Visit the Hagar Qim Temples, poised above the Mediterranean. Walk amid colossal megaliths and peer through the famed aperture aligned to the summer solstice, a window onto prehistoric engineering and ritual.

Hear the story of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and the communities that raised them millennia before the pyramids. On some departures, the Tarxien complex may be visited instead, noted for intricate reliefs and domestic features.

Discover the fortified baroque capital on a guided walking tour of Valletta, laid out after the Great Siege of 1565 by the Knights of St John. Stroll honey-coloured streets with timber balconies and auberges, and gaze across the Grand Harbour from bastions and lively Mediterranean squares.

Inside St John’s Co-Cathedral, admire the gilded vault, marble intarsia floors and Caravaggio’s dramatic ‘The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist’. Your guide reveals how this compact city became one of Europe’s richest baroque ensembles and a stage for Malta’s storied past.

Experience The Malta Experience, a compelling audio-visual journey that sweeps from prehistory to the Knights and WWII, independence and the present day. Seated in a purpose-built theatre beside Fort St Elmo, trace sieges, migrations and maritime trade through film, sound and stirring narration.

This presentation is included on 2026 departures. From 2027, your tour features the Limestone Heritage Experience in its place, reflecting Malta’s living craft traditions.

Board the ferry to Gozo across the channel, skirting Comino’s coves and clear water. Explore Victoria (Rabat) and the Citadel, whose ramparts command sweeping valley-to-sea views, and wander lanes where village life moves at an easy pace.

At the UNESCO-listed Ggantija Temples, stand among megaliths older than Stonehenge. Continue to Dwejra Bay and the Inland Sea, where wave-cut cliffs and a landlocked lagoon showcase Gozo’s dramatic geology.

Explore Rabat on foot, threading quiet alleys to the cool subterranean world of St Paul’s Catacombs. See rock-hewn chambers, agape tables and carved loculi that illuminate early Christian burial customs in Malta.

Follow a passage to St Paul’s Grotto and hear stories linking tradition to archaeology. Nearby tunnels reveal World War II shelters adapted from older catacombs—layers of history stacked beneath the town.

Walk the bastions and lantern-lit lanes of Mdina, the “Silent City,” perched high above the island. Elegant palazzi and cathedral squares frame views that stretch towards the sea and countryside.

Later, enjoy a guided winery tour and tasting at an estate near the walls, discovering how native Girgentina and Gellewza grapes express Malta’s limestone terroir. Hear how Phoenician roots and modern craft shape today’s revival in Maltese winemaking.

Visit the Limestone Heritage Experience, a family-run former quarry reimagined as gardens and galleries. Learn how stonemasons shaped Malta’s towns, then try a hands-on stone-carving demonstration to feel the tools, textures and techniques.

Among olive groves and lemon trees, enjoy olive oil and limoncello tastings that connect land to craft. This immersive visit is included for 2027 departures, replacing The Malta Experience on 2026 tours.

Stroll the waterfront of Marsaxlokk, a traditional harbour where painted luzzu boats with the protective eye of Osiris bob in a sheltered bay. Browse the harbourside market and cafés set along limestone quays cooled by sea breezes.

Pause to photograph the colourful fleet and watch fishermen mend nets beneath hanging buoys. The village’s easy rhythm offers a vivid glimpse of Malta’s maritime life.

Explore Vittoriosa (Birgu), the Knights’ first seat in Malta, wandering the Collachio quarter past auberges and the Inquisitor’s Palace. Take in panoramas of the Three Cities and Grand Harbour from bastioned waterfronts.

Hear how the Knights of St John withstood the Great Siege of 1565, forging a maritime stronghold whose lanes, churches and dockyards still echo with naval history.

Step inside the Mosta Rotunda to admire its soaring dome, among the largest of its kind in Europe. Light washes a serene neoclassical interior of pilasters, coffers and polished stone.

Learn about the 1942 wartime miracle when a bomb pierced the dome during Mass yet failed to explode. A replica recalls the event and the town’s steadfast spirit.