Malta and Gozo, 2nd

by Rix, Juliet

• ISBN13: 9781841624525
• ISBN10: 1841624527
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-07-16
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Summary

Malta has long been known for package holidays but packed into this island nation are 7,000 years of fascinating and visible history. Updated throughout, this new edition delves into Malta's temples and archaeology more comprehensively than any other guidebook. It also showcases bird watching and wildlife opportunities, summer festas, and the less commercialized islands of Gozo and Comino

Author Biography

Juliet Rix has been a journalist for 25 years. She has worked for the BBC, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph and The Independent. She has travelled extensively throughout Malta. Juliet recently won second place in the Malta Travel Awards global magazine category.

Excerpts

Malta offers a wonderful combination of sunshine holiday and fascinating sightseeing. Into an area smaller than the Isle of Wight, England, it packs 7,000 years of history – and prehistory. The earliest of its Neolithic temples – little known beyond its shores – are 2,000 years older than Mycenae, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramids and 500 years older than the famous standing stones at Stonehenge. They all have UNESCO World Heritage status, as does the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, an extraordinary underground tomb complex, cut from solid rock that echoes the architecture of the above-ground temples. And this is just the beginning of the story.