Malta's old capital, a walled medieval city on a hill, called the 'Silent City', with narrow, quiet streets of noble palaces and the baroque St Paul's Cathedral. The bastions give views over the whole island.
Next door, Rabat has St Paul's Catacombs and the grotto where St Paul is said to have sheltered. Try the pastizzi (savoury pastries). It was a Game of Thrones location.
Sheer cliffs on Malta's south-west coast rising about 250 m above the sea, the highest point of the island, with views to the islet of Filfla.
An underground Neolithic burial complex carved into the rock around 4000 BC, with chambers on three levels, some painted with red ochre spirals.
Malta's tiny fortified capital, built by the Knights of St John in the 16th century, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Birgu (Vittoriosa), Senglea and Cospicua, the three fortified towns across the Grand Harbour from Valletta, where the Knights of St John first settled.
A fishing village in south-east Malta with a harbour full of colourful traditional boats (luzzu), painted with the protective 'Eye of Osiris' on the …
A shallow, intensely turquoise bay of white sand between the small island of Comino and the islet of Cominotto, one of the most beautiful swimming sp…
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