Walking on Malta

This guidebook describes 33 walks on Malta and its neighbouring islands of Gozo and Comino. Walks generally range from 3 to 17km, and include Valetta, heritage trails, coastal walks and explorations inland, including the 30km 'Victoria Lines' route between Mgarr and Bahar ic-Caghaq. Malta offers year-round walking.

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Overview

This guidebook describes 33 half- and full day walks on the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino. The routes range from 2.5-30km, beginning with a short heritage trail around the city of Valletta. Then follows a series of walks around the coastline of Malta, with a final few moving inland to explore the island's interior, before a description of the Heritage Trail around Mdina and Rabat.

Walks on Gozo start with a heritage trail around Victoria, followed by a clockwise exploration of spectacular coastal walking that allows a complete circuit of the island. The final walk on Gozo wanders over a series of little hills further inland, while the last walk in the book might be the best of them all: a circuit around the lovely little island of Comino. The guidebook also gives details of accommodation, transport and tourist information.

Malta may be known as a tourist destination, but it also offers plenty of historic walks, stunningly beautiful and dramatic architecture and excellent scenery, especially around the cliffs and coastlines.

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Location and population
Geology and landscape
Discovery and history
Weather
Language
Religion
Maltese wildlife
Protected areas
Getting to the Maltese islands
Getting around the Maltese islands
Money
Accommodation
Maps of the Maltese islands
Countryside access
Using this guide
Malta
Walk 1 Valletta Heritage Trail
Walk 2 Rinella to Marsaskala
Walk 3 Marsaskala to Birżebbuġa
Walk 4 Birżebbuġa to Gudja
Walk 5 Żurrieq to Siġġiewi
Walk 6 Siġġiewi to Dingli
Walk 7 Dingli to Mġarr
Walk 8 Għajn Tuffieħa circuit
Walk 9 Mġarr to Għadira
Walk 10 Marfa Ridge circuit
Walk 11 Mellieħa Bay to Xemxija
Walk 12 Selmun circuit
Walk 13 Xemxija Heritage Trail
Walk 14 Bajda Ridge circuit
Walk 15 The Wardija Ridge
Walk 16 Falka Gap to Salina
Walk 17 Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq to St George’s Bay
Walk 18 The Victoria Lines
Walk 19 Fiddien to Mosta
Walk 20 Rabat and Dingli
Walk 21 Siġġiewi and Buskett
Walk 22 Siġġiewi to Qormi
Walk 23 The Wignacourt Aqueduct
Walk 24 Mdina and Rabat Heritage Trail
Gozo
Walk 25 Victoria Heritage Trail
Walk 26 Mġarr to Sannat
Walk 27 Sannat to San Lawrenz
Walk 28 San Lawrenz to Marsalforn
Walk 29 Marsalforn to Ramla Bay
Walk 30 Ramla Bay to Qala
Walk 31 Qala to Mġarr
Walk 32 Għarb to Marsalforn
Comino
Walk 33 Circuit of Comino

Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Useful contacts
Appendix C Brief history of Malta
Appendix D Topographical glossary

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March 2017

Update

The world-famous rock arch of the Azure Window, on the island of Gozo, has collapsed. Nothing remains of it, so cherish the pictures in the guidebook. Paddy had noticed it was getting thinner each time he visited, and it finally succumbed to a storm around 09:40 on Wednesday 8th March 2017.

The Azure Window is mentioned in Walk 27 on page 185, and also in the introduction on page 35.

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