Awesome trek across Anchor bay/Popeye village , Malta

[@sweetcrazythailady8179]

Very very nice place. So beautiful here. Nice a walk around. Just i watch your video this. Thank u for sharing Steve xx

[@bobbythomas200420032]

Another great video well put together. The views over Anchor bay are just stunning.

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

That coast all along to Golden bay is so awesome

[@mrcobbjr]

I remember visiting the movie set on a school outing. We didn't see any of the actors but it was quite exciting, must have been in 1979. Moved from Malta in 1980. Great memories. Thanks for sharing!

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Thanks for your comments

[@doloresblenkinship236]

Wow this takes me back a few years,we took our kids there ,when they were filming Popeye,have they refurbished it as it's still looks good ,?.then we watched it at the Cinema,It was awesome .beautiful scenery and blue sea ,thank you STEVE for sharing ,you bring back some very happy memories of Malta.love the Kappar !.I also brought back some of that plant for my rockery to the Uk,but did not survive .

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Never really been over there

[@cinabonello2731]

So Beautiful around there …our Son David scuba Dived in Malta when on Holliday

[@IANHODSON2]

hello again. another brilliant film. well done.

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Thanks for your comments Ian

[@pcharliep61]

Hi Steve great video, I can't believe you don't go in for a swim that water looked so inviting :)

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Charlie Pace hi Charlie , I do sometimes , but the camera is not waterproof, got some great vids coming out of Italy soon !!

[@markus_dev_cwb]

Anchor bay is very beaultiful Steve. Tks to share

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Might go back and take a look in spring before it gets busy

[@markus_dev_cwb]

@@EnglishmaninMalta Sure Steve. The summer is coming and Malta overloaded with tourists

[@emanuelfarrugia4821]

Hi Steve, I could see the different between now & then ; but it still great to watch and listen to, walking on those rocks reminds me how sharp some of them where, also reminds me the last time I did some rock walk round the edges like that was at the Azure Window in Gozo few months before it got washed away, Sahha from B/mouth & Thanks.

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Glad you enjoyed it ...wow I miss that place ...What a shame ...

[@allaroundthailand360]

Wow very nice place there

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Thanks Colin

[@carrieannchetcuti4061]

Mary 🇦🇺 beautiful 🇲🇹💕💕🇲🇹👍

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Hey mary xx

[@pauldavis7560]

Thanks Steve, another great video. Been to Malta three times but never visited Popeye Village.

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Paul Davis. hi Paul , looks a great day out, with beauitful views, guess it's worth a trip, hope you come back again to Malta one day !!

[@TheHunterTravellerChannel]

Great video Steve! And fun music too :) Did you get one of the divers to do a swim-through? Nice shot that! This has to go on my bucket list now..looks so nice there. And the Popeye movie..haha, will have to watch it again! Careful of the sun mate..looked like it was getting to you a bit towards the end. And tshirts like the ones i wear in Asia make things more bearable when vlogging in the heat. Take care

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

hello Thanks for the comments, love your vids, just got back from Tuscany, i got a tummy bug so lost a few days , over there, That videos it was in a heat wave so was very hot that day, and i did a lot of walking, i was a bit pissed, maybe that showed i tried to get into this cave and was a bit difficult, some rocks had fallen and blocked it off, yes my friend took under water last year , its a nice cave, but, malta/gozo as got so many more gems...better then this !!!...Wish i could dive one of my regrets in life, but was not one of the things we bothered about in Birmingham, in the 60s/70s when i was a kid....lol where are you now ??

[@TheHunterTravellerChannel]

Englishman in Malta Hi Steve. Hope you enjoyed Tuscany and are feeling better now! I'm still in Taiwan working through my travel videos. Pretty skint right now, so crashing at my friends place while I come up with a solution. Yeah, I did notice the cave looked difficult to get through/under. I hope it's not dangerous for the divers..the terrain does look temperamental. You could always take some diving classes! My dads the same..grew up around the same time and never had swimming lessons at school. Shame really because he would never go in the sea on holiday. Just a quick question..what's the backpacker scene like in Malta? Types of accommodation, rough daily budget? Really hope to visit when I'm back in Europe :)

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

The Hunter Traveller I am sure something will come up soon, been watching vids of a few guys finding it hard to get teaching jobs, did you ever think of Beijing heard there are quite good kindergarten jobs going

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

I have lately with Google Earth found out how You did manage to go down to the harbour in the Popeye bay, I didn't realize before now that it was an option!

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Yes Finn its so easy and divers find a awesome cave off the broken quay

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@EnglishmaninMalta We have a Danish born, now Maltese married female guide (a Noble Woman!!!), who is also a guide for other travel companies than "Dansk Folkeferie", and whom also arranges walks on the Islands, when possible (And as a local Representative for Danish: "Atlantic Airways", she has arranged a short "Danish Speak" in The Luqa Airport, when we leave from the Park and have arrived in three local busses)! But she has made walks where we eventually also go out by public or hired busses, and walk back to the Park. At one time I took part in a walk to and on an otherwise closed, private island near Valetta (a guard at the gate), which is intended to soon be covered with Luxury Housing and a Harbour for - large private yachts, though it is part of an old former fort (It was used as a set for the very popular American series: "Game of Thrones" - also with several Danish actors in primary roles!). She had applied for a special permit for a visit and it was granted, and I was lucky to be among those participating! But she has also made walks through a Public Maltese Park which ended close to Popeye Village, before walking back to the park by the road. And normally, when we arrive by bus from the airport, we come round Popeye Village! It is named as a local attraction and with its partly Danish history, we also may buy tickets with a discount, if wanted.

[@suzettecalleja3122]

Be careful of which flowers you take home. There are rare Orchids that grow on the Island.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

As You, of course, know, the "Popeye village" set was designed and built by a Danish Architect: Hans Munk Hansen, while building the large "Danish Village" in Mellieha! The main actors, Robin Williams and Shelley Duval lived in the Park during the filming! And if lucky, it is possible to stay in the same houses in Mellieha. As it is close by I have walked there several times, and I also found the actual film at one time.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

"Mellieha Park" is our Maltese Home when on Malta, as a Dane coming down. It was built as cooperation between Danish and Maltese Unions, but today it is fully (99%) owned by the Danes!

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Yes .heard about this

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Been a few times to that village very nice food

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

And I do wonder why they don't try to sell the actual film in the park's kiosk/ticket sale, as of merchandise? I tried to look inside but they have absolutely nothing there but selling tickets to the set. I could imagine that the guests eventually would like to bring something home also? It is only a few places you are able to walk in an actual set of a film, and it should originally have been torn down when the filming ended. It was extremely costly to build with specially imported Canadian wood. The film did pay for its costs but it totally drowned in the "Jurassic Park", and other large Blockbusters much more attention, so today it is mostly considered a fiasco!

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@EnglishmaninMalta When You made a film in Mellieha, I think You, during the filming, looked for something to eat or drink? In the Park we also have a public "Supermarket" and several restaurants near the entrance, so You could eventually have visited the park also.

[@d.sphotography3918]

Haven't been there in years

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Daniel Scicluna Photos thanks for the comments, guess it has not changed much, that road quite good !!

[@americaru9368]

~🌹🌹🌹BIG LIKE🌹🌹🌹SUPERB🌹🌹🌹~

[@doloresblenkinship236]

i feel very sad to see that people don't respect the beauty of the place and the environment and throw plastic and rubbish,they need more strict rules for that..

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

yes but its hard to police big open areas