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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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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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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Malta’s electricity comes down a cable from Sicily
A 200 megawatt link to Ragusa carries a large share of it, and a gas plant at Delimara makes the rest. Both…
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Sunday lunch in Malta takes the whole afternoon
It starts at one, it runs to four, and it is the meal the week is built around. Book, and do not…
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The Blue Grotto only works in the morning
The colour comes from sunlight bouncing off the sea floor into the cave. By the afternoon the sun has moved and the…
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Fishing in Malta, from the rocks and from a boat
Shore fishing needs no licence and costs nothing. The lampuki season runs from late August to December and is the one worth…
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The summer heat breaks in the middle of September
The change is not gradual. Humidity drops, the nights cool first, and the daytime figure barely moves for another fortnight.
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Where to watch the sun rise and set in Malta
The island is small enough to catch both in one day. Dingli and Gozo for the sunset, Marsaxlokk and the eastern cliffs…
6 Sep 20262 minRead Where to watch the sun rise and set in Malta