Cost of Living Category

Average Property Rental Prices in Malta

Renting property in Malta is popular – particularly amongst foreigners who live on our small island, and for people who don’t want to be encumbered with a mortgage for many years. Renting your accommodation also gives you a degree of freedom of movement with leases typically being for 1 year – renewable annually.
There are a [...]

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Malta Bargains

Recession, recession, recession! Aren’t you just sick and tired of hearing about it? That is all we have heard for the past year and a half isn’t it? People losing their jobs, prices shooting up, banks and other organisations going bankrupt and so on. All this has meant that many people have had to cut [...]

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Fish Restaurants in Malta

Malta’s location in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea makes it heaven for all fish and seafood lovers. Maltese cuisine in fact includes many dishes related to either fish or seafood. Fish restaurants can be found all over the Maltese islands and there are far too many to mention them all, so I will focus [...]

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Cigarette & Fuel Prices

Cigarette prices in Malta, like almost every other country, are expensive mainly because of the high taxes governments impose on them. As it stands currently one can buy locally a packet of cigarettes for €3.70 to a maximum of €4.00 depending the brand.
Although Malta cigarette prices are increasing on a yearly basis, many Maltese people [...]

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Food & Drink Prices

Malta food prices can vary a lot, depending the cuisine being served at the particular restaurant, it’s ambience and most definitely the location. The cheapest option will obviously be to buy food and drinks from supermarkets.
Maltese bread for example cost only around €0.50 and you can buy a packet of six 2 liter bottles for [...]

Saturday, November 8th, 2008