Cruise Holidays To Malta

Overview

Malta's strategic position at the heart of the Mediterranean predestined its history with military powers of successive epochs. Conquerors such as the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Castilians, and finally the British have all left their mark. Founded in 1566 by the Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, the island nation’s capital of Valletta rises dramatically from the water.

Ships dock in Grand Harbour, regarded as one of the finest and safest natural havens in the Mediterranean. From here it is a short walk or pony and trap ride to the imposing bastions that surround this port where Malta's rich heritage of archaeology, history, architecture, art and culture unfolds. Appearing to be carved out of sandstone, Valletta has a familiar, yet Arabic flavour - as does the ancient, walled city of Mdina.

The Malta Experience is an unforgettable state-of-the-art multivisual tableau showing the island’s 7,000 years of history and drama. Visit the impressive Palace of the Grand Masters, and the baroque masterpiece that is St. John’s Co-Cathedral to marvel at Caravaggio’s Beheading of St John the Baptist. The Tarxien Temples are the remains of a prehistoric complex dating back to 3000BC.