A rare public park among the browns and whites of built up Malta, the Upper Barrakka Gardens are on the east of the city – just turn right when you go through the main gates. Nice place to sit down…
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The ticket seller gave an audibly fed up sigh when I handed him a €20 to pay for my €6 ticket to the museum. “You don’t have six euros?” Sometimes, shopping in Malta with anything larger than a fiver you…
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Paceville is where people go to have a good time. Generally the people in question are teenagers or in their early twenties, mostly (but certainly not all) foreigners. The party district itself is pretty small: from a small open square…
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Short answer? Just under one and a half million per year. July 2012 was one of the busiest months on record, about 175,000 people making it over to the island. Which is a lot, when you consider the island’s population…
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This picturesque little park is located on the West of Valletta, overlooking Floriana. You get there by turning left once you are inside the city walls – it’s not hard to find and provides some nice views over the neighbouring…
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If you look at one of the brightly painted Maltese fishing boats (luzzu is the Maltese name for one of these), you will be sure to notice a pair of eyes painted on the front. Now people will tell you…
