The history of Malta is a turbulent one, characterised by its strategic position in the Mediterranean, halfway between Europe and Africa.
Under influence from the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Normans, the Knights Hospitallers, Napoleon (just for a short while, no pun intended) and the British, this tiny island has prospered and is today a holiday hotbed for sun loving (age 15-50) and history loving (age 35-80) holidaymakers.
Now, even though your travel team is both sun loving, history loving and fun loving people, we booked a 10-day trip to this southern island in February and brutally realised, that this island just isn’t far enough to the south to satisfy our sun loving part. Our fun loving part is not very happy ’bout that either! Nothing is more lethal to a good time than freezing your arse of!
So, the best we can do in cold times like these is walk to keep warm and cater to the history loving part of us.
These next days we’ll be roaming the island, taking in the sights (Did you know that Mdina was filming location for Game of Thrones?), savouring the local cuisine (boy, have they many ways to serve rabbit), sampling the local wine (cheers!) and celebrating St. Paul’s Shipwreck Day and Carnival with the Maltese (confetti chaos).
Come rain, come shine: Malta is still divine!
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- The carnival is a huge event in Valletta
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- Azure Window on the small island of Gozo
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- Celebrating Carnival with the Maltese (confetti chaos)
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- Beautiful colonial-style architecture
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- The skyline of Valletta
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- Caffe Cordina has old-world charm
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- Republic Square in Valletta
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I’m going to malta in may. I can’t wait!! It’s been on my radar for quite a while now.
Lucky you! At that time it’s probably quite warm and it’ll be a treat to discover the islands. We are making some recommendations and reviews the next couple of days: hope some of those may be used as inspiration for your trip! Have a good one 🙂
Great thank you. I’ll keep out an eye for them and I’m sure they’ll come in handy