Having visited this museum, it is something of a surprise that enough people remained sufficiently alive and un-tortured to maintain the population on the island. In the Mdina dungeons you are treated to various waxwork dummies in poses of extreme…
Category: Museums
This is a museum of the old school, which is not necessarily a good thing. It is situated just inside the walls of Mdina, in an eighteenth century palace, which means that the shell of the place looks pretty fine….
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The Romans came over to Malta in 218BC, and not encountering much resistance and clearly enjoying the climate, they stayed for about 700 years. Despite this, there’s not a whole lot of evidence of their sojourn on the island, with…
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The ticket seller gave an audibly fed up sigh when I handed him a €20 to pay for my €6 ticket to the museum. “You don’t have six euros?” Sometimes, shopping in Malta with anything larger than a fiver you…
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The Sleeping Lady Malta is home to a number of well-preserved prehistoric sites, like the Gigantija temples in Gozo and the Hypogeum Hal Saflieni in Paola, as well as many others. And so it is no surprise that the Museum…
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The Hypogeum in Paola is one place that is definitely worth a visit, whether you’ve had enough of lying on the beach or you are trying to get in touch with your spiritual side. It consists of a series of…
