The first Sunday of the month is the day for towers
Ten coastal watchtowers open to visitors, and nearly all of them share the same one day a month.
27 Jul 20263 minRead The first Sunday of the month is the day for towers
Free things
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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.
18 Jul 20262 minRead The best view in Valletta costs nothing -
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.
17 Jul 20262 minRead Nobody knows what cut the cart ruts -
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,…
13 Jul 20262 minRead The coastal towers you can walk to for nothing -
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.
27 Jun 20262 minRead Churches are free, except the two you want most -
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 -
The Cittadella is the whole of Gozo in one view
A walled town on a hill, a twenty minute circuit of the ramparts, and the reason Gozitans slept inside the walls for…
20 Jun 20262 minRead The Cittadella is the whole of Gozo in one view -
The gun fires at noon and you can watch for free
The Saluting Battery still fires at midday and at four. From the gardens above it costs nothing.
18 Jun 20262 minRead The gun fires at noon and you can watch for free -
Maltese villages make their own fireworks
Village factories, volunteer crews and a year of work set off in a few nights, driven by the rivalry between clubs.
8 May 20262 minRead Maltese villages make their own fireworks -
The salt pans on the Gozo coast still work
Families cut salt out of the rock between Qbajjar and Xwejni every summer, the same way it has been done for centuries.
27 Apr 20262 minRead The salt pans on the Gozo coast still work