
For many, a night in Paceville is just a blur
Love it, hate it, wait eagerly to go there weekends, or wince at the thought of it, we all have a reaction to Paceville (pronounced ‘parch-i-ville’) Routinely billed as the heart of Malta’s nightlife, it’s either the place to be seen, or a place to avoid, depending largely on your age and taste in night life. It has everything from clubs to a casino, and an atmosphere ranging from tacky to cool.
Want to know why people go to Paceville? We give you the raw, (almost) unedited viewpoints of people in the know. Here, the 15 – 25 year olds give their verdict. Older ages in future articles. Note: to 16-25s, Paceville is “PV’ (text lingo).
Robyn (18)
1. Fun to meet friends
2. Out of habit
3. Convenient, because everything is close together
4. Like listening to music
5. To meet new people, but hate that there are so many people (editor’s. note: last point may contradict the earlier one).
C.P (16)
1. When I go there, I get a later (parental) curfew.
2. I love ‘Remedy’ (bar with live music)
J.Lo (16) goes to PV to:
1. Listen to the music he likes
2. Socialise with different people
3. To drink
4. To smoke…(editor’s note: …not sure what though).
Charlie (21) says people go to PV to:
1. Get wasted
2. Meet the same people over and over again. No interesting conversations take place there.. just useless, drunken chat.
3. Pull anything of the opposite sex
4. Because ‘there is nothing better to do’.
5. The weekend shows up and people simply feel like clubbing. There are still many who love the place because of that.
(Afterthought): It’s still very cheap to go out (especially if you’re a girl). There are no entrance fees to many of the clubs. It’s drawing ever younger people in: 14 year-olds go there supposedly accompanying their elder siblings.. and end up getting wasted themselves. By the time you get to 21, you’ve done it all and want to move on. Also, if you’ve done any serious travel yourself, you know that there is life beyond Paceville.
What and where is Paceville?
It’s a compact, urban peninsula between St George’s Bay and Spinola Bay and facing the inland residential area of Swieqi. It also has a large number of five-star hotels on its fringes. The St George’s Bay (newly-made) beach is considered Paceville’s local beach. Paceville life centres on Dragonara Road, Wilga Street, St. Georges Road and St. Rita Steps where clubs, bars, restaurants, snack outlets, discos and more spill out into paved streets. It isn’t that attractive a place by day, but at night, it’s like Malta’s mini version of London’s Soho, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus – loud, brash and in your face.
Facilities: police are present; taxi ranks in main square; Wembley’s, a well-known taxi & mini-bus firm, is just five minutes walk from central Paceville. Minibus services to most outlying towns and villages operate till the early hours. Taxi sharing also possible.
How to get there:
Buses 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 662, 667 and 671 all pass very frequently through St. Julian’s (stops on main road on fringes of Paceville) from 5.30 till 11.00pm.

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