Malta Blog

Malta Blog

Welcome to arguably the most popular Malta blog! Here you can read interesting blog posts about Malta and the Maltese people. Find articles written by locals, including useful lists one might need to refer to occasionally and even reviews about products, services and events. We also try to include lots of information and tips aiming to guide tourists visiting the Maltese Islands. We encourage you to participate on this Malta blog by leaving comments, asking questions or simply use our online chat rooms.

St Agatha’s Tower Mellieha

St Agatha's (Red Tower) MaltaStanding majestically on Marfa Ridge looking out over Ghadira Bay, St. Agatha’s tower (also known as The Red Tower, due to its colour) casts a dominant yet protective eye over bathers and sun worshipers on the
golden beach below.

Built as a coastal watchtower by The Knights of St. John, the tower was completed in 1649 during the rule of Grand Master Jean Paul Lascaris Castellar. A series of towers similar to this are scattered strategically along the coastline of the Maltese Islands, and were built to act as communication and lookout points by the Knights in order to ward off attacks by the Turkish Fleet and other enemies.

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November 1st, 2009 by Hilary | No Comments »

Malta Bargains

Malta Bargains All Year RoundRecession, recession, recession! Aren’t you just sick and tired of hearing about it? That is all we have heard for the past year and a half isn’t it? People losing their jobs, prices shooting up, banks and other organisations going bankrupt and so on. All this has meant that many people have had to cut down on their spending for obvious reasons.

Some people have a natural talent to sniff out a good bargain but for those who don’t be aware that few good places still exist in Malta where one can find a good bargain indeed! I am mostly referring to the open markets one finds scattered all over Malta, some on a daily basis and some on a weekly one.

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October 9th, 2009 by Milie | No Comments »

Mater Dei Hospital Malta

Mater Dei Hospital MaltaAfter much controversy, delays and overspending, Mater Dei hospital finally replaced the old and dodgy St. Luke’s hospital in June 2007 with the last of the personnel having migrated by November of the same year. The cost of the project had been initially predicted to be around 116m Euro, however the end cost reached over half a billion Euro in total.

Malta’s health care is provided for free (well not exactly for free, just from the tax payers money) by the state and over 80% of the Maltese population makes use of it.

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September 27th, 2009 by Milie | 8 Comments »

Lidl Supermarket

Lidl Supermarket in MaltaStarting off in Germany as a grocery store in 1930’s Lidl is now one of the leading names in European Supermarkets. Their aim is to sell top quality products at the cheapest possible prices while at the same time being environmentally conscious too. In fact all Lidl fish products are MSC Certified, meaning that they do their utmost to protect the worlds marine resources.

Lidl Supermarket Malta

Since setting up store in Malta a few years back, five stores have already been opened in different localities: St. Venera, San Gwann, Luqa, Safi and the latest addition in Zejtun.

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September 19th, 2009 by Milie | 7 Comments »

Malta Beaches

One of Malta beachesThe actual summer season may soon be officially over but who says that we must stop going to the beach? The water temperature remains bearable well into November and for the braver ones even December. Plus once the children all go back to school (most start on the 28th September, mark it on your calendars) and the number of tourists decline Malta’s beaches become even more appealing and much more peaceful.

If sandy beaches are your thing, the North of Malta will definitely suit you more as most of Malta’s sandy beaches are found in this area.

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September 12th, 2009 by Milie | No Comments »