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Blue Grotto
Luzzu Fishing Boat
St. John's Co. Cathedral
Castille, Valletta
On the road to Mdina
Traditional Boat Trip
 
The Citadel, Gozo
The Vedette
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8
day/7 night
Malta Highlights
Tour
Starting on Sunday
GUARANTEED WEEKLY DEPARTURES
ESCORTED COACH GROUP TOUR
Sunday
Arrive St.
Paul's Bay and check-in to your hotel.
After hotel check-in
you can take a stroll along the long promenade and familiarise yourselves
with the area.
Monday
Valletta - Malta Experience Show
Our guided tour of Valletta starts with a visit to the Barraka Gardens, here
you can enjoy breathtaking views overlooking the magnificent Grand Harbour
and the Three Cities. The tour also includes a walk through the bustling
Republic street, our guide pointing out prominent buildings en-route. A tour
of St. John’s Co. Cathedral, historically one of the most important
buildings in Malta and which is adorned in riches dating back to the era of
the Knights of St. John is a highlight of this tour. Here you can also
admire the magnificent Caravaggio painting “The Beheading of St. John”,
after our tour of the cathedral you will also have time to visit the church
museum, a main feature are the numerous Flemish tapestries. Our tour ends at
the Malta Experience, a superb 45-minute show illustrating the history of
the Maltese Islands - from Neolithic to modern times. The show is displayed
on a giant screen by means of state of the art visual and audio effects.
Breakfast Included
Tuesday
Mdina – Mosta Dome - San Anton - Crafts Village - Rabat
Today’s
tour takes us to the central part of Malta that is dominated by the
ancient medieval city of Mdina. Our walking tour takes through a maze of
magnificent architecture in an olde worlde setting, evidence that this
magnificent city is also known as the ‘silent city’. From the high
bastion walls you can admire views of most of the island. Close to Mdina
is the Roman town of Rabat, here we will visit the catacombs before
proceeding to the remote Westside of the island visiting the spectacular
cliffs of Dingli. After lunch (included) we will stop at the botanic gardens of San
Anton and the impressive Mosta Dome church, the fourth largest
unsupported dome in the world. To end our tour we include the Crafts
Village. Here you can admire the local glassblowers, filigree, pottery
and variety of other local crafts with time for some shopping.
Breakfast & Lunch Included
Wednesday
Gardjola Gardens - Birgu - Traditional Boat Trip
This half day tour visits the oldest part of the Grand Harbour. We
first visit the Gardjola Gardens, here you can admire the
magnificent view from the Vedette (watch tower used by the Knights). We
continue with the tour of this area next Birgu. Birgu is the oldest city of
the Grand Harbour. In 1530 the Knights of St. John first settled in this
area, and we will give you an insight to an era dominated by the Knights of
St. John. Our walking tour will take us to the heart of city, the
narrow streets and quaint alleys known as the 'collachio', an area of old
Palazzo's which where the original Auberge's occupied by the Knights'. We
finish this tour with a trip around the harbour on a traditional Dghajsa
(type of gondola). This is the end of our tour and we make our way back to
the hotel.
Breakfast Included
Thursday
Free Day. Relax or join a cruise around the islands (summer only) or
visit Sicily on a full day excursion
Breakfast Included
Friday
Blue Grotto -
Limestone Heritage - Marsaxlokk
- Hagar Qim - Ghar Dalam
Our tour will take us to the south of Malta. Our first stop includes a
visit to the unique Limestone Heritage, an open air quarry museum which
depicts the past and present use of the beautiful local limestone. We will then proceed to the beautiful Wied iz-Zurrieq for
a visit to the Blue Grotto. This picturesque grotto and its neighboring
system of sea caverns mirrors the brilliant phosphorescent colors of
underwater flora. Boat trips, which take around 25 minutes allow you to
explore these grottoes and sea caverns along this stretch of coast.
The boat trip is not included in the overall price as it operates
subject to weather conditions. We will
then proceed to a rural area and the unique Hagar Qim Temple.
Hagar Qim has the largest
and heaviest megaliths out of all the temple sites around the
Maltese Islands, some slabs weighing a staggering 20 tons.
In the afternoon after lunch
(included) we
then visit the pretty village of Marsaxlokk on the south coast of the island. Marsaxlokk
is characterized by low lying buildings and the colorful traditional
fishing boats known as the 'luzzu'. You will have some free time to
browse around the small market which lines the seafront. Our final stop is a
visit to the unique Ghar Dalam caves.
The Ghar Dalam Cave
(meaning dark cave) is a
highly important site as it was here that the earliest evidence of
human settlement on Malta, some 7,400 years ago, was discovered.
This huge cavern is some 144 metres deep, but only the first 50
metres are open to visitors. The lowermost layers, more than 500,000
years old, contained the fossil bones of dwarf elephants,
hippopotami, micro-mammals and birds.
At this stage our
tour comes to an end and we make our way back to your hotel.
Breakfast & Lunch Included
Saturday
Gozo Island Tour
Our tour
starts with a short 25min. ferry crossing which passes the small and
pretty island of Comino. On arrival at the picturesque Mgarr harbour,
you will notice how much greener it is on Gozo. Even though so close to
the larger island of Malta, the smaller island has many different
characteristics. Included on our tour is a variety of scenic routes and
interesting sights. We include stops at the Inland Sea and Azure Window
at Dwejra, Victoria and the imposing Citadel, the beautiful seaside
village of Xlendi Bay and include a spectacular show which relives the
life of Gozo’s yesteryear throughout the centuries. You will have time for lunch
(included) and shopping for local hand made lace and woolen
goods, both very popular buys on the island. Throughout the day you will
also see some of Gozo’s typical old villages where the pace of life
is typical of Mediterranean lifestyle of years gone by.
Breakfast & Lunch Included
Sunday
Check-out of hotel.
OPTION
You
can add additional nights and optional tours on request. You may also
connect to Tunisia or Sicily from Malta.
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For more information about Sicily tours
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Price
Prices are per person based on 2 adults sharing.
€645.00
Accommodation
Information
This tour includes accommodation at Gillieru Harbour Hotel in a
standard twin/double room.
Optional Upgrade:
€85.00 per person for sea view room
Hotels can be replaced
with hotels of a similar if unavailable at the time of booking.
Tour
Availability & Details
This is a group
tour and operates every week throughout the year. Tour is guaranteed to
operate with a minimum of two passengers.
What is Included
•
8 day tour & hotel package
•
7 hotel nights on bed and
• breakfast basis
• 3 lunches
• Multilingual Licensed Guide
for full
• tour duration (English
guaranteed)
• Transport from your hotel for all tours
• Entrance fees into places of
•interest/museums
• Ferry to/from Gozo Island
Not Included
• Arrival Transfer
• Departure Transfer
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