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Gozo
Malta's greener sister: temples older than the pyramids, red sand & sea cliffs
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Destination guides in Malta
6 guides in Malta — cities, landmarks and regions — with honest verdicts, where to eat and the practical details.
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Taste of Malta
Island cooking from the crossroads of Sicily, North Africa and Britain: flaky pastizzi, sourdough ftira, Sunday rabbit, Gozo's little cheeses — and Kinnie. 11 specialties, 6 categories.
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Malta & Gozo
Maltese wine
Wines from small island vineyards — native Ġellewża and Girgentina as well as international grapes — under the Malta and Gozo DOK labels.
Related guides: Gozo, Valletta & the Three Cities
Malta
Cisk lager
Malta's own lager, brewed since 1929 — light, cold and made for a hot afternoon by the sea.
Related guides: Sliema & St Julian's, Mellieħa & Comino
Malta
Kinnie
A bittersweet soft drink of bitter oranges and aromatic herbs, made in Malta since 1952 — order it with pastizzi.
Related guides: Valletta & the Three Cities
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Experiences in Malta
Small rituals, meals and moments to collect across Malta.
Historic Artillery Ritual
Valletta · Saluting Battery
Hear the Noon Gun Over the Grand Harbour
Be in the Upper Barrakka Gardens when the cannon below fires across the harbour.
Baroque Art
Valletta · Co-Cathedral oratory
See Caravaggio in St John's
Stand before The Beheading of Saint John, the only painting Caravaggio signed, in the church that commissioned it.
Prehistoric Temple
Paola · Ħal Saflieni
Go Down Into the Hypogeum
Descend into a five-thousand-year-old underground temple — if you booked your place weeks ahead.
Harbour Boat
Valletta · Three Cities
Cross the Grand Harbour by Dgħajsa
Be rowed across to Birgu in a traditional water taxi, the bastions rising on every side.
Silent Medieval City
Mdina · The Silent City
Walk Mdina at Dusk
Stay after the day-trippers leave and walk the lamplit lanes to the bastions.
Megalithic Temples
Gozo · Xagħra
Stand Among the Ġgantija Temples
Walk through temples raised before Stonehenge and the pyramids, built of stones so large legend gave them to giants.
Sea Caves
Wied iż-Żurrieq · Southern cliffs
Take a Boat into the Blue Grotto
Slip into sea caves where the water glows blue in the morning light.
Fish Market
Marsaxlokk · Harbour quay
Browse the Sunday Fish Market
Come on Sunday morning, when the quay fills with the night's catch beside the painted luzzus.
Street Food
Malta · Pastizzerias
Eat Pastizzi Hot from the Oven
Eat ricotta or pea pastizzi hot from a pastizzeria, the way Malta starts and ends its day.
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Famous sights
- Sight · Comino
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- Island · Gozo and Comino
Towns & villages
- Town · Malta Majjistral
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