Come to the Upper Barrakka Gardens for unparalleled panoramic views over Valetta ! Looking out over the Grand Harbour and the Three Cities, enjoy the calm and beauty of the gardens, which are dotted with cooling fountains and imbued with a sense o..

Works by Mattia Preti, Caravaggio and Matteo Perez d'Aleccio complement the incomparably rich ornamentation to endow St John's Co-Cathedral, an ode to the Baroque, with a value beyond imagining. A stunning building which is worthy of the Knights of M..

The Grand Master's Palace (16C) has an extraordinary history. Initially the seat of the Knights of Malta, today it houses the House of Representatives of Malta. The interior is opulently decorated and boasts works by master painters and an exceptiona..

Fort Saint Elmo looks out over the quays of Valletta 's Grand Harbour, which used to be a hub of intense trade, but today draws people who are out for a stroll. The pleasant terraces provide plenty of opportunities to enjoy the views over the fortif..

Marsamxett Harbour stretches out between the rocky spur on which the town stands, and the Manoel peninsula, where you will find the eponymous fort housing the remains of Charles-François de Mandion, the engineer entrusted with its construction. The h..

If a wander through the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta has whetted your appetite, be sure to visit the impressive archaeological site at the Tarxien Temples, which date right back to the beginning of ancient times and have been redisc..

Built at the same time as the Mesopotamian and Egyptian city-states, the Hagar Quim Temple was constructed using Maltese limestone. Apses, gigantic standing stones and statues of human figures go to create a remarkably complex ensemble. The Mnajdra T..

Like the temples of Hagar Quim and Mnajdra, the two Ggantija temples on the island of Gozo were erected at the very beginning of ancient times. Legend has it that, given the size of the megaliths, the monuments must have been built by giants.

The National Museum of Archaeology retraces the history of human life on Malta, which stretches right back to 5 000 BC, as evidenced by the world's oldest megalithic remains dotted across the archipelago. The building in which the collection is house..

The Inquisitor's Palace was built in order to reinforce Catholic power in the face of Islam and the emergence of Protestant doctrine. Today, the collections of an ethnographical museum are laid out in this magnificent edifice, which was built from gl..

A visit to the Ghar Dalam Grotto and its adjoining museum allows you to see an array of artefacts, some dating back to Paleolithic times (fossils of dwarf elephants, hippopotamuses, as well as stags and bears) and others to Neolithic times, with the ..

Set sail for a trip to the superb Blue Grotto, in reality a network of rocky sea caverns. The grotto plays host to an array of underwater plant life that combines with the light to give the water its very particular colour. Head there when the sea is..

St Paul Cathedral, constructed at the turn of the 18C by Lorenzo Gafa, vies with the Co-Cathedral in Valletta in terms of sheer splendour. With its emblematic dome, it is the must-see sight of Mdina . Be sure to see the frescoes by Mattia Preti ..

The catacombs of Rabat were dug by the Romans in order to bury their dead in accordance with their culture. They were also used by the Christians as a place to meet in secret and escape persecution. A visit to the Catacombs of St Paul and St Agatha i..

The dome of St Mary's Church in Mosta is fully deserving of its reputation! Take in its impressive size – it is one of the largest in the world – then go inside this resplendent building, which was miraculously spared during the Second World War wh..

On 10 February, the Maltese turn out in force to commemorate the shipwreck of St Paul on the island in AD 60 with an enormous procession through the streets of Valletta . The Church of St Paul Shipwrecked, erected in his honour and remodelled in the..

Palazzo Falzon, a medieval palace built in the 13C and remodelled in the 15C, has rooms set around a superb, typically Maltese patio. You can admire the art collection assembled by Olof Frederick Gollcher (1889-1962), its last owner, and enjoy the in..

A trip to the beach at Ghajn Tuffieha is an absolute must. Of the three beaches lying side by side along the northwest coast of the island, this is the one where the Maltese themselves come in search of peace and quiet. This long stretch of sand coil..

Sites of remarkable natural beauty, sand and pebble beaches, isolated inlets, ancient vestiges, delicious local produce… the small island of Gozo has much to recommend it. Happily spared the onset of mass tourism, its little villages and fishing port..

Vertigo sufferers, beware! The Dingli cliffs, the highest point on the island (250m), loom up in an area which has much to recommend it. Close by you will find the cart ruts of the Buskett Gardens, Malta's last remaining forest, which furrow the land..