Amy Pace
Licensed Tour Guide
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Malta and Gozo

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Itineraries - Malta
 

Here are some comprehensive interesting locations.  Your tour can be anything from this list or something you would like to see.  As I will be following your programme, you can change the itinerary at any time, I will be happy to advise on what can be done within the timeframe available to us.  A normal day tour will last 8 hours. Transport, food and site entrance tickets are not included with the above. 


What to see on Malta:

(Mdina) Image: Visitmalta.com Attard, Balzan and Lija are little old villages which are not normal tourist destinations. A strong sense of neighbourliness dominates and a relaxed way of life like we can hardly remember.

Mdina is a jewel of a Medieval walled town today known as the “silent city”. Its  secretive narrow winding streets lead to the city's battlements, from where a stunning panoramic view.

Buskett Gardens, typical Mediterranean gardens with their citrus orchards. Crowning the gardens is Verdala Palace, a 16th Century fortified hunting lodge, the Grand Master's getaway.

Dingli Cliffs, a sheer drop into the sea, the cliffs revealing the island's geological formation. This is the location where the troglodytes lived until fairly recently. The mysterious cart ruts too can be viewed here.

Ta Qali Crafts village where one is able to watch glass being blown and silver filigree being made. One finds an immense variety of glass items which are highly imaginative and bursting with colour, the filigree on the other hand attractive for its delicate and yet intricate design.

Drive through the country past the Roman Baths for a view of Golden Bay from above. St Paul's Bay is a typical old-world Mediterranean fishing village with its views of St. Paul's islands and Selmun Palace. The picturesque St. Julian's Bay, still used by fishermen and lined with bougainvillea-clad cafés and restaurants, and on through Sliema, Malta's main coastal resort town.  Ta' Xbiex with its elegant early 20th century homes enjoying views of the fortifications along the side of Valletta bordering on Marsamxett harbour.

Valletta

 Valletta is a World Heritage City, a showcase of Baroque Architecture, home to several Auberges, the residences for the different ethnic groups of the sovereign and military Order of St. John by whom the city was built.

The Barracca gardens are situated on high grounds, affording the most amazing view of the Grand Harbour and the three cities across. This is where the Great Siege was fought and won in the summer of 1565.

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St. John's co-Cathedral, the Conventual church of the Order, is situated right in the heart of the city, its lavish baroque interior, proof of the Knights' appreciation and patronage of the arts. The Oratory of the Cathedral houses one of Europe's most famous art works, Caravaggio's “Beheading of St. John the Baptist”. More wonders may be viewed in the museum upstairs

The Palace, the official residence of the Grand Masters, is built around two courtyards and has five entrances. One of the main attractions here are the Gobelins Tapestries, the gift of Grand Master Perellos in 1697 and made especially for the room where they hang. They are a skilfull rendering of animal, reptile and bird species of the tropicals, and are a specimen of the original series from the workshops of the Gobelins Royal Factory.

The island is very rich in prehistory and has much to offer to those with a love for Archaeology.

Ghar Dalam Cave is an underground solution tunnel that had been breached by a river flowing along the path of the present day Wied Dalam. A large amount of the river deposits were sucked into the cave, settling on its bed to give us an almost complete stratigraphy of pleistocene deposits in Malta. The history of the islands and of the cave can be decoded from this stratigraphy. The museum displays a large quantity of bone breccia.

Image: Visitmalta.comDown on the shore of Birzebbugia bay, a very short distance away, are a number of bell-shaped cavities cut in the rock, which were most likely used as grain silos in the temple period. A drive along the coast leads to Marsaxlokk, a  beautiful harbour with its colourful traditional fishing boats, beneath a hill where the ruins of Tas-Silg are to be found, a multi-period sanctuary site.

Zejtun is a neighbouring town, still very unspoilt and boasting some beautiful architecture. On the outskirts, the interesting old parish, church parts of which date back to the 15th century, the church incorporates a defence tower intended as a signalling point for advance warning of an imminent invasion.

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Another short drive and one is in Tarxien, where the most complex of temple sites is to be found, right in the midst of a built up town. Tarxien is the best example of the evolution of temple building in prehistory between 3600 and 2500 BC. The site testifies to the performance of rituals, in all probability involving animal sacrifices. This is where the great goddess statue was discovered, as well as several carvings including domestic animals, altars and screens decorated with spiral designs and other patterns.


 

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