Rabat Travel Blogs

In a plateau, in the center of the island of Malta, is Rabat. This city this constructed on rest of other previous establishments. Numerous rest of the Phoenician time are had and the Romans made here the capital of the island, the city of Melita, that soon gave to name the present country. Th…

Rabat means suburb in old Arabic and this is indeed because Rabat is the town lying outside the citadel of Mdina. The two towns used to be a single one until the Arabs dug a moat across the hill and fortified its tip creating Mdina. Rabat had walls of its own in Roman times but this can only be see…

Visited both St. Pauls Catacombes and St. Agatha Catacombes. The last ones were less extended, but the fresco's were more intact and you could still see some of the skeleton's.

I leave Mdina through the beautiful gate and walk through a park. In the distance I can see a renaisance looking church and head that way. It was a colorful dome. As I approach, I see some colorful banners. I get to the chruch and see that the banners are lining the street in front of the church an…

I spent two weeks in the beautiful resort of Qawra and loved every minute of my time in Malta. Some people have told me they didn't fancy it cos it was too small but I really LOVED it in Malta and wouldn't mind going back sometime. And it was the first time I'd ever been on a plane too, so I was quite nervous before and after. But I still enjoyed it.