Malta
Travel Blogs from Malta, Malta
We haven't seen any Maltese falcons yet.
He Said: A short flight from Tunis brought us to the small Mediterranean island nation of Malta. Malta was not on our original itinerary, but our tickets allowed us a free stopover here, so we figured we would take advantage of it to see a nation that ...
Return To Malta.
... for the ferry. Fantastic views looking back at Mgarr harbour. (I put the photos on the wrong page, I,ll move them later.) I,m back in Malta by 11 am and a strong tail wind helps me to get over the ridges. I have to keep stopping to look back at the ...
Walking tours of Vallatta, Rabat and Mdina.
The Maltese Tourist Office has produced some excellent little leaflets for self-guide walking tours of the main tourist areas, Valletta, Mdina, Victoria(Gozo). For a change I left the bike behind and tried out the leaflets. Good fun. I spent Monday ...
The Capital, The Restaurant & The English Bar
We had a fantastic full day out today. First off, we jumped on one of the clapped out old local buses to Valetta. This was an entertaining journey to be sure - I am sure I saw the bright white light on three or four occasions!! Once in Valetta, and feet ...
Continuing the theme of 'Not Doing Much!'
Nothing today except a visit to the supermarket and then a chill out on the terrace - ...
Gozo
... in the wrong direction and that was when I noticed I was not where I thought I was. Back on the right road I found that Malta has a couple of steep climbs after all. I actually broke into a sweat getting over the last couple of hills to the harbour. A ...
You call that a hippo, this is a hippo!
... we go to a cave called/at Gar Dhalam where they have found fossilised remains of animals that just don't fit with Malta - hippos, elephants, deer, foxes, wolves - that all either suffered with/had evolved into dwarfism or gigantism (can't remember what ...
An English fry up and then a walk round the area
... Gardens. (The other Simon had to go in to work today). These gardens are very nice and well kept and are quite rare for Malta to be fair. They were actually setting up for some sort of weekend show and had loads of chickens in cages on display. Not ...
Daily Excursions
... to hear what people thought of Malta. Him and the rest of his friends were good fun. During the conversation I discovered that Malta is looking forward to the EU, although small businesses are really worried that the competition will destroy them, bird ...
Around and about Malta
... not the two pommy birds that love pasta but dozens of fertility goddess figurines that have been excavated from various sites around Malta and Gozo (including Hagar Qim) and are now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Valletta. Also, if ...
Going down in Gozo
... There are brands here, but I can't pronounce them. So I have to award this one to the tasty and not-too-difficult to pronounce Cisk (pron. Chisk). Malta's home grown beer delivers the goods at a reasonable price and with a nice ring to it to ...
A lie in then an all dayer in the pub!
... well - all for free!! Who needs restaurants when you've got bars like this! I want to live here....not just in Malta....right here...in this seat.....at this bar....right here!!! (Maybe an additional lap dancing feature to complete the dream)! Lorna ...
Oh Well...Off on holiday again!!
... three hours and we did arrive 20 minutes early to be fair - the pilot must have known a short cut I suppose. When we arrived at Malta airport, the bus services had ceased for the evening so we had to grab a taxi. It was a bit expensive but as Claire ...
Malta - Mediterranian Stronghold.
... with Rachel, Graham, Elliot and Evan before we head off to France via the channel tunnel. Travel Tip: The Hypogeum, Malta's principal attraction has a moratorium on numbers, hence booking a couple of weeks in advance is essential if you wish to ...
Malteser of an entry
... you to drive you out of trouble! As you would expect there are may examples of grand architecture from the times when Malta was the last Mediterranean outpost of the Church in its ongoing war with the Ottoman Turks. These include Grand Palaces, ...
Merbha Malta. Welcome Malta.
... place really meant business. I found the Tourist Office just inside the main city gate. There I got the necessities, a map of Malta and a list of accommodation. I decided to head for The Hibernia Hostel in Sliema a few km away. The Hibernian Hostel ...
Home of the Knights
... go, I don't think I've seen that amount of churches in one place !!! We had lunch but then found out that Malta hasn't realised that it's part of the EU. Generally in most EU countries, everything's open except Mondays, but Valletta was closed by ...
Walls
... , and as I have been to the first two, I really needed to tick this one off of the list !!! Finding places in Malta, can be a little hard. Some of the language looks Italian, whilst other bits look Arabic, and when they speak, it sounds Arabic, ...
Malta in the middle
... main form of transport is funky old school yellow buses still bearing British flags. There is a huge old ex-pat British influence in Malta. We finally managed to get to some of the beaches that turned out to be stunning. They were a half-hour bus ride ...
Blue Grotto amongst others.
... certainly made up for it. As could be expected it totally dominates the town of Mosta and indeed the entire region of Central Malta. Perhaps the clincher for the Mosta Dome and the incident that makes it so special to the Maltese people is when 3 ...
Even Further Off the Beaten Path
... travel can be overwhelming for some and it's interesting what different people hone in on when in a new place. Traffic lights in Malta...who knew??!! As with anything in life all the good stuff comes with a little work, and my five buck day pass on ...
Mdina, Rabat and Valetta
... cool to walk around, and has of course a main cathedral and museum. It's cool to see the differences in architecture between Malta and Sicily, even the rest of Italy as well. There is definitely more of an Arab influence here than in Sicily, ...
history day
Spent the morning in Valletta and went to visit the Palace of the Grand Masters. This is still used as the parliment building so if they are sitting you can't visit. Very interesting,loads of suits of armour and paintings of the various grand masters. ...
Mdina and Rabat
... LM1.00) that were constructed around the 4th century. The crypt contains the oldest Christian artwork I've yet seen. The attractions in Malta are run much differently than in France. Nobody really keeps an eye on you here and they don't set up significant ...
The End of Crazytown Europe
... back my Lm0.20 and said to go take the taxi for Lm6.00. I gave him the 30 cents. The bus driver is always right. Malta is a strange place isolated from the rest of the world. People here go at their own pace and no faster. Although its been the center ...
Poetry on the Rocks.
... to purchase one of his books that day and also to get it signed. I remember packing the book but had not opened it since arriving in Malta. Today for some reason Nick's book of poetry popped into my head so I put it in my carry bag and took it with me to ...
Ancient Malta and water!
... Lira (pound) even though the Euro is coming, so it is foreign but in English. I can do this. :D However now I leave Malta against my better judgement (I'd happily just move in) and head back to Sicily to think in Italian for a few more days before ...
Valletta and a Date!
... of Archaeology and the National Museum of the Arts. Both were very worthwhile, the latter containing many fantastic paintings of Malta from the 17th and 18th centuries along with numerous pieces of wooden furniture from that time. It was really enjoyable ...


