Blogs from Malta, Europe - page 16

Hello my fellow travellers! Yesterday Marcus and I decided that today we'll to go to the temples of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra, hoping for some better prehistoric preservation than what we saw yesterday. I can tell you all that we were not disappointed! Since we needed to go through Rabat we had also decided to go and visit Saint Agatha's Historical Complex. This was a fairly short stop which included a visit to the museum and then a short guided tour of the crypt, church and catacombs beneath it. This actually turned out to be one of my favourite spots of the whole trip so far, the frescoes in the crypt are quite well preserved, they are very vivid and the catacombs still contain the remains of those buried within them, not to mention that the ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! What a long day this have been, we left the hotel at 9am today and returned at 9pm, a lot of this time has gone into transportation today. We started by taking a bus to the ferry station which took about 50 minutes, then we waited for the ferry for another half hour. Then the trip over to Gozo took around 30 minutes and then it took us another 40 minutes by bus to get to Xaghra, our first stop of the day. Here we visited the Ggantija Temples, two neolithic temples located right next to each other. These temples are the second oldest man-made structure in the world. They are over 5500 years old, pre-dating even the Pyramids. These temples are fairly well preserved, especially considering their age and you should ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! Okay, I have to admit that our itinerary didn't end up exactly like the one we had yesterday. We started this day with a steady continental breakfast at the hotel before we hopped on a bus to Valletta, this time however we got off at the Bombes Gate instead, it's a pretty nice ornamental gate in the old Florian defensive line and it's worth a closer look. From there we went and took a look at the small Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church and the Spencer Monument that both stand a little further down by the road. Our path next took us by the Lion Fountain and the statue of Florian to the stunning Saint Publius's Church, which was unfortunately closed so we'll come back another day. Oh, if you're ... read more

Our 6th day was an "at sea" day...good for sleeping in, lounging around, meeting people, visiting the casino, watching the shows. Our 7th day would be Malta. We had very limited knowledge of Malta before arriving. We knew that it is a very small island country situated west of Tunisia (Africa), north of Libya, and south of Sicily. I knew that it had been an important naval station during the world wars, and that it contained several world heritage sites. Upon arriving, we noticed just how fortified the city was. There were steep, tall, deep walls all around the harbor. The city looked very well taken care of also. This was one of the few stops we hadn't planned an organized excursion, so we walked around the port for a while, and bought tickets to one ... read more

I went to Malta with my mom because there's a place you can swimming with the dolphins. That's always been our dream, since I was little I fell in love with those so intelligent and gentle animals. My mom always gave me presents of dolphins, stuffed, key rings, earings....then when I was 18 I got my first tattoo of a dolphin of course! So when I had the oportunity I took her to the trip of her dreams. See how happy she was, was the best thing ever happened to me. It was great and Malta is a cute city, it's not big and amazing but it's Ok to spent a weekend and the beaches are great!... read more