The first weekend of October has three big events
Malta Classic and Defected Malta both run from 1 to 4 October, and Notte Bianca fills Valletta on the Saturday. Where each…
25 Sep 20261 minRead The first weekend of October has three big events
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Eighteen village feasts are left this year
Most of the year’s village feasts are over. Eighteen are left, from Mellieħa and Marsa on 27 September to three villages on…
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The Blue Hole at Dwejra is a shaft in the rock
A natural chimney in the limestone opens through an arch into the open sea. It is the best known dive in Malta…
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Three old Gozo ferries lie in one bay
The Xlendi, the Cominoland and the Karwela were all sunk on purpose off the south coast of Gozo. You can swim between…
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The Um El Faroud killed nine men before it became a reef
A Libyan tanker exploded in the Malta Drydocks in 1995. Three years later it was towed out and sunk on purpose, and…
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October is the busiest month in Malta this year
Junior Eurovision, the Rolex Middle Sea Race, Notte Bianca and the Three Palaces Festival all land in the same four weeks.
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Getting to Malta Airport for a six in the morning flight
The buses are thin at that hour and the taxi apps are busy. Book the transfer the night before and set the…
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How to find people who do what you do in Malta
The island runs on clubs. Band clubs, dive schools, walking groups, football nurseries and a hundred village societies, most of them open…
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What to do in Malta when it rains
Rain here comes in short heavy bursts, so you need somewhere to be for two hours rather than a whole day. These…
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The first autumn storms arrive with no warning
After five dry months the ground takes nothing in. Roads flood in minutes, valleys turn into rivers, and it is over within…
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Notte Bianca is on 3 October and all of it is free
Valletta stays open until the early hours. Palaces, museums and churches that charge in the day let you in for nothing, and…
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Mdina empties out after six
Fewer than three hundred people live inside the walls. Once the coaches leave you get the streets to yourself, lit by the…
14 Sep 20262 minRead Mdina empties out after six