The Maltese Islands boast more UNESCO heritage sites per square mile than anywhere else in Europe with three sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. These are the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, the Megalithic Temples and the City of Valletta


Hal Saflieni Hypogeum is a remarkable complex of interconnected chambers, passages and stairways that were carved out of rock with stone tools. This underground labyrinth is on three levels and dates back to 4000 BC and comes complete with beautiful carvings and paintings in red ochre. 

The Megalithic Temples: There are seven in total, five on the island of Malta and two on Gozo. Hagar Qim (below) and Mnajdra are two very beautiful stone age temples set in the cliffs of Malta's southern coast and are well worth a visit. The Ta' Ħagrat and Skorba complexes are other temples on the World Heritage List which were built between 3600 and 2500 B.C.

The two gigantic Bronze Age temples of Ġgantija in Gozo are the oldest, free-standing monuments in the world and were built at least 1,000 years before the famous Egyptian pyramids of Giza were constructed. 

Mdina (below) is one of Europe’s finest examples of an ancient walled city and extraordinary in its mix of medieval and baroque architecture. Known as the ‘Silent City’, it's two hundred metres about sea level and the views from the fortified bastions are as striking as the churches, palaces and noble houses within its walls. It's just thirty minutes away from Valletta, in the quieter centre of the island.  

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