Name: From Valletta with private visit to Mdina and Naxxar
SKU: 41664
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 4h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Historical, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

The tour offers you to explore Malta attractions at your own pace, enjoying your great company - a friendly tour guide - and a comfortable transportation. You will explore the central part of the island with Naxxar and its Palazzo Parisio, a palace that is sometimes described as a 'miniature Versailles'. Mdina will also be waiting for you during this adventure as it can tell you a lot about the local history. A scenic drive from and back to the port will provide you with even more fascinating views.

What's included

English-speaking guide
Pick-up and drop-off
Transportation

Food and drinks
Palazzo Parisio Ticket
Personal expenses

Pick-up and drop-off at the port Valletta
Comfortable footwear required
Sun cream and bottled water are recommended to be taken

Highlights

Malta

Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast. It's a nation known for historic sites related to a succession of rulers including the Romans, Moors, Knights of Saint John, French and British. It has numerous fortresses, megalithic temples and the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, a subterranean complex of halls and burial chambers dating to circa 4000 B.C.

Mdina

Mdina, also known by its titles Città Vecchia or Città Notabile, is a fortified city in the Northern Region of Malta which served as the island's capital from antiquity to the medieval period. The city is still confined within its walls, and has a population of just under 300, but it is contiguous with the town of Rabat, which takes its name from the Arabic word for suburb, and has a population of over 11,000 (as of March 2014). The city was founded as Maleth in around the 8th century BC by Phoenician settlers, and was later renamed Melite by the Romans. Mdina remained the centre of the Maltese nobility and religious authorities (and property continues to largely be passed down from families and from generation to generation), but it never regained its pre-1530 importance, giving rise to the popular nickname the "Silent City" by both locals and visitors. Mdina is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and it is now one of the main tourist attractions in Malta.

Naxxar

Naxxar is a small city in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of about 14,891 people as of March 2014. The Naxxar Church is dedicated to Our Lady of Victories. The annual village feast is celebrated on 8 September. Naxxar was formerly known for hosting the Maltese International Trade Fair at Maltese International Trade Fair Grounds. The Naxxar Locality is spread over an area of 11 square kilometres (4 sq mi) and has a population of over eleven thousand persons. The whole locality comprises the Naxxar centre, Sgħajtar area, Santa Marija tax-Xagħra, San Pawl tat-Tarġa, Birguma, Magħtab, Salina, Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq and part of Madliena.

Palazzo Parisio

Palazzo Parisio, formerly known as Scicluna Palace, Palazzo Scicluna, and officially Palazzo Parisio and Gardens, is a 20th-century palace in Naxxar, Malta. On site was a hunting lodge built in 1733 by Paolo Parisio, and was used as a summer or permanent residence, barracks and a college, before being acquired by the Marquis Scicluna in 1898. At one point the Marquis built the present palace between 1900 and 1907. Its architecture is composed of a modest Art Nouveau front and back façades and a Sicilian Baroque interior. Today, Palazzo Parisio and its surrounding gardens are in good condition and are open to the public.

Rotunda of Mosta

The Sanctuary Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or the Mosta Dome, is a Roman Catholic parish church and Minor Basilica in Mosta, Malta, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was built between 1833 and the 1860s to neoclassical designs of Giorgio Grognet de Vassé, on the site of an earlier Renaissance church which had been built in around 1614 to designs of Tommaso Dingli. The design of the present church is based on the Pantheon in Rome, has the third largest unsupported dome in the world and is Malta's largest and most famous church. The church narrowly avoided destruction during World War II when on 9 April 1942 an aerial bomb pierced the dome and fell into the church during Mass, but failed to explode. This event was interpreted by the Maltese as a miracle, although many bombs failed to explode.

Valletta

Valletta (or Il-Belt) is the tiny capital of the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. The walled city was established in the 1500s on a peninsula by the Knights of St. John, a Roman Catholic order. It’s known for museums, palaces and grand churches. Baroque landmarks include St. John’s Co-Cathedral, whose opulent interior is home to the Caravaggio masterpiece "The Beheading of Saint John."

Itinerary

09:00

You will be met at the port and guided to your air-conditioned transportation ready to commence your tour.

Your tour begins at the port and then take a coach journey to the central part of the island to visit Naxxar, the home of Palazzo Parisio. This noble palace has justifiably been described as ‘a miniature Versailles’ the interiors are rich with fine frescoes, magnificent marble, mirrored walls, rare paintings and extravagant gilding. The internationally recognized landscape gardens, which are acclaimed as being amongst the finest in Europe, further reflect the splendour of this gracious home. Palazzo Parisio was originally built in 1733 for Portuguese Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena. In 1898 it was bought by the Marquis Giuseppe Scicluna, who transformed it into one of the island’s most extravagantly beautiful residences.

Your tour then continues on to visit the old capital city of Mdina. The city is situated in the centre of the island. Mdina is a walled city that was strategically built on high ground. The view from the bastions across the many miles of countryside is truly amazing. From this high vantage point of the fortified ramparts, the hill at Mtarfa can be seen. This hill is where the Ottoman Turks made camp during their fierce attacks on the island. The great dome of Mosta’s church can also be seen, this is the 3rd largest dome in the World.

Your tour then concludes by coach as you make your return journey back to the port.

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