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Visits start with a short film before you descend into the underworld in an accompanied group with a very good audio guide.
The complex consists of three layers the deeper the more recent each with multiple rooms. It is estimated that it once held some 7, bodies, deposited down here over a period of nearly years. The most impressive room, the 'Holy of Holies', is a carved copy of the above-ground temples cut into the rock.
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Being underground, it has been far better preserved than the actual temples. I never tire of this remarkable place. If you have failed to book before arriving in Malta, tickets for two tours per day noon and 4pm are sold in Valletta the day before. Also note that while older children are likely to find this place enthralling, kids under six are not admitted.
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Diving in Malta is less about vast numbers of colourful fish though there is plenty of sea life and more about extraordinary underwater landscapes and wrecks some deliberately scuttled for the purpose. There is a good choice of dives both from the shore and reachable by short boat trips. Always check your chosen centre is licensed: If it isn't listed here, don't use it!
Closed Jan and Feb, except for pre-booked groups Prices: The famous Grand Harbour is at the heart of much of Malta's history and some of Europe's.
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It is the site of the Great Siege of in which the Knights of St John just managed to hold off the invading Ottoman Turks, as well as the centre of significant events of World War Two. The harbour was home to the British Royal Navy in the Med until the s. Having seen the view from the Upper Barracca Gardens, in clement weather it is well worth getting out on the water. My favourite way to do this is on a tour in a traditional dghajsa.
There used to be hundreds of these colourful little wooden boats ferrying sailors between ship and shore. Now there are only a few and their oars used standing up are supplemented with a motor, but I think they are still the most evocative way to get around the Grand Harbour. Do not encourage your boatman to take you beyond the harbour walls; these boats are not designed for the open sea.
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Tours can also be picked up from the Vittoriosa Waterfront buses 2, 3 Contact: Deep inside the bastion walls of Valletta, these tunnels were once the slave quarters of the Order of St John. In the Second World War they became the secret headquarters of the British and Allied Mediterranean forces, and it was from here that General Eisenhower commanded Operation Husky, the successful invasion of Sicily in You can still see ops rooms complete with maps, phones and plotting tables, as well as ancient-looking — yet inventive — communication systems.
Lascaris Bastion, Valletta Getting there: This palace was the home of the Grand Master of the Order of St John from the time Valletta was built in the early s until the Knights were kicked out of Malta by Napoleon in The palace has remained the centre of power in Valletta through British times and independence.
It is now both parliament and the office of the President. The MPs are expected to move to the new parliament at City Gate in , but the president will remain, which means the State Rooms sometimes close unexpectedly for state activities so do call ahead to check. The Knights Armoury remains open. Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, 10am This is not only a museum about Malta's Second World War but — for me more interestingly — it offers tours of the vast World War Two shelter below ground.
Don a hard hat, pass through the reproduction gas curtain and descend into the world of the Maltese during the worst of the war. Malta was the target of some of the most concentrated bombing anywhere and this area, home of the Grand Harbour dockyards doing crucial ship repair work, was hardest hit.
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Hundreds of people spent days and nights down in these hand-cut rock tunnels with only smoky little oil lamps for light. The guides here are exceptionally well informed and really bring the place to life in English. In summer, bring a sweatshirt as it can be cold by comparison with outside. A remarkable labyrinth of underground tombs cut out of solid rock, they are unusual in having agape tables circular tables and benches cut into the rock.
The tombs here date from Phoenician times to the arrival of the Arabs in AD but most are fourth to eighth century. They vary from simple rectangular holes in the walls and floor to elaborate "four poster" canopy tombs that once had carved or painted decoration. A torch is a useful aid to exploration.
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