Route 88 via PaolaorBus TD1 and Gozo Channel ferry to Mġarr?

88 · Malta Public Transport (tallinja)Route 88 via Paola

From

The "Airport 2" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals, with a 24-hour tallinja card machine beside it

To

The Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate, in 30 to 51 minutes, after Gudja, Ħal Għaxaq, Żejtun, Tarxien, Paola, Marsa and Floriana (Bombi, Sarrija, Mall, Publiju)

Luggage

An ordinary city bus: the operator welcomes "small luggage items" that do not block the aisle and says drivers "may limit or refuse" large or bulky ones.

Runs

05:30–22:50

Journey

30–51 min

Fifty cents cheaper than the TD4 and about half an hour slower: 30 to 51 minutes through nine localities and nearly forty stops against 11 to 17 direct.

The fare changes with the calendar: EUR 2.00 from 18 October 2026 to 12 June 2027, EUR 2.50 in summer. The TD4 is EUR 3 all year.

Last bus 22:50 on weekdays and 22:30 at weekends, first 05:30. After it, the TD4 until 00:50; after that, the taxi.

Ten of you: one EUR 19 twelve-journey card, tapped ten times, beats ten EUR 2.00 winter tickets and leaves two journeys for the week; in summer, at EUR 2.50, it beats eight tickets. It is sold at the office and the machines, not by the driver.

Cash on board is exact change only, by the operator's conditions; a contactless bank card avoids the problem.

This is one of the four routes the operator named as the X4's replacement; the airport's own bus page does not list it, but its timetable starts at the airport.

Route 88 via Paola: price for every party size

TD1→Gozo Channel · Malta Public Transport (tallinja) and Gozo ChannelBus TD1 and Gozo Channel ferry to Mġarr

From

The "Airport 1" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals — the TD4's stop

To

Mġarr, the ferry harbour on Gozo, by the TD1 to Ċirkewwa and the Gozo Channel ferry

Luggage

An Airport Direct bus: "ample luggage space", by the operator.

Journey

83–115 min

The TD1 is hourly, on the hour, and takes 58 to 90 minutes to Ċirkewwa; the ferry is a second, separate ticket.

Gozo Channel does not take reservations: boarding is first come, first served. Its sailing times load by script on its schedule page; check them for the hour you land.

From November to March, a foot passenger leaving Mġarr after 20:00 and before the first morning trip pays the night fare of EUR 4.05, by the operator.

The Gozo fast ferry from Lascaris Wharf in Valletta is the TD4's second stop; its fare is not priced here.

Bus TD1 and Gozo Channel ferry to Mġarr: price for every party size