Most villages have two band clubs, and they compete
Two clubs, two bands, two sets of colours and one village. The rivalry pays for the fireworks.
7 Jul 20262 minRead Most villages have two band clubs, and they compete
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Why the temples sit under tents
The stone at Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra was flaking away. The canopies went up in 2008 to stop it, and they were…
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What a week of sightseeing in Malta costs
The six best known sites come to eighty-seven euro for one adult. The Hypogeum alone is thirty-five of that.
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In a Special Designated Area you buy like a local
No permit, no minimum value and no limit on how many. You pay for that freedom in the price per square metre.
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Comino has two other bays and nobody walks to them
Santa Marija has sand and trees, San Niklaw is deep and sheltered, and both are twenty minutes from the crowd at the…
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Fish is sold by weight, so ask the price first
The tray comes out, you pick one, and the bill is weight times rate. Two questions before you nod, and both are…
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Santa Marija is the biggest day of the year
Eight parishes hold their feast on 15 August, and the same date carries the convoy that kept Malta fed in 1942.
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The buses are free, but not for visitors
Residents with a personalised tallinja card travel for nothing. Visitors pay one flat fare, good for two hours, more in summer.
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The feast season runs from June to September
Fifty-eight of the hundred and thirty-four parish feasts in Malta and Gozo take place in July and August. November has only one.
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Ġbejniet come in four forms and taste like four cheeses
Fresh, dried, peppered or in oil. Same little sheep cheese, four completely different things on the plate.
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Churches are free, except the two you want most
St John’s Co-Cathedral and Mdina Cathedral charge for entry. The other three hundred do not.
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The Victoria Lines run right across the island
Twelve kilometres of Victorian wall along the Great Fault, from Fomm ir-Riħ to Madliena. Never fought over, still standing, and walkable in…
26 Jun 20262 minRead The Victoria Lines run right across the island