What is open in Malta on a Sunday
Banks and many shops shut, buses drop to a thinner timetable, and the pharmacies work on a rota.
23 Jul 20262 minRead What is open in Malta on a Sunday
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Children, students and seniors pay less at Malta’s sites
Adult is the price on the sign. There are three or four other bands, and nobody offers them unless you ask.
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What to eat in Malta, and how to order it properly
Pastizzi, ftira, a rabbit dinner that comes in two courses, and the drink nobody likes at first.
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Wignacourt Tower is the oldest still standing
Finished in 1610 on the feast of St Paul, it began the chain of coastal towers that ended up ringing the islands.
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Valletta charges you for driving in
Cameras have read plates into and out of the capital since 2007. Outside it, the colour of the bay decides whether you…
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The best view in Valletta costs nothing
The Upper Barrakka Gardens look straight down into the Grand Harbour, and the gun below them fires twice a day.
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Nobody knows what cut the cart ruts
Pairs of grooves run across the limestone at Clapham Junction, cross each other, and in places head over a cliff.
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Comino in winter is a different island
The boats stop, the kiosks shut and nobody is there. What is left is a small island you can walk across in…
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How much your rent can legally go up
Once a year, only if the contract says so, tied to the price index and capped at five per cent. The limit…
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Where to swim when the northwesterly is blowing
Twenty-eight of the sixty-nine bays on this site have no open water to the north-west. Those are the ones that stay calm…
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The coastal towers you can walk to for nothing
Three sets of towers ring the coast, built between 1610 and 1659. Most are locked, all of them are free to reach,…
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Winter opening hours are shorter than you expect
From October the sites close earlier, the seaside places shut for the season, and February is when family run places take their…
12 Jul 20262 minRead Winter opening hours are shorter than you expect