Public bus services in Malta operate regularly to most parts of Malta from City Gate, Valletta. Many of the Malta buses are old and quite a treat to ride in. However, they are incredibly cheap! Preparing small change in advance is highly recommended. All the towns & villages can be reached by bus, and there [...]
Nightlife in the capital amounts to no more than a drink or two in a bar or an evening trot in a horse-drawn karrozzin round the city’s floodlit ramparts. However, there is plenty of action in resorts to the northwest. Those seeking the bright lights should head to the small area of St Julian’s known [...]
Food in Malta may not rank as gourmet cuisine, but it is very reasonably priced and there are plenty of places to choose from. Beyond the proliferation of pizzerias, pasta houses and snack bars, there are occasional gourmet restaurants and a good range of places serving fresh fish. The latter can be anything from family-run [...]
The Marsa Sports Club is a huge sporting complex that has sufficient facilities to keep you active for days. Affordable membership is available on a daily or weekly basis. Facilities include an 18-hole golf course, 17 hard tennis courts, five squash courts, an 18-hole mini-golf course, a cricket pitch and billiards tables. In addition there [...]
Around 5000 BC Neolithic farmers arrive. 5000-4000 BC Neolithic period: Skorba Temples built. 4000-3000 BC Temple Period: Age of Tarxien and Ggantija temples and Hal Saflieni Hypogeum. 2500-700 BC Bronze and Iron Age. Period of fortified villages and ‘cart tracks’. 700-550 BC Phoenicians colonize the islands.
