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From Valetta,Sliema and other places in Malta you can book a halfdaytour in a minibus to Rabat, Mdina and Mosta for 6,50 euros p.p.
This tour is called Mdina Historical and it is done by sunscopetravel. In principle that is just a transfer to these places with a tiny bit of confusing infos in between by the driver, while driving.
They took me by a taxi from the hotel in Gzira (Hotel Milano Due) all the way to St.Pauls Bay in order to fetch 3 ladies from a hotel there and then the taxi drove us to Rabat and informed us that our bus will be there 45 minutes later and in between we should explore this place (he did not tell us where to go). I asked the driver whether we will be going to the Roman Villa as well, he said:NO (although it was on the list !). So instead of exploring Rabat I walked to the Roman Villa in order not to miss it. Then the tourbus came, a Ford Transit with 15 seats, all of them fully occupied and I had to sit in the front row with a lady and the driver.
We were driven to the entrance of Mdina (thats just about 5 min to walk) and we fixed another meetingtime after 45 min from Mdina.
So I walked back from Mdina to the catacombes of Rabat, because one of the ladies told me about that and I had seen Mdina already a day before by the hop-on-bus.
Finally we drove to Mostar before we were taken back to the hotels.
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You could do this excursion as well on your own and stay at each place as long as you want to and you could take the public bus from Valetta, that is really very cheap.
Mdina and Rabat are at the same place and Mosta would even be in a walkingdistance of maybe 1/2 hour or a few min. by bus. The church stands out of the city, so you cannot miss it and the buses go there anyway.
Infos by the driver ? He did not even know the entrancefee for the Roman Villa and I had to correct him, when he said it is 7 euros (and the most expensive ticket was 6 euros), thats not really a big difference, BUT a tourguide really should know !
Updated Nov 20, 2010
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The cathedral is closed from every day
from noon till 03.00pm so it really does not make a lot of sense to get out of the Hop-on, Hop-off-bus in Mosta during that time, nor does it make sense to take an ordinary bus to Mosta from anyhere in Malta, because there is not really any other very interesting building there in my opinion, except the same type of houses that you find all over the island.
Such a long-lasting lunch-break is really quite unusual and so everybody should be aware of it !
Updated Nov 17, 2010
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Warning: Be carefull of going down in the Mosta Valley while it is raining, since it will rapidely fill with water. One minute you will be smoking your joint, the next minute you will be surrounded by water, so be carefull!
Written Sep 25, 2003
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