Valletta, Malta Travel Blogs

Return To Malta.
Apr 1, 2004

... 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 view ...

Walking tours of Vallatta, Rabat and Mdina.
Mar 29, 2004

... , Victoria(Gozo). For a change I left the bike behind and tried out the leaflets. Good fun. I spent Monday morning in Valletta, admiring the architecture and visiting St John's Co Cathedral. Miriam, owner of the Hibernia, had listed it as one of the ...

Daily Excursions
Mar 28, 2004 (7 photos)

... South Of The Island On Sunday I explored the south of the island. On my map the dark grey represents the conurbation around Valletta and the light grey the "highlands" (200m) of the limestone plateau around Dingli. I headed straight for it by the main ...

Around and about Malta
Jun 3, 2006 (26 photos)

... around Malta and Gozo (including Hagar Qim) and are now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Valletta. Also, if you a planning a trip to Malta you should book ahead for an excursion to Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, a complex of underground burial ...

Malteser of an entry
Jun 1, 2006 (29 photos)

... -looking populace, which is to be expected given the uniquely colourful history of this isolated nation. More on that later. Valletta is a hard place to picture and imagine. Everything is built with the warm yellow limestone of the island and it ...

Home of the Knights
Jan 12, 2008 (105 photos)

... there were palm trees, it felt like North Africa, the surrounding buildings reminded us more of Tunisia. As we drove towards Valletta, everything changed. All of a sudden it felt like we were in Luxumbourg. We were driving into a giant fort. Rampart upon ...

Valletta and a Date!
Sep 25, 2007 (15 photos)

... and I had planned to dress up in nice clothes and go to dinner on the waterfront on the south side of Valletta. This was a new development recently completed that had a series of restaurants along the southern shoreline opposite Vittoriosa. She caught the ...

malta
Aug 10, 2007

... a few of the sights with zio johnny and walked and walked most of the time we didnt know where we were going. went to valletta and looked around i got a pair of thongs but they did have daves size in shoes he was deeply disappointed they only catered for ...

Middle of the Med
Jul 22, 2008 (51 photos)

... 's Co-cathedral. We took a boat taxi ride around the Grand Harbour and had dinner out on the deck over looking the massive Valletta bastions. The food was fantastic and could there be a better view? We soon found out the answer lied on the island of Gozo. ...

Last day in Malta.
Oct 6, 2007 (41 photos)

... her once a month). Aunty Julie was always very happy when we visited Christine. After the visit we hit the streets of Valletta! There was a real carnival atmosphere and like usual with these sorts of things it seemed that all of Malta had turned out in ...

I am officially Maltese.
Oct 3, 2007 (8 photos)

... soon I found myself with the camera out taking photos of anything that struck my fancy, I really want to capture as much of Valletta and indeed Malta as I can to take home with me. Whilst I am quite certain it wont be another 30 years before I return who ...

A remote island in the middle of the Mediterranean
Nov 16, 2007 (22 photos)

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Malta - Making New Friends
Jun 2, 2009 (12 photos)

... to him. And Joe has the stories to prove it, which he will gladly share with you in great detail over a beer. Strategically located, Malta has held the world's attention since the days of the crusading knights (the Knights of Malta). As a child, Joe was ...

Ahhhhh, Malta!
Feb 10, 2006 (30 photos)

... cheese or mushy peas - divine!) as colourful fireworks lit up the night sky. The first two nights in Malta were spent in the capital - Valletta. This city is so well preserved that you could almost be tricked into believing that you were walking the ...

Malta: A Mediteranean Marvel
Dec 12, 2007 (4 photos)

... And for anyone familiar with the New Testament, you will remember that St. Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta. Not surprisingly, he is commemorated all across this predominantly Catholic island. Within Valleta, St. Paul's Church of the Shipwreck ...

Valletta - what a place!
Sep 18, 2007 (52 photos)

... you somehow feel dwarfed by the stories that lie in the stones of the buildings that were built hundreds of years ago. Valletta, the capital of Malta, is where most of these stories will lead you to. It looms like a medieval fortress, ancient and rich in ...

28-29 Valletta-Dinner-Marsaskala beach
Jun 28, 2006 (29 photos)

... but not very engaging (both Mum and Nana fell asleep!!). We also saw The Great Seige Bell Memorial which had a great view of Valletta!! See the pics~ That Night was Uncle Nenus birthday. We all thought we were going to the festa in Tarxien but it turned ...

Magnificent MALTA!
Sep 7, 2007 (19 photos)

... on the map, it actually took about 30 minutes for the bus to wind its way around the four or five bays and creeks to Valletta's bus terminus. I knew exactly when I'd arrived as well. Ever since I could remember, an old 1970's photo of the circular bus ...

Malta!
Aug 23, 2006

It was one of the hottest days of the summer I think on the day we were here and Marten wanted to take us on a walking tour of the entire city....sheesh! It is a very nice town though, and then we had a nice lunch before heading back to the ship.

Malta
Sep 27, 2008 (29 photos)

... one of the best restaurants of Malta, four courses for 25 € - WOW!! The second (and our last day) we explored Valletta in the morning, besides Lisbon my favourite city of Europe. Not big, but sooooo amazing. A great battlement with an amazing view ...

Polish-Filipino mafia in Malta
Feb 4, 2009 (39 photos)

Piekny dzien na pieknej Malcie. Spacer po miescie i lody dopelnily dnia. Bylo przemilo. A beuatiful day in beautiful Malta. A little wander around the town and ice cream made the day completed. Itwas super nice.

Malta Valleta
Jul 1, 2008 (5 photos)

Hey everyone. Having a great time on our trip. Just finished with Malta. Jen

Ja seikkailut johtavat uusiin
Aug 22, 2006 (2 photos)

Eli siis tarkoitushan oli menna Kreikkaan, mutta suunnitelmat aina muuttuvat eli Kreikan sijasta Italia ja Montenegro ja tanaan suunnataan takaisin Menorcalle, missa kaydaan paivapurjehduksilla omistajien kanssa. Perjantaina ollaan perilla ja varmaan ...

A life long ambition becomes reality
May 31, 2007 (46 photos)

... myself back in the Great Siege of 1565, watching severed heads fly across the the harbour from Vittoriosa to Valletta. Call me weird. The rich history of Malta captured me straight away, and I was wanting to learn as much as I could. The harbour cruise ...

Mediterrean Island
Oct 21, 2007

I spent 2 days in Malta for my company's annual Nordic Outing, where all the offices in the Nordic system gather somewhere (usually along the Med) for some work and bonding and fun. The weather was terrible, but the sun came out just in time for our ...

Old, old, old temples
Jun 1, 2007 (17 photos)

... so to speak (although only about 10km!), to see The Blue Grotto and some megalithic temples. These are situated on the opposite coast to Valletta. I had heard that the water in the Blue Grotto is some of the 'bluest' I would ever see. I heard right. We ...

Malta
Jan 28, 2003 (4 photos)

... to stay away from the tourist zone but still be central. After a cup of tea, our gracious host drives us to Valletta. Everything on Malta is 30 minutes by car away from anywhere. The car hurtles at a bumpy clip to our destination through narrow streets, ...

Cliched and Wonderful
Jan 29, 2003 (14 photos)

... Fresh air café. A belfry complete with an enormous bell joins the chorus of at least another half dozen clanging cathedral bells. Valletta is a 16th century walled city that provides us with ample sites to visit. The city, once lorded over by the Knights ...

Balconies
Jan 29, 2003 (7 photos)

... restore their balconies. The grant funds up to 60% the cost to a maximum of Lm600 or approximately C$2100. Since 1996 only 155 throughout Malta have benefited from the grant. The balconies of Malta are as defining an attribute as streetcars in Toronto.

St. John's Cathedral and Fort St. Elmo's
Jan 30, 2003 (5 photos)

St. John's Catheral Fort St. Elmos and a night at the Manoel