Excursão de meio dia na vila de Marsaxlokk, mercado, Gruta Azul e Qrendi
Descrição
Explore a pitoresca vila de pescadores de Marsaxlokk e seu tradicional mercado aberto aos domingos, viaje para o Vale Zurrieq para visitar a maravilhosa Gruta Azul, onde você também pode fazer um passeio de barco opcional para as cavernas, termine seu passeio com uma caminhada em Qrendi, uma das ruínas preservadas de Malta aldeias tradicionais.
Opções de passeio
Itinerário
Começamos nosso passeio com uma visita à pitoresca vila de pescadores de Marsaxlokk. Esta linda vila é o maior porto de pesca de Malta, e tem sido assim desde a antiguidade, hoje a maior parte do peixe vendido nas ilhas é pescado por pescadores vindos desta vila. Os tradicionais "luzzu's" (barcos de pesca tradicionais de cores vivas) e embarcações de pesca maiores se alinham no porto protegido em uma exibição colorida que tem sido objeto de inúmeras sessões de fotos.
Marsaxlokk também é popular por seus muitos restaurantes deliciosos e bons cafés espalhados por todo o calçadão e por seu grande e charmoso mercado ao ar livre, que vende uma grande variedade de alimentos e uma grande variedade de bens duráveis, como peixe, mel produzido localmente e compotas de fruta, doces tradicionais e outras iguarias, vinhos e licores locais, lembranças, roupa, calçado, rendas e artesanato tradicional, bijutaria personalizada, acessórios e muito mais. Este é o local perfeito para passar uma manhã de domingo, desfrutando de um passeio pelos cenários únicos desta pitoresca vila, onde você pode conviver com os locais, experimentar o modo de vida maltês e admirar as lindas vistas do mar enquanto navega no mercado, olhando para 'aquele' negócio perfeito!
Nossa próxima parada é o Vale Żurrieq, onde visitaremos a magnífica Gruta Azul e apreciaremos a paisagem fantástica e as vistas de tirar o fôlego que cercam todo o local. A Gruta Azul é um complexo de sete cavernas encontradas ao longo da costa sul da ilha, este complexo é composto por um arco principal maciço e muito impressionante, com aproximadamente 30 metros de altura, bem como um sistema de outras 6 cavernas, entre as quais você encontrará a Caverna da Lua de Mel, a Caverna do Gato e a bela Caverna da Reflexão. Apresentado em vários filmes rodados em Malta, devido à sua beleza natural, estrutura encantadora e localização perfeita, como Cutthroat Island (1995), O Conde de Monte Cristo (2002) e Troy (2004), este site extremamente popular atrai muitos visitantes a cada ano, com muitos optando por ver a incrível gruta de perto, se o tempo permitir, você também terá tempo e oportunidade de visitar a gruta e as cavernas fazendo um dos passeios de barco (o passeio de barco não está incluído no preço).
Terminamos nosso passeio com uma visita a Qrendi, uma das aldeias tradicionais preservadas de Malta, nosso guia o ajudará a explorar esta pacífica e charmosa vila típica de Malta. Embora pequena e compacta com uma população de apenas 2.700 pessoas, é ao mesmo tempo repleta de atrações interessantes, desde a praça principal até o centro da vila, com sua igreja paroquial e clube de banda, você será conduzido por um labirinto de ruas estreitas e sinuosas que todas têm uma história a ser contada.
Destaques
O que está incluído
Locais e horários de recolha
9:30 é a hora aproximada de início da atividade e não a hora em que você será pego no seu hotel (ou ponto de encontro mais próximo). Pelo menos alguns dias antes da data da sua atividade, você precisa se certificar de entrar em contato com o operador turístico para confirmar o local de recolha e a hora de recolha. Seu tempo de recolha pode ser qualquer hora entre 8:15 e 9:00, dependendo de onde você está hospedado. Se a sua localização de recolha for um hotel, aguarde ao lado da entrada principal. Não espere no lobby ou dentro do hotel. Quando a Guia ou o motorista chegar, eles terão uma lista de nomes e pedirá identificação aos que estão esperando fora. Eles não entrarão no hotel para procurar hóspedes. O transporte não vai esperar por chegadas tardias. Se você perder sua coleta da manhã, você não será capaz de se juntar ao tour mais tarde. Uma vez que o tour tenha começado, ele não pode ser interrompido para acomodar os atrasados.
Avaliações dos viajantes
Informações importantes
- Opções de transporte público disponíveis perto
- Bebês e crianças pequenas podem andar em um carrinho
- Adequado para todos os níveis de condicionamento físico
- O horário mostrado no site ou no seu ingresso é o horário aproximado de início da atividade e não o horário em que você será buscado no seu hotel (ou ponto de encontro mais próximo). Pelo menos alguns dias antes da data da sua atividade, você precisa entrar em contato com o operador turístico para confirmar o local e o horário de busca. O horário de busca pode ser a qualquer momento entre 8h15 e 9h, dependendo de onde você estiver hospedado.
- O passeio será guiado no idioma que você reservou; no entanto, observe que, às vezes, dependendo das circunstâncias operacionais, os comentários poderão ser fornecidos por um guia multilíngue (limitado a um máximo de 2 idiomas).
- O passeio em espanhol será conduzido por um guia que fala espanhol (sujeito à disponibilidade) ou por um guia que fala inglês, juntamente com um anfitrião que fala espanhol atuando como tradutor.
- O passeio de barco na Gruta Azul é opcional (a ser pago no local) e está sempre sujeito a condições climáticas favoráveis. A taxa para o passeio de barco é de cerca de € 10 para adultos e € 5 para crianças (a taxa pode mudar sem aviso prévio).
- O mercado em Marsaxlokk pode estar fechado em feriados públicos que caem em um domingo e em outras raras ocasiões, conforme determinado pelo conselho local da vila. Quando isso acontece, a visita à vila de pescadores de Marsaxlokk será realizada normalmente, mas se o mercado estiver fechado, visitaremos um mercado diferente.
- Embora normalmente visitamos Qrendi para nosso passeio pela aldeia, o provedor se reserva o direito de mudar o local para outra aldeia típica de Malta, quando isso acontece, sempre garantimos que o passeio mantenha o mesmo apelo, charme e valor do programa original /itinerário.
- O operador turístico reserva-se o direito de alterar a ordem das visitas sem aviso prévio.
- Não recomendado para viajantes com deficiências de mobilidade
Avaliações(13)
Booked a few weeks in advance to the day and choose a pick up point close to our hotel. Pick up was on time and very efficient. Pick up was a small coach who took us to another point to transfer to a bigger coach to go to Marsaxlokk. Tour guide was met at this point. A lovely local lady very passionate about both the area, her country and culture. Lovely to hear all her facts and stories along the way. 90 mins at the market in the fishing village. It’s a bit rushed as it’s a long market on a Sunday and very busy. We loved it and you will to if you like open markets. Also had a fish market. If not interested in the market, can look at other things within the harbour. Then got back on the bus and taken to Blue Grotto. Optional for 20 mins boat ride to see the caves. Pretty much everyone did. Was fantastic and so many pictures taken. Then a look at the beautiful village of Qrendi where the tour guide lives and she spoke to us about how the people live here with a lot of pride. This is a lot to do in 4 hours and yet we did not feel rushed. Well worth the money. Easy to book. Pick up is easy. Just check you know what you’re doing in advance.
Very knowledgeable, fiendly and helpful Tour Guide. Timings were well communicated and we all got the most out of the tour
Good tour but not fantastic- would have preferred more time in two of three stops. IMO the small village didn’t bring a lot to tour
While the tour guide did her best, the reality is that there were so many people in the fishing village that it was difficult to walk. At the Grotto it was similar. There were busloads of tourists and we weren’t able to see much.
Always use Viator never had a problem, pick up didn’t arrive, rang number to be told we’d missed the tour after waiting at the pickup point for half an hour and being early. Lady was rude and arrogant said nothing she could do. We have always received a WhatsApp or email the day before with contact details of driver/guide we received nothing. The rude lady said she had tried to ring us and had a call log which she was going to send us, we received nothing, no call log and we had no missed calls. Unacceptable when we where in the correct place, we took photos of the pickup point so this would provide evidence that we where in the correct place at the correct time. We travelled all the way from mellieha left at 0700 to ensure we would be at the meeting point in plenty of time!!!( we also have the bus tickets to prove our timings)Very disappointed and won’t be using Viator again.
Your version of events would be more convincing if it bore any resemblance to reality. Three separate emails were sent with your pickup details. Three phone calls were also made on the morning of the tour—all unanswered. The call logs and correspondence have already been provided to Viator, which is precisely why your refund request was not accepted. The instructions on your ticket were clear and straightforward. The rest of the group managed just fine and went on to enjoy the tour. That tends to happen when instructions are actually read and followed. Our operator explained the situation clearly, but you chose not to listen, responding instead with a dismissive and aggressive tone and directing offensive language at the assistant, including telling them to “f**k off.” That says far more about you than it does about our operator. And finally, travelling across the island from Mellieħa to a pickup point in Valletta—despite multiple pickup options being available in Mellieħa at the time of booking—simply does not make sense and, somewhat unsurprisingly, speaks for itself. Missing the tour is unfortunate. Inventing a narrative to avoid taking responsibility is less so.
Great guide, really informative.😁 we thought the driver was great too, good site seeing helpful as well.
Lovely guide, but the group was huge. A lot of time spent transferring from one but to another in a meeting
An agent booked this trip for me which caused some issues. They chose a pickup point far from where I was staying. I saw Robert Abrigo & Sons agent at the airport and was able to change the pickup point to close to where I was staying. However, that caused another issue and I missed the trip. I called the company to see what could be done and the MOST RUDE lady answered. She screamed at me, interrupted me multiple times (and then screamed some more if I interrupted her). Unfortunately they would not re-book the tour (I could have still joined, I called about 15 minutes after missing the pick up) but they would not work with me. It was very sad, and I think the company caters to cruise passengers as they only do trips on certain days so if you miss...too bad. The worst was the RUDE agent, and this company should be ashamed to have such a person working for them. I would NOT recommend this company.
The original pickup location was selected by your booking agent, not by our company. Once you informed us of the inconvenience, we promptly arranged a new pickup point closer to your accommodation to help you out and provided all the necessary details about the new pickup location (U Bistrot Restaurant, St. Julian's) along with your updated pickup time. Unfortunately, even though you had all the necessary information, you arrived late and did not reach the agreed pickup location (U Bistrot Restaurant in St. Julian’s) at the scheduled time, which resulted in missing the tour. Our tours operate on fixed schedules to ensure a smooth experience for all guests, and once the pickup window has passed, it is not possible to join the group, something which is also specified on your ticket. Allowing delays would disrupt the itinerary and negatively impact the experience of all participants. It is not our responsibility to ensure your punctuality; it is the client’s obligation to be on time for their scheduled pickup. Regarding your call with our team, we maintain high standards of professionalism and courtesy. However, during the conversation, our agent was subjected to disrespectful language and accusations, including claims that the agreed pickup location (U Bistrot Restaurant in St. Julian’s: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eBftMFnbHUeuFqxu6) did not exist … We do not tolerate disrespectful behaviour toward our staff, and we kindly ask all guests to communicate respectfully. Respect is not a one-way street—our team is here to assist and resolve issues, and we expect the same courtesy in return. When someone is actively trying to help you, it is important to engage constructively rather than place blame for circumstances beyond our control or make unfounded claims. It is also not our responsibility if you did not have an internet connection to verify the location details provided, or if your agent included their phone number and email address instead of yours on the booking they made on your behalf—these are issues unrelated to our services and outside the scope of our responsibility. While we take pride in delivering the best service possible, working in the service industry does not mean we will tolerate entitlement, disrespect, or rudeness toward our team.
The pickup for the tour was prompt. We were driven to a different location and divided in groups according to language. We started at the Blue Grotto due to the weather. After arriving we had to buy tickets (which would be nice to have included ahead of time) and stand in line for the boat ride. Beautiful view, water, and well worth the ride. Luckily, we were one of the last groups to go due to the wind and weather. Next we went to Qrendi. We didn't spend much time there due to the delay in leaving Blue Grotto. Personally, I could've skipped it and spent more time at Marsaxlokk. We had about 80 minutes to explore the area and market which didn't feel rushed. Rita was a good guide and full of information. This ran longer due to delays, but I was back at my hotel around 3pm so not too bad.
I did this trip in January and it was exactly what it said on the tin. There was plenty of time at each stop. We didn’t get to go in a boat at the grotto, but this didn’t matter. The only thing that let it down (that wasn’t the tours fault) was grown adults arguing because they didn’t sit back in the same seat as when they got off at the first stop. Utterly embarrassing. The market does get very busy, so be warned (I went out of season and it was HEAVING!)
