Located in Valletta, Malta’s capital city, St. Johns Co-Cathedral was built by the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John (known as the Knights of Malta) between 1573 and 1578. Upon claiming victory over the Turks in 1565, The Knights decided to move their headquarters from Birgu (Vittoriosa) to the Sciberras peninsula where they [...]

Malta has a typically Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, wetter winters. In comparison to northern Europe, the climate is much milder in Winter, and December in Malta can be quite pleasant averaging 5 hours of sunshine per day. Typical daytime temperatures in December are from 15-20C, so many people are still in [...]

Maltese wines have improved substantially over recent years, and this has led to a good number of wine bars opening across the island in order to satisfy the demand from both tourists and locals alike. Here we take a trip to few and tell you a bit about each. Trabuxu, Strait Street, Valletta Situated in [...]

The game of il-Passju was popular in bygone times here in Malta, along with other games such as ballun stop and bocci. In the past, village roads were mainly traffic free and children used to play games outside instead of playing indoors on Wii and Playstation. Like elsewhere in the world, children devised a number [...]

As there are two official languages in Malta, there are a variety of newspapers; some in English, others in Maltese. These are mainly printed daily with a mixture of news, opinion pieces, readers’ letters and classifieds. Sunday editions are generally bigger with more features and are sometimes distributed with free magazines. The Times of Malta [...]