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Where do we begin...
First of all as cringe as it sounds this festival was literally the best 5 days OF OUR LIVES. The atmosphere, people, weather, vibe and omg of course the music were all insane.
FLIGHTS
Okay so let's talk flights - please for the love of god buy these the minute you decide you're going. Amy and I made the school boy error of waiting as we thought the price would go down. Unbeknownst to us the festival was being held on easter bank holiday weekend so as you can imagine the price of flights continued to rise higher than the bloomin plane itself! We ended up paying just under £500 each which yes was painful buuuut if you book earlier there will be so many reasonably priced, direct flights to Luqa Malta.
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| The view as we descended into Malta! |
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| Tryna be cute and totally p****ing off the lady next to us |
Airport Transfer
I took a gamble on the first website that came up on google and it worked out amazingly! The booking cost about £20 for pick up and also dropping us off once the holiday was over - our driver was a babe and gave us so much advice on where to visit in Malta which was super sweet but a tad awkward as we couldn't break it to him we weren't here primarily for the culture and more getting w a s t e d and dancing for ridiculous amounts of hours to djs in the sun...
Anyhow here is the link to the website we used:
https://www.holidaytaxis.com/en/transfers/malta/malta-airport/
HOTEL
We decided to stay in a cheap hotel within Qawra as it was 15mins walk to Cafe Del Mar - this is where all the pool parties are held, opening party and also where the shuttle buses take/drop off to the evening festival site.
The hotel was called Euroclub and was super basic but had everything we needed (shout out to the AC and massive mirror). Basically every guest was english and was going to AMP so it had a cute community vibe oh and omg it is literally 3mins from a supermarket - Trolee which was A LIFESAVER for snacks, alcohol and most importantly water.
There are tons of other hotels nearby so do a little bit of research! A lot of people also stayed in Bugibba itself which is a fab location also as it is super close to the beach, more restaurants and bars buuut a bit longer walk to Cafe del Mar and you'd definitely need to get a taxi back at night.
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| Buggiba Square - also the pre festival party was held in a club here! |
CAFE DEL MAR
My other name for this beaut location is home. Just look at this sea and infinity pool combo please:
3 of the 4 days featured a pool party here. Now we were a little unsure what to wear on the first day like how naked does everyone actually get? NAKED my friends in the most beautiful body confident way. Girls strutting round in bikinis, the lads topless - but not in an overly pretentious way because everyone was lovely. It inspired us more than anything, made you feel too clothed and want to whip out the bikini too!!
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| Amy at her happiest |
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| Lorraine crushin' on the dj as per |
TIP - ask them to make your drink in the big cup. It will be the same tokens as the small but some of the bartenders were cheeky and automatically gave us a smaller cup. Yes it sounds petty but did you come here to party or not?!!
TOKENS
On the topic of tokens, the whole festival (all bars included) uses tokens as opposed to euros so you need to exchange on your first night or as you go on. Now I adore this festival but my god these were overpriced. Cost me 150 EUROS for 30 and a double was 2 tokens so being the alchis we are we ran out within 3 days.. We'd recommend pre-gaming hard before pool parties and then again before the evening festival in UNO. A litre of absolute vodka was 14 euros - I'll let that sink in.
NUMERO UNO
Numero Uno is a magical outdoor club situated in the hills of Malta. It takes about 30mins on the shuttle bus from Cafe Del Mar which is not long at all when everyone is sloshed on the bus gossiping about which dj's and stages they'll be hitting the minute we arrive!
There were 4 different stages:
Main - Palace
Tropicana
Pyramid
Factory
FAVOURITE ACTS
Jackmaster
My nu leng b2b Redlight was straight fireeeee
Jamie Jones
Flava D
MK - saw him at the pool party which was phenomenal and we also chose to watch his closing set of the whole festival on the Sunday night which was so euphoric literally Amy and I well up whenever we listen to his songs as it takes us back ahaha
Last but not least the queen herself Annie Mac <3
BOAT PARTY & CASTLE RAVE
Wahhh we were absolutely gutted because we missed out on tickets to both of these events. They sold out within a day - which we totally didn't foresee happening, so please if you do plan on going to either event, don't hesitate and buy your ticket asap
TOILETS
Both venues had lush toilets with massive mirrors but the only downside is in uno the attendents are proper on it and you can't go in with your friends. Plus like any festival the queues are mahooosive
FASHION
The fashion at AMP ranged from casual all the way to glitter unicorns. Whatever you wear no-one cares all everyone cares about is having an insane time so wear whatever you want throw some glitter in the mix and raaaaave my sweets. Here are a few of mine and Amy's outfits:
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| Lorraine clearly checking out the topless lads in Cafe del Mar |
CULTURE
The locals were absolutely lovely in Malta and extremely welcoming. We're ashamed to say we didn't try any local cuisine *hangs head in shame* which we will most definitely be doing next year. All the locals speak english and even though the festival crowd was 90% english people there were quite a few locals who came to partaay too which was lovely!
NEXT YEAR
What we'll be doing differently in 2018:
- Stay in a hotel with strong WIFI
- Buy flights and castle rave tickets early
- TAKE MORE PHOTOS
- Arrive a few days earlier to have a pre holiday in Malta before the festival starts
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| Roll on 2018!!!!! |
If you do have any questions on the festival or if there's any information we've not covered please let us know in the comments!!
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Hia, love this - I'm going this year :) Just a quick question, what time does the festival start? Is it a day and night thing like Hideout or is it just night? (I know it might change from your visit, but just want a rough idea) Your outfits look amaze!
ReplyDeleteHi hun! Thank you so much x
ReplyDeleteBasically last year the pool parties began at 1pm then finished at about 6pm. At night the first set starts at about 7/8pm and last one finishes at 4am so doesn't last as long as hideout.
We're going again this year - so hopefully will see you there beaut!
xxx