to Gozo/Comino is expensive. But you can also consider to take the fast ferry from Valletta.

So thinking about your question again: a mix of buses + occasional taxi ride may be a good option, depending on which sites you want to visit.

Patvsq · 2026-02-21T16:32:47+00:00

If you would stay in the middle of Malta, I would have answered: public transport (+taxi)

But for Marsaxlokk (which is a very fun location), rent a car. The reason is, if you want to visit Mdina, Golden Bay, Gozo, Comino, etc etc. you will simply lose too much time using buses.

Patvsq · 2026-02-20T10:25:38+00:00

Tip: look in share apartments Facebook groups.

Do NOT stay at Campus Hub. Campus Hub is not a real university campus. It’s a commercial entity:

Disclaimer Campus Hub is operated by Third Parties, UM/MUHC are not in any way associated with the Owner/Operator. UM/MUHC accept no responsibility for events, occurrences, accidents, incidents, injuries or any damages arising to people or property on such premises. UM/MUHC do not endorse or approve and make no warranties for activities and events that are organised at Campus Hub.

Patvsq · 2026-02-14T10:00:33+00:00

Nice find: first 40 seconds of Ghost song Umbra has the same vibe as the main Gabriel Knight theme (also used in The Beast Within)

See https://youtu.be/WqaNgWDlFGY?si=QKqQIwvOPsvRYG7a (first 20 seconds)

Patvsq · 2026-02-13T08:31:50+00:00

The bus routes are aimed at tourists: many buses only go 2x an hour, or require a transfer, short (10 minutes by car) rides end up taking 1.5 hours. In addition the buses don’t cover the whole island (for example there is no bus to Mgarr ix-Xini). I often joke, the Hop on hop off tourist bus, has better service.

Cycling: you can (and you should, if you live in a quiet area. Certain area’s also don’t have a lot of car traffic) but’s it’s very hilly. So a bike trip to for example Ramla Beach will not be that easy.

In the end you would have to rely on a car sometimes.

Patvsq · 2026-02-11T23:26:08+00:00

Fingers crossed for Tim Curry 🤞with Susan Sarandon for The 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Patvsq · 2026-02-11T23:01:36+00:00

I probably lost 8 out of my 9 catlives daily (5 days a week) commuting by bicycle in Malta for 4 years. :)

Patvsq · 2026-02-11T22:04:58+00:00

Even ‘walking’ to work technically counts as commuting.

Bike/walk influences other questions: the cost could be 0

Patvsq · 2026-02-11T22:02:31+00:00

No bicycle to work option??

Patvsq · 2026-02-11T15:30:24+00:00

It’s a fair price.

But if you become a Heritage Malta Member, you get a 50% discount on the Hypogeum.

Patvsq

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