City guide Qawra
- Method Generated Researched
- 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,800 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €288,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,200 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €192,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,500 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €360,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,000 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €240,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- Accommodation Mixture of holiday apartments and long-term rentals via QuickLets or Zanzi Homes A one-bedroom long let for St Paul's Bay, Buġibba and Qawra is about €600 to €1,100 a…
- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Nomad Residence Permit: 10% tax rate on income derived from 'Authorized Work' Nomad Residence Permit holders pay 10% on authorised remote-work income, and that income…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Qawra Point or near the Malta National Aquarium for sea views On the seafront by the Malta National Aquarium, Triq it-Trunciera, Qawra.
- Best Coworking Space SOHO Office Space (The Strand, Sliema - 30 mins away) or locally: Glashaus (St. Julian's) There is no coworking desk in Qawra. The nearest with a published price list is Business…
- Best Hospital Mater Dei Hospital (Msida) or St. James Hospital (Private, Sliema/Zejtun) Mater Dei in Msida is the public acute hospital, with an emergency department, and it is…
- Best Taxi/Ride App Bolt, Uber, and eCabs (average ride to Valletta: €18-€25) Bolt and Uber both run ride-hailing across Malta. Wikivoyage puts an airport to Sliema…
- Bike/Scooter Rental Tallinja Bike or Whizascoot (electric scooters) approx. €0.25/minute tallinja Bike pay-per-use is €3 for the first 30 minutes, then €2 per 30 minutes, or €15…
- Cashless Friendly Yes, contactless payment accepted in 95% of establishments Yes on the buses. From 18 October 2026 to 12 June 2027 a winter day single is €2, bought…
- Casino & Gaming Halls Oracle Casino (Qawra, located in the Dolmen Hotel) Oracle Casino is the seafront casino in Qawra, run by Tumas Gaming. Its site is live and…
- City Qawra, St. Paul's Bay, Northern Region, Malta Qawra (Il-Qawra) is a zone of the St Paul's Bay local council, in the Northern Region and…
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, in line with EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) Yes. Malta's ATAD rules have applied since 1 January 2019. A foreign entity is a CFC when…
- Corporate Tax 35% (effectively 5% for non-residents after refunds) 35% flat on company profits. There is no separate corporation tax. From the rules…
- Currency & Banking Euro (€). 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks: BOV, HSBC Malta. Euro (EUR). On 19 October 2026 the ECB rate was 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD, about 0.8909 EUR per…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 0% (Malta follows a full imputation system) No withholding on dividends paid to non-residents. Malta uses full imputation, so the tax…
- Gyms & Fitness Centers Cynergi Health & Fitness or 24/7 Fitness Club (Qawra branch - €45/month) 24/7 Fitness Club lists a one-month membership at €70. The clubs on that page are…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 35% 35% on chargeable income over €60,000 (2026). For a single person the first €12,000 is…
- Highway Access Route 1 (Coast Road) connecting North to the Airport and South Route 1 runs from Ċirkewwa to Birżebbuġa. Beside this bay it is Dawret San Pawl, the St…
- Historical Sites Wignacourt Tower (St. Paul's Bay) Wignacourt Tower, in St Paul's Bay, was built in 1610 and is the oldest surviving…
- Internet Speed Average 100-500 Mbps via Melita or GO fiber optics GO sells home fibre at 1,000 Mbps, with six months free on the current offer, and…
- Local Brewery Lord Chambray (Gozo-based) or Farsons (Cisk Lager) Simonds Farsons Cisk, based in Birkirkara, brews Cisk; there is no brewery in Qawra.
- Main Train/Transit Hub Bugibba Bay Bus Terminus (Direct routes to Valletta, Sliema, Cirkewwa) The Buġibba Bus Terminal is the local hub. There is no train. Route 31 goes to Valletta…
- Music Scene Cafe del Mar (Summer sunset sessions and DJ sets) Café del Mar Malta is part of the Malta National Aquarium complex on Triq it-Trunciera.
- Must-See Landmarks Malta National Aquarium (€15 admission) Malta National Aquarium, Triq it-Trunciera, Qawra, is open every day 10:00 to 20:00, last…
- Population Approx. 23,000 (as part of St. Paul's Bay municipality) Qawra is not counted on its own. St Paul's Bay, which includes Qawra and Buġibba, had…
- Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type G (UK style) sockets 230 V, 50 Hz, Type G (British three-pin) sockets.
fix pass, country lines and prices. Power reads 230 volt 50 hertz Type G British three-pin like every other Malta city. Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads adds the 42,000 euro income floor and the 300 euro application fee (https://www.pwc.com/mt/en/publications/tax-legal/nomad-residence-permit.html), and Controlled Foreign Company Rules takes the common Malta wording. Studio Purchase Price (City Center), Studio Purchase Price (Outside City), 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center), 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City), 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) and 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) use the reopened live median of about 3,745 euro per square metre, from 3,754 five days earlier (https://www.djar.ai/areas/st-pauls-bay).