Category: Malta

  • Five days in Malta

    Five days in Malta

    I’ll start, as ever, by saying that five days in Malta is not enough to explore the whole country. This itinerary is aimed at anyone looking for a short but busy trip, getting a flavour of the diversity that Malta has to offer. When to go to Malta I went…

  • Comino Island: more than just the Blue Lagoon

    Comino Island: more than just the Blue Lagoon

    Anyone planning a trip to Malta will probably have seen photos of the Blue Lagoon on Comino Island: clean, vivid, turquoise water, veritably a mini tropical paradise. But Comino Island is more than just the Blue Lagoon, and I’m going to express the unpopular opinion that you might want to…

  • Six things I wish I had known before travelling to Malta

    Six things I wish I had known before travelling to Malta

    I travelled to Malta for a bit of winter sun, expecting to take a few boat trips, sip coffee in the sunshine and maybe visit a few churches. I was not expecting Malta to have such a complex history, or such a mixture of cultural influences. I wished I had…