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Ta’ Ħaġrat is the temple you have to book ahead for

Ta’ Ħaġrat, in Mġarr, sells no tickets at the gate. Buy online or from a shop in the village before you go,…

2 Oct 20261 minRead Ta’ Ħaġrat is the temple you have to book ahead for
Gozo

What is open in Gozo right now

The archaeology museum is closed, the nature museum is free, and one ticket covers two sites in Xagħra.

12 Aug 20262 minRead What is open in Gozo right now
Heritage sites

Għar Dalam holds the bones of dwarf elephants

Elephants, hippos and bears reached Malta on foot, then shrank. The cave near Birżebbuġa holds what is left of them.

9 Aug 20262 minRead Għar Dalam holds the bones of dwarf elephants
Museums

Why the Hypogeum costs thirty five euro

The most expensive ticket in Malta, why it is priced that way, and the rule about children under six.

3 Aug 20262 minRead Why the Hypogeum costs thirty five euro
Free things

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
Heritage sites

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…

6 Jul 20262 minRead Why the temples sit under tents
Heritage sites

Tarxien sits at the end of an ordinary street

Five thousand years old, four linked temples, and houses on three sides. The village grew around it after 1913.

22 Jun 20262 minRead Tarxien sits at the end of an ordinary street
Gozo

Ġgantija is a thousand years older than the pyramids

The temples at Xagħra in Gozo were built around 3600 BC, which puts them a thousand years ahead of Giza.

29 Jan 20262 minRead Ġgantija is a thousand years older than the pyramids

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