Scenic Sights of Malta

Uncover Malta’s most intriguing sites and tour a glass-blowing factory on this panoramic tour. Begin your exploration in enchanting Valletta, Europe’s southernmost capital and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Learn that the city, founded in 1566 by the Knights of Saint John, is strategically built like a fort, with bastion walls surrounding its perimeters, and is an open-air museum of largely Baroque architecture. You’ll journey to Mosta, Malta’s most populous town and site of the soaring 19th-century neoclassical Mosta Dome church, which holds up to 10,000 worshippers. Admire the church’s Ionic columns, inlaid marble floors and the gilded, carved stone flowers set around the third-largest unsupported dome in the world. Capture stunning photos from the Dingli Cliffs, Malta’s highest point, before driving inland to Mdina, the island’s capital from antiquity to the medieval period. Rising above the city’s protective walls, enjoy refreshments in a specially selected restaurant and other crafts outlets in nearby Rabat. To culminate your discovery of fascinating Malta, tour a glass-blowing factory in the Ta’ Qali Handicrafts Village, located in an abandoned WWII RAF airfield.

• Wear casual, weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes.
• Dress appropriately for a religious venue; shoulders and knees must be covered.
• Bring a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen.