Valletta is known as the city built by gentleman, for gentleman. The order of St. John - Knight of Malta.
It's a 15 minute walk into town from the port.
The city of Valletta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It's a 15 minute walk into town from the port.
The city of Valletta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Temperature
April average high is 64 and the average low is 55 F ; May 72/61; June 79/66;
July 84/72; Aug 84/73; Sept 81/72
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Places of Interest in Malta
Valletta
Grand Master's Palace
house of government; basement floor houses an armoury
St. John's Co-Cathedral
first complete example of high Baroque; Caravaggio painting depicting the beheading of St John, paving of
more than 300 marble tomb slabs (the burial place of several former European princes), and vaulted central
nave with frescoes by Mattia Preti
Manoel Theatre
Great Seige of Malta - Museum tells the story of the seige of 1565 in 23 scenes
Upper Barrakka Gardens - public garden with view of the harbor
National Museum of Archaeology
Hrs: 9:00- 17:00
Mdina - "Silent City"; previously was the capitall of Malta
Fontanella Garden - cakes and tea
tourist info
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Paola, Malta) - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Huge underground cavity. The Hypogeum consists of halls, chambers and passages hewn out of the living
rock and covering some 500 square metres dating from 3600-2400 BC
Megalithic Temples of Malta - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Each the result of an individual development, 7 temples in Malta and Gozo, the oldest from 5,000BC.
The oldest freestanding temples in the world are on the Island of Gozo.
Malta has the temples Ħagar Qim, Mnajdra, Tarxien, Ta’ Ħaġrat and Skorba
Bus 11 from Vallerta running every 10-20 minutes goes to both excursion locations
The Tarxien temples are a 10 minute walk from Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
http://www.maltabybus.com/
