MaltaBradt 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 |
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Common terms and phrases
Airport apse Auberge Bastion beach BirdLife BirdLife Malta birds birdwatching Birgu boat boxed text Bradt British building built Buses café cart ruts catacombs cathedral cave centre century chapel church Cirkewwa cliffs coast Comino Dbls Dingli dive Dwejra entrance façade ferry festa fish Floriana Fort St Elmo fortifications Gardens Gate Ggantija Gozo Gozo's Grand Harbour Grand Master Heritage Hypogeum island Italian Knights limestone Malta Maltese Marsalforn Marsamxett Harbour Marsaxlokk Mattia Preti Mdina Mediterranean Mellieħa Mġarr Mnajdra Mosta Museum Paceville painted Palace parish park pool prehistoric Rabat restaurant road rock Roman rooms Senglea side Siege Sliema snorkelling square St Elmo St George's St John St Julian's St Paul's Starters stone Street summer swimming Tarxien temple Three Cities Tigné tombs tour tourist Tower Valletta Victoria village Vittoriosa walk walls Waterfront Wignacourt World Xagħra Xlendi Żabbar