A Knight of Malta Greets You At The Entrance to The Malta Experience What Is The Malta Experience? The Malta Experience takes you on a 45-minute audio-visual journey through Malta’s 7000-year history. It takes place in a purpose built, air-conditioned...
Inside the Inquisitor’s Palace The Inquisitor’s Palace is situated in the heart of Birgu a.k.a. Vittoriosa in the Three Cities, just a short ferry crossing from Malta’s capital city, Valletta. It is one of the few surviving palaces of its kind in the...
Drone Photograph of Senglea And The Three Cities Senglea, also known as Isla, is one of the “Three Cities” of Malta. The other two are Bormla, also known as Cospicua and Birgu, also known as Vittoriosa. Confusing? Yes, now you can see why everyone refers...
The National Railway Museum in York is the world’s largest railway museum and attracts around a million visitors a year. Before it became a museum, the building and surrounding area used to be a steam locomotive depot. When it was designated as a national museum in...
Drone Shot of The Blue Lagoon in Malta Comino Island or Kemmuna (in Maltese), once a hideout for smugglers and pirates, is a very small, virtually uninhabited island located halfway between the islands of Malta and Gozo. The island, famous for its Blue Lagoon, is...
Hagar Qim Temple The ancient temples of Hagar Qim (which means standing stones) stands on top of a hill, overlooking the Mediterranean sea and the uninhabited islet of Fifla, not far from the village of Qrendi. Just 500 metres down the hill from Ħaġar Qim is another...
What To Eat in Portugal Living in a small village on the Silver Coast in Portugal for two years, most of our options for eating out were limited to Portuguese food (and terrible Chinese food). Having come from SE Asia, at first, we found the food in Portugal a little...
Cost of Housing in Portugal Our Home In Portugal Naturally, housing is a major factor in the cost of living in Portugal. We are retired and live in a four-bedroom house near the sea on Portugal’s Silver Coast, just a one-hour drive north of Lisbon. For us, having...
