Delve beneath Rabat on a guided tour of St Paul’s Catacombs, a warren of 3rd–4th-century burial chambers revealing early Christian rites on the islands. Above ground, explore historic Rabat through narrow lanes and quiet piazzas.

Hear traditions linked to St Paul’s Grotto and learn how Roman suburbia evolved into medieval Rabat. The catacombs’ cool chambers and carved tombs bring early Christian Malta vividly into focus.

Ease into the journey as you meet your Tour Director and fellow travellers over a congenial welcome drink. Your Tour Director outlines practicalities, shares local tips, and sets the tone for a week of discovery across Malta and Gozo.

Gain useful context on island customs, transport, and dining, while getting to know your small group. This relaxed introduction helps you start exploring with confidence and a shared sense of purpose, ready for Malta’s layered history and sunlit coasts.

Explore Malta’s capital as you join a guided walking tour through honey-hued streets planned by the Knights of St John after the Great Siege of 1565. Pause to step inside St John’s Co-Cathedral to see gilded Baroque chapels and Caravaggio’s The Beheading of St John the Baptist, then enjoy an included coffee and cake in a classic café.

Unpack Valletta’s grid of bastions, auberges and palazzi facing the Grand Harbour, a UNESCO-listed stage for centuries of Mediterranean power and pageantry.

Visit the elegant arcades of the Upper Barrakka Gardens for sweeping views across the Grand Harbour and the storied Three Cities. From this terrace, witness the Saluting Battery—uniformed gunners preparing, loading, and the stirring firing of the cannons echoing over the water.

Once a military battery guarding the harbour’s entrance, the daily gun recalls Valletta’s martial heritage and the precision of Knightly defenses that protected this island stronghold for centuries.

Take your seat for The Malta Experience, an immersive audio-visual show tracing the islands’ story from Phoenician traders and the Knights of St John to the Great Siege of 1565, the George Cross, and independence.

In under an hour, gain a compelling overview that enriches every site you’ll visit. This orientation feature is included on 2026 departures; from 2027, the program visits the Limestone Heritage Park instead.

Walk Mdina, the “Silent City”, through winding lanes, noble palazzi and bastion views stretching across Malta’s interior. Hear how Phoenician, Arab and Norman chapters shaped this former capital’s calm, golden streets.

Continue to the Mosta Rotunda, famed for its vast dome and a 1942 wartime “miracle” when a bomb pierced the cupola yet failed to detonate. Its scale and symmetry reveal the island’s enduring faith and resilience.

Stroll the manicured, Italianate gardens of Palazzo Parisio in Naxxar, framed by citrus and rose beds, fountains and statuary. Step inside to admire baroque salons before settling in for a refined afternoon tea with delicate pastries.

Once a hunting lodge, later transformed by the Marquis Scicluna, this 18th-century palazzo blends Maltese craftsmanship with continental elegance—an indulgent pause amid a day of sightseeing.

Visit a limestone-walled estate near Mdina for a guided cellar tour and to sample regional wines shaped by sea breezes and sun-baked soils. Learn about local grapes such as Girgentina and Gellewza while exploring barrel rooms and vineyards.

A curated flight pairs with a post-vintage luncheon highlighting Maltese flavours—ripe tomatoes, capers, breads and cheeses—crafted to complement the wines’ delicate minerality and soft Mediterranean ripeness.

Discover the compact complex of the Tarxien Temples, celebrated for carved spiral reliefs, decorated slabs and prehistoric altars. On guided exploration, hear how ritual and craft flourished here in Malta’s late Neolithic era.

Interpretive displays illuminate architectural techniques and iconography, including fragments of colossal statues. Featured on selected departures or as an alternative to other temple sites, Tarxien offers a richly detailed counterpart to Malta’s larger megalithic monuments.

Stroll the waterfront of Marsaxlokk, Malta’s traditional fishing village, where colourful luzzu boats bob in the bay, many painted with the protective “eye of Osiris.” Browse stalls and cafés along the harbourfront promenade as sea breezes carry the scent of salt and citrus.

Learn how the daily catch and Sunday market have anchored community life for generations, giving this serene inlet its distinctive rhythm and character.

Wander lanes of Vittoriosa (Birgu), the Knights’ earliest seat, lined with auberges, niches and stone balconies. Enjoy views to Fort St Angelo and across the Grand Harbour, tracing maritime power that long defined Malta’s fortunes.

A walking tour of Vittoriosa reveals the fabric of the Knights of St John—chapels, courtyards and quays—within the storied enclave known with Senglea and Cospicua as the Three Cities.

At the Limestone Heritage Park & Gardens, discover Malta’s building stone in a former quarry through films, exhibits and traditional stonemasonry demonstrations. Wander landscaped paths past a waterfall and citrus groves.

Sample olive oil and limoncello made on site, then try your hand at stone carving under artisan guidance. This immersive craft-and-flavour encounter features from 2027 departures; 2026 tours include The Malta Experience instead.

Board the ferry to Gozo and tour its serene countryside, crowned by the Victoria Citadel with views across terraced hills. At Dwejra, admire the dramatic coast of Dwejra Bay and the Inland Sea carved by millennia of wind and waves.

Walk among the megaliths of the UNESCO-listed Ggantija Temples, older than Stonehenge, where colossal stones and ritual spaces illuminate the imagination of Malta’s earliest farmers and builders.

Stand before the sea-facing Hagar Qim Temples, monumental megaliths whose honey-coloured stones glow against a blue Mediterranean backdrop. Explore chambers aligned with celestial events, including the famed summer solstice alignment that floods an inner altar with first light.

Perched on a ridge above Qrendi, the site reveals sophisticated prehistoric engineering and ritual life, complemented by sweeping coastal views towards the islet of Filfla.