All About Malta, Gozo and Comino

If you have never visited our islands before, you may be totally lost as to what there is to see and do here (aside from diving of course). As fantastic as our dive sites are, there is so much more to do and here we would like to share some of our favourite places with you. You might find this will come in handy on non - diving days or show this to any non-divers in your travel party!

Eating

A few traditional Maltese foods that you might like to sample while you are here include Pastizzi (small pea or ricotta filled flakey pastry snack), Imqarret (deep fried date cakes), Bragioli (beef olives), Rabbit Stew, Aljotta (Fish Soup) and Bigilla (bean dip) to name just a few.

Drinking

While you are here, you must try the local drinks, the local Cisk lager, our soft drink Kinnie, there are also some local made liquers such as Bajtra which is made from prickly pears.

One thing you might like to do is visit one of the wineriers for a wine tasting.

History

St. John's Co Cathedral is something to be savoured. You can easily spend a lot of time here looking around!

You get an audio guide at the entrance to explain what you are looking at and it is very useful as there are so many paintings and carvings you might miss some of the more interesting points.

Exploration

Spend time exploring the St. Paul's Catacombs up in Rabat, the audio guide has some interesting information.

Try to remember to take a torch if you want to brave the un-lit sections.

You can read a little more about this historic site here

Off the beaten track

If you are hiring a car, you want to have a bit of a tour away from the main stream tourist spot.

See if you can find the Girgenti open air church, one of the hidden charms of Malta, and don't forget to sign the guest book!