Name: Ta' Matmura Farmhouse B&B
Address: 11 Triq Birbuba, GRB 1436 Għarb, Malta, Gharb, Gharb, Gharb, GRB 1436, Malta
Rating: 10

Air conditioning

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Diet menu (on request)

Packed Lunches

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Free Wi-Fi

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Airport transportation

Car rental

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Library

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Sun Deck

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Free parking nearby

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

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Pool and beach

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Malta International Airport

Ta' Matmura Farmhouse B&B

Gharb

Great property, ina  very good location and very well kept. Not to be missed, especially if you are a largish group and love some quiet time by the pool. Owners also very helpful with all of our needs.

Great property

Well equipped kitchen, excellent outdoor pool area, comfortable bedrooms all with private bathroom and air conditioning. Very clean and well kept. Steve the owner was always a phon call away and extreme helpful. Will surely consider visiting again next year.

Relaxing weekend

We stayed here in November for a much needed relaxing weekend. Gharb in general is charming, with a few good places to eat and well located for long walks in the countryside without actually having to drive. Ta' Matmura was a well equipped base - breakfast was generous and delicious and the bedroom was charming. Looking forward to visit again next summer.

Lovely Long Weekend

Wow what a place, the hosts were very friendly and the pool was very nice and inviting! The room were nicely set up and cosy too. We'll definitely return to Ta Matmura for our next holiday and will be telling all our friends and family about this place too. Kudos to the hosts in having such a awesome place available.

Epic place!

Spent a week here while diving ;-) This was the first time we've stayed at Ta' Matmura - Hibiscus room - although we've been coming to Gozo diving for a number of years. Steve & Patricia who are managing this lovely B&B were so nice and took great care of us. As well as great source of local information Steve & Patricia are really enjoying what they do and their their dedication is reflected in the excellent service they provided us with. Nothing was a problem for them and they definitely went the extra mile to make sure we're happy. Wifi connection was good & free, local cuisine breakfast exceptional. The property itself is lovely, charming, clean and has all one can reasonably desire...including a swimming pool ;-) we will definitely come back here again.

Awesome Week - Great Experience

I have been visiting Ta' Matmura Farmhouse with my wife and 17 years old son earlier this month.
I’m very comfortable to say this was one of the best holidays in our life.
The house is located in very calm and nice area. Very good facilities, fantastic swimming pool (sophisticatedly illuminated during evening hours).
The hosts, Jackie and Mark are very friendly couple; they gave us a lot of pointers, where to go and what is worth to see.
Mark who is also a scuba diver, kindly borrowed us his private weight belt, which was extremely helpful for me and my son to free dive together (as we were able to take only one to the plane).
During the early hours of our departure, we nicely surprised that both of our hosts got out of bed at 4 am just to make us coffee and have a nice good bye chat.

We are definitely planning to return to Ta' Matmura in the future and will recommend this place to all of our friends (as it was recommended to us).

Rafal Daniel Jarosz

Fantastic Family Holidays

I'd read all the five star reviews so perhaps expectations were higher than they should have been, but even so, staying at this place was a thoroughly depressing experience for my girlfriend and me. 

I'll try to keep it brief but the devil is in the detail here. 

The headline undesirable event was that the aircon wouldn't work when we got back at 1a.m. so we barely slept all night. But these things happen, and I wouldn't give the place two stars if just for that. But it was the build-up to, and astonishing aftermath of, that unfortunate event that really spoiled things.

From the beginning, then: 

1. Our room was decorated in a typical 1990s lazy tasteless English B&B sort of way. Random assorted plastic coat-hangers from Peacocks and Primark; Readers Digest books on a cheap pine shelf; charity shop pictures; flimsy plastic bedside lights. You know the sort of thing. But whatever - many people wouldn't notice or care, and we could easily have ignored that. 

2. The door to our room opened onto a first floor outdoor terrace. It had an inside curtain down to the floor - because the door was mainly glass. The husband gave us very particular instructions to *tie the curtain RIGHT back* before leaving the room because otherwise the curtain "gets caught". Kind of annoying, because sunlight would stream in and heat up the room while we were out, and we were told not to have the aircon on unless we were in the room. Also, my girlfriend sleeps longer than me, so if I went outdoors at 8am leaving her sleeping, she'd have the light streaming in. 

Anyway, I quickly discovered that the curtain would *not* in fact "get caught" if you shut the door slowly and carefully. I was in the process of doing this at 7pm when the husband appeared on the terrace and practically shouted at me in his faint Liverpudlian accent, "EXCUSE ME! What did I tell you about tying the curtain back?!" Now call me old-fashioned, but I don't really want to be spoken to like that by a B&B owner when I'm paying them £80 a night, you know? (But again, I still had a fairly open mind about the place even after this - he calmed down pretty quickly when I profusely apologised and promised to observe his Golden Rule in future). 

3. Car hire. I rang up after booking the place and asked for any car hire tips. He said very clearly, "No problem we'll sort that out for you - we'll have a car waiting for you on Saturday". When we arrived there was no car. (And no apology). The car guy, their mate, was on his way. We had to wait for him to pick us up and drive us *back* into Victoria to sort out the car. If we'd have known this we'd have just sorted it out ourselves beforehand. 

4. Swimming pool. Only allowed to use it between 10am and 7pm (I think 7 - might have been 8). So no morning or evening swimming. No bathroom towels by the pool. No pool towels provided. Not a huge deal, but there's a slightly unfriendly sign, and you just get the sense they'd basically really rather you didn't. 

5. MIND-BENDING RUDENESS after the aircon failed. I told him in the morning when I went to breakfast (which is only served between 8 and 9 by the way). I was totally calm and polite about it. The wife was making breakfast beside him. They were both silent. No apology. He just said "All I can do is take a look at it". Hm. Then, when I was eating breakfast I overheard the wife in the adjacent kitchen moaning about the fact we came back at 1.a.m.! Bear in mind they knew we were going to the nearby fireworks and procession, and we had a key, and he said when we were leaving "make sure you take the key because we might be in bed by the time you get back". There was NO suggestion of a curfew. 

After breakfast I spoke to my girlfriend about what to do. The guy wanted to take the aircon unit apart. But who knows if he'd be able to fix it, or how long that would take. They'd been slightly rude and annoying, the aircon wasn't working, the room was basically a bit depressing, and we just couldn't face four more nights. So we said "thanks, but we're going to find somewhere else". He then tried to charge us full price. Ok, we were leaving him in the lurch for the other three nights, but frankly, so what? The aircon broke and we had one of the worst night's sleeps of our lives, and we were on our summer holiday. Neither of them had even slightly apologised. 

So I'm calmly talking to him and saying, "Is it really fair to charge full price?" and he's (to be fair, also calmly) saying "Yes it is" when his wife walks by and literally shouts at me "We couldn't go to bed til you got back and you didn't get in til one o'clock in the morning!" I mean...WTF?! I said, astonished, "Ah, yes, I overheard you saying something about that while I was having breakfast - I wondered if it was aimed at me." And she turned her puce-red face round at me and shouted "WELL, IT WAS!" and stormed off. 

I gave him 50 euros and we got the hell out of there. 

Now. The husband's perhaps a bit stressed out (can't think why...) but he seemed like a basically decent guy most of the time. But the wife has all the charm of a school dinner lady resentful at not having fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a traffic warden. 

I don't want to be too harsh here. The aircon failure was obviously unforeseen, and the other stuff was all, on its own, fairly minor. But the overall impression is REALLY not what you want on holiday. Or at least not what we wanted. 

These two are from England, on Gozo for four years, presumably since taking earlyish retirement of some kind. They love diving. Gozo's great in many ways (not least for diving), but I expect they're going slightly mad from island fever. I would be. Maybe we weren't their cup of tea. Who knows. But I can't in all conscience fail to give this place a pretty serious thumbs-down.

A really disappointing experience

We stayed for 6 nights in this idyllic property which has been lovingly restored retaining period features but incorporating modern luxuries such as air con and beautiful bathrooms. 
The hosts Mark and Jackie do everything and their attention to detail and high standards are reflected in the magnificent end result. Our room and en-suite were tastefully furnished with a lot of local items. We found the pool and communal areas were always immaculate something that can only be achieved by the owners living on site.
Breakfast is served downstairs in a spacious room with a cooked variation each day, fresh fruit, fresh orange juice, toast and excellent local jams. 
Having stayed away frequently in hot countries buying and transporting quantities of drinking water has always been an inconvenience never mind the environmental issues but Mark and Jackie have a solution . We were issued with an insulated water bottle each with unlimited access to a water cooler from which the bottles could be filled - there was also a continuous supply of hot water for the tea and coffee provided.
Location wise Gharb is a quiet large village with several restaurants and Matmura is located on the edge in a peaceful area within walking distance of an hourly bus service to The capital Victoria from which the rest of the transport system radiates over the island. Mark arranged a hire car for part of our stay which allowed us to access some of the smaller remote locations.
However in my opinion what really sets this property on a higher level is not what I have already mentioned but the people behind it.
Mark and Jackie our expats who have fallen in love with Gozo who seem to have an encyclopedic knowledge of it and can communicate it in an inspiring way. We found their recommendations of places to visit and restaurants etc spot on which really added to our Gozo experience. Before visiting any location Mark would bring up relevant photos from his vast personal library on a screen at breakfast.
Don’t waste time searching for a location or accommodation on Gozo just come here you won’t be disappointed!

Don’t bother with Google on Gozo just ask Mark!

Mark & Jackie were great hosts and we would recommend Ta' Matmura to all. Breakfast was healthy and filling with a different cooked option each day. We really enjoyed our chats over breakfast about the Gozo culture, lifestyle & also recommendations for places to visit / eat. Property was lovely, we sat out and had our tea one night on the balcony overlooking the pool. Room was a decent size with new bathroom. The property is a few minutes walk to the nearest bus stop & the bus comes hourly, so just need to have the timetable. The thermal bottles available to use whilst there kept us refreshed & hydrated on days out and a great idea to avoid buying plastic water bottles. We really enjoyed our time with you, thank you for being so welcoming!

Great stay at Ta' Matmura!

What a beautiful place! Mark and Jaclyn run their beautiful B&B with great professionalism, passion and heart and soul. We felt welcome from the first second on and enjoyed the time to the full. Beautiful rooms, a nice refreshing pool and fantastic breakfasts await the guests.

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