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Grand Master's Palace   Valletta

Grand Master's Palace, Valletta

 28 Reviews  The palace was built in 1571 and was used by all the Grand Masters. In 1800 it became the official residence of the British governors. The palace is now the Presidential Office and Malta's Parliament... 

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Walls, gateways & gardens   Valletta

Walls, gateways & gardens, Valletta

 43 Reviews  The upper Barakka Gardens is set high above the Grand Harbour behind the ramparts and fortifications; It was created in 1661 by an Italian Knight called Flaminio Balbiani as a retreat for the knights.... 

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Co-Cathedral   Valletta

Co-Cathedral, Valletta

 41 Reviews  This Baroque masterpiece was built between 1573 and 1577. It was commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassiere as the conventual church of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John. Outside... 

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Streets and squares   Valletta

Streets and squares, Valletta

 28 Reviews  The City Gate is at the end of Republic Street & in front of Freedom Square. It was originally known as the Gate of St George & was the main entrance through the bastions to the city. Later it became... 

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Churches   Valletta

Churches, Valletta

 25 Reviews  St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral is the other cathedral of La Valletta and it is also the first Protestant church built in Malta. It took 6 years and the suicide of one of the architects to build this... 

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Grand Harbour   Valletta

Grand Harbour, Valletta

 21 Reviews  Grand Harbour in Maltese: Il-Port il-Kbir is the natural harbour of Valletta and Mata. It has been used as a harbour since at least Phoenician times. The natural harbour has been greatly improved with... 

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Fort St Elmo   Valletta

Fort St Elmo, Valletta

 15 Reviews  On most Sundays there is a re enactment of the inspection of the troups called 'Il Guardia'. It starts at 11 but be sure to be early to get the best seats. We arrived at 10:30 and the best seats were... 

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Auberges of the Knights   Valletta

Auberges of the Knights, Valletta

 13 Reviews  The Auberge de Castille et Leon was the official seat of the Knights of the Langue of Castille, Leon and Portugal. There were several such auberges in town – inns they would be in English. They were... 

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Malta Experience   Valletta

Malta Experience, Valletta

 8 Reviews  Visit the Malta Experience. It's an ideal break during a hot weather visit to Malta. Just relax for a hour in the cool underground movie theater and let 3000 years Malta history pass by. Shows... 

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Bus terminus   Valletta

Bus terminus, Valletta

 8 Reviews  Valletta's bus station is certainlythe hub for bus transport on Malta. Although called Valletta's bus station, the bus station is located just outside of the City Gate and so is actually located in... 

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National Museum of Archaeology   Valletta

National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta

 5 Reviews  All the famous sculptures and many other things. Interesting museum. Notice the roof when going in to the museum, it´s painted all over. We had a great luck, because one of our favourite artists,... 

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Markets & shopping   Valletta

Markets & shopping, Valletta

 5 Reviews  We went to Valletta on Sunday specifically to see the market but I wouldn't bother again. I've never seen a bigger load of worthless junk for sale anywhere, and on Sunday the things that you'd REALLY... 

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National Museum of Fine Arts   Valletta

National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta

 1 Review  MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS This museum used to be the palace of a French knight in the 16th century and was later on the official residence of the Admiral Commander-in-Cheif of the British Mediterranean... 

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Visit St Agatha Catacombs in...

by margaretvn

Visit St Agatha Catacombs in Rabat.These catacombs are really very interesting, they have very well preserved wall paintings from the Roman and early Christian times. Plus fresco’s dating from the middle ages which were restored in 1989. A stairway down takes you to the cave chapel. In the middle of the 3rd century St Agatha hid there from her oppressor who was a high ranking Roman from Catania. When she went back to Catania the rejected man had her breasts cut off and threw her in a dungeon where she died. In the chapel there are fresco’s from the 12th and 15th century. One fresco is of St Agatha with a plate with two stylised breasts on it. In side gangways are all sorts of graves and also a round plateau carved out of the rock bottom where the family could take a meal in remembrance of their deceased. Well at least some think that, others think that the smell of all the rotting dead...

Visit Mdina.

by margaretvn

This beautiful little city known as “the silent city” was built on a rock plateau, which gave the city protection against any attackers. The walls of the plateau are very steep and Mdina can be seen from far away. The city is car free and so very quiet almost like an open-air museum. It is made up mainly of churches and cathedrals and palaces that once belonged to the Maltese ruling classes. Many of the old palaces are now restaurants. It is lovely to just wander through the narrow streets and take your time looking at the buildings. The views of the surrounding countryside from the walls are fantastic. The St Peter and St Paul cathedral is beautiful, it was designed by a Maltese architect –Lorenzo Gafa. The cross next to the altar is said to have been carried by Godfried van Bouillon by the capture of Jeruzalem in 1099. The main gate into Mdina is richly decorated and includes statues...

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Visit Mdina and Rabat.

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In 218 BC Malta came under Roman political control, originally part of the praetorship of Sicily. Tradition say that St. Paul was shipwrecked in Malta in AD 60 and began to convert the inhabitants. The Maltese have been Christians since that time. The Romans built their capital on the island around the area of Mdina and Rabat and called it Melita, but it was the Arabs that built the wall around Mdina. In 1422 King Alfonso V gave Mdina the title “Notabile” meaning knighted in remembrance of the city’s courage in resisting the attack of 18,000 Turks. In 1530, however, it was given to the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitalers), a religious and military order of the Roman Catholic church. The Knights of St John in Mdina and stayed there for two years. They then moved the order to Birgu. Jean de La Valette, the Knights' grand master successfully withstood the...

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Visit Victoria on Gozo.

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Victoria is the capital of Gozo and the city got its name from Queen Victoria. The city is in the middle of the island and at the foot of the 140 metre high table mountain. This table mountain has been settled since the Stone Age because the plateau is easy to defend. The citadel was built in the middle ages but destroyed by the Turks in 1551. It was rebuilt by the Knights in the 16th century, today much of the courtyards within the walls have been made into gardens but some buildings remain and some are museums. There is also a cathedral dating from 1716 designed by Lorenzo Gafa.

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Visit Dwejra Lake on Gozo.

by margaretvn

This lake (also known as the inland sea) is only separated from the sea by a high small cliff edge. There is a natural opening in the cliff, which connects the sea to the lake. In the sea are two natural phenomena’s to be seen. One is the Azure Window which is a portal in the rocky coast and the other is the Fungus Island, which is an uninhabited island 35 meter from the coast. In 1651 the Knights of St John built a watchtower here to protect the island. It was very important to them because on it grew a fungus which they used to stop bleeding and for other medicinal purposes.

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Visit Gozo.

by margaretvn

A little island of 67 square kilometres north of Malta, it is so different to the bigger island and is well worth exploring. Tourism is very important to the island and every day people come in bus loads from Malta!! You can go from Malta to Gozo by helicopter but most people come with the ferry – the crossing takes 30 minutes. Xlendi is a small holiday centre on the south coast of Gozo. It lies in a S-shaped bay with high rocky coast. The only blemish in the surroundings are the many apartments blocks on the edge of the village – but the old village centre is pleasant.

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Visit Marsaskala and...

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Visit Marsaskala and Marsaxlokk.Theses are two beautiful and very photogenic villages on the south coast of Malta. In the summer months, weekends and especially in the evenings it can get very busy there. Marsaskala is a long stretched out place with one large hotel. The houses are along the shore line, which is a sheltered haven with brightly coloured fishing boats which just asked to be photographed! The town stretches out as far as St Thomas Bay with its bathing opportunities, buses go from the centre to the bay. Along the bay there are numerous little restaurants where you can sit outside in the sunshine and eat delicious freshly cut seafood. A few kilometres from St Thomas Bay is Marsaxlokk, a little town on a sheltered bay. It was here that the Turks landed in 1565. It is picturesque and along the boulevard there is a daily market. The only awful thing about the whole scene is the...

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Visit The Temples of Hagar Qim...

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Visit The Temples of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra.First a little history - The earliest archaeological remains date from about 3800 BC. Neolithic farmers lived in caves like those at Dalam (near Birzebbuga) or villages like Skorba (near Nadur Tower). Around 2400 BC an elaborate cult of the dead of Stone Age or Copper Age culture evolved, it originally centred around rock-cut collective tombs such as those Hagar Qim (near Zurrieq) These temples date from the Stone Age and are unique in Europe. They lie lonely and mysteriously on the coast. If you only visit one temple while on Malta then Hagar Qim should be the one you go to. The temple was built in two phases – about 3500 and 2800 BC and the original design is still very easily seen. The temple is made up of two rows of standing stones. On both sides of the main entrance there are two rows of horizontal stones, which rest on smaller vertical...

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Visit St Pauls Catacombs in...

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Visit St Pauls Catacombs in Rabat.This is the biggest underground burial site in Rabat and it is a maze of halls and gangways with graves dug in the walls and in the floor. It was here that the “ordinary people” were buried. The higher class people buried their dead in carved out rock blocks with decorated tops.

Since Malta i so small you can...

by cami2

Since Malta i so small you can see the whole Malta by bus wich are as I mentioned before extremly cheap and very oldfasioned in about 2-3 days.Must see the capital Valetta and Mdina, the quiet city.And it's quiet alright. The dungeons in Mdina, intresting. The Valetta has one big comercial street in the centre therre you can find all the shops, reaturants and so on, but don't forget to walk the smaller perpendicular streets too. It's a nice city, not breathtaking like other cities.

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Hotel Phoenicia Malta  Valletta

 6 Reviews and 726 Opinions  We stayed at the Phoenicia for 7 nights and I was happy we did. It is ideally located just outside... 

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Kempinski San Lawrenz Resort & Spa  Gozo

 2 Reviews and 264 Opinions  Good room, huge bed. Booked direct with hotel and beat best Internet prices! Am writing this from my... 

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The Xara Palace  Mdina

 5 Reviews and 81 Opinions  I did not stay in this hotel, but I passed by it, when walking through the old town of Mdina. b.t.w.... 

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  1. Valletta Things to Do
  2. Gozo Things to Do
  3. Sliema Things to Do
  4. Malta Things to Do
  5. Saint Julian's Things to Do
  6. Bugibba Things to Do
  7. Mellieha Things to Do
  8. Mdina Things to Do
  9. Marsaxlokk Things to Do
  10. Vittoriosa Things to Do
  11. Rabat Things to Do
  12. Mosta Things to Do
  13. Comino Island Things to Do
  14. Attard Things to Do
  15. Msida Things to Do
  16. Senglea Things to Do
  17. Gharb Things to Do
  18. Victoria Things to Do
  19. Il- Gzira Things to Do
  20. Dingli Things to Do
  21. Marsalforn Things to Do
  22. Dwejra Things to Do
  23. Popeye Village Things to Do
  24. Ghajn Tuffieha Things to Do
  25. Zurrieq Things to Do
  26. Xaghra Things to Do
  27. Mgarr Things to Do
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  29. Paola Things to Do
  30. Cospicua Things to Do
  31. Zejtun Things to Do
  32. Bahar ic-Caghaq Things to Do
  33. Tarxien Prehistoric Temples Things to Do
  34. Ggantija Things to Do
  35. Siggiewi Things to Do
  36. Hagar Qim Things to Do
  37. Xewkija Things to Do
  38. Balzan Things to Do
  39. Luqa Things to Do
  40. Tarxien Things to Do
  41. Mnajdra Things to Do

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Q:  Hello, A question on Xlendi for those who know it. Looking at photos, I get the impression that you need to climb the steps set... 

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A: Xlendi is a village in Gozo. There is a beach and a rock you can climb if you like to see the sea from afar. You can avoid to do thins thing. I liked this little... 

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