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
On this half-day experience you will discover the local history of Malta together with your friendly tour guide. For that reason you are going to visit Hagar Qim temples. Not just this place will tell you many secrets of Malta but also will show magnificent views. However, you will enjoy your unity with nature even more, while visiting the Blue Grotto and Wied iz-Zurrieq. A scenic drive to the port of La Valletta will provide you with more memories.
What's included
- English-speaking guide
- Pick-up and drop-off
- Transportation
- Entrance fees
- Food and drinks
- Boat fee to the Blue Grotto
- Personal expenses
- Pick-up and drop-off at the port of La Valletta
- Comfortable footwear required
- Sun cream and bottled water are recommended to be taken
Highlights
Itinerary
09:00
You will be met at the port and guided you to your air-conditioned transportation.
The tour will commence to the first site of the temples of Hagar Qim. Malta’s famous prehistoric site The Temples of Hagar Qim (c. 3600 – 3200 BC) stand on a hilltop overlooking the sea and the islet of Filfla. The views out across the sea from here are beautiful. The temple itself consists of a single temple unit, although it is not clear if it was originally constructed as a four or five-apse structure.n Various items of interest have been unearthed at Hagar Qim, notably a decorated pillar altar, two table-altars and some of the ‘fat lady’ statues which are now on display in the National Museum of Archaeology.
Leaving Hagar Qim the tour then proceeds to the western coast of Malta to visit Wied iz-Zurrieq. From here you will board a boat to visit the Blue Grotto, a deep sea cave where the waters are renowned for being so pure and beautiful. The Blue Grotto area is steep and precipitous, but in places there are gaps in the cliffs that slope down to sea level. One of these gaps (small fjord) is Wied iz-Zurrieq, this narrow arm of the sea is an anchorage for boats in calm weather. The boats at Wied iz-Zurrieq were, and still are, used for fishing. Many of the fishermen today also use their boats to take visitors to see the deep sea cave. (The boat fee is therefore paid locally)
Your tour then concludes with a scenic coach ride back to the port.