Malta

Front Cover
Bradt Travel Guides, 2010 - 312 pages

With some 300 days of sunshine a year, Malta has long been known for package holidays. But anyone going to Malta merely to lie in the sun is seriously missing out. Packed into this island nation are 7,000 years of fascinating – and visible – history, and the Bradt guide delves into Malta’s temples and archaeology more comprehensively than any other guidebook. Also covering birdwatching, summer festas, the less commercialized islands of Gozo and Comino, and highlighting accommodation and restaurants of interest and character rather than just looking at convenience and budget, this guidebook discovers the Malta beyond the tourist resorts.

 

Contents

History
3
Background Information
20
Practical Information
37
Planning for Your Interests
78
Valletta
105
The Three Cities
143
Sliema St Julians and Paceville
159
Southeast Malta
171
Central Malta
219
North Malta
235
Comino
249
Gozo
253
Language
297
Glossary
299
Further Reading
301
Index
307

South Malta
187
Mdina and Rabat
201

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About the author (2010)

Juliet Rix has been a journalist for 25 years, and has worked for the BBC (television and radio), magazines, the internet and British national newspapers.

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