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Malta
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Information

Tourism
Malta Tourism Authority
Auberge D'Italie, Merchants Street, - Valetta CMR 02, Malta
Tel: (356) 22915800 - Fax: (356) 22915893
Website: www.visitmalta.com - E-mail: info@visitmalta.com
Getting there
AIR MALTA
www.airmalta.com
Direct flights from & to European cities and Cairo, Dubai, Damascus, Tunis. Other carriers: Alitalia, Corsair, KLM, Lufthansa, Swissair...
Getting Around
Buses on Malta serve the major tourist areas and on Gozo go practically everywhere. Renting a car is a good option as taxis are expensive. Driving is on the left. A regular ferry service links Cirkewwa on Malta and Mgarr on Gozo, taking about 20 minutes each way.
Visas: Visas are not required for holiday visits of up to three months by Americans, Australians, Britons, Canadians, Japanese, New Zealanders or nationals of most EU countries.
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 - Dialling Code: 356
Electricity: 240V ,50Hz - Weights & measures: Metric
Language - English and Maltese - Currency : Maltese lira (Lm) called a pound
Weather - Daytime temperatures from 15 C in January to 35 C in July and August. Best weather is in May-June and September-October
Churches - Most are open to the public. Short shorts and bare shoulders aren't allowed but skirts and shawls are sometimes provided.
Food and drink - Malta is not a gourmet destination but there's no shortage of cafes and restaurants. Maltese cuisine is typically Mediterranean, based on tomatoes, capers, ognions, olive oil and goat cheese. Local specialties include pastizzi (savoury cheese pastries), timpana (a macaroni, cheese and egg pie), and fenek (rabbit), baked in tomato sauce (delicious) to eat in a small bistrot. Seafood is everywhere. Malta makes good beers and its wines have to be tasted (the quality is improving year by year). Maltese bread handkneaded is known for its perfect quality.
Eating out
At Malta : Rubino near the Grand Masters Palace. Maltese specialites.
At Sliema :Lança at Village Gossip, Tigné Seafront. Seafood and fish
At Marsaxlokk : Carubia Restaurant on the quay. Fresh fished seafood or grilled fish with Maltese cappers sauce. Or the Maltese special : rabbit stew
Good to know
Valetta, government town, is not known for lively night life. For that, tourists and Maltese alike go to St.Julian's. For music and bars to Paceville.
Another spot in Valletta of more down-to-earth veneration is the Pub, the hole-in-the-wall British bar near the Grand Master's Palace where actor Oliver Reed dropped dead in 1999 during the filming of Gladiator. A framed newspaper clipping on the wall reads, "Ollie's last Order. Eight lagers with the wife, 12 double rums with a group of sailors and a quick half bottle of whisky."
Malta is noted for its fine crafts - particularly its handmade lace, handwoven fabrics, blown glass and silver filigree to see at Ta Qali, crafts village near Mdina. Folk traditions in music are very strong, and Malta holds a folksong competition every year.

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Mgarr port at Gozo

Local snacks: tomatoes, goat cheese, olives and white wine

Phoenicians painted eyes to ward off evil spirits