Why we love Malta

As some of you know we just returned from our trip to Malta. We loved it. So we've decided to put up a blog about why we loved Malta so much. Here are the top 5 reasons we loved Malta with pictures to prove that we were actually there.

The Mediterranean Sea


For those of you who do not know where Malta is, it is a tiny series of Islands in the Mediterranean at about the same latitude as Damascus that you read about in the Bible. It is further south then the northern most part of Africa which leads us to the first reason we loved Malta. The Mediterranean Sea is simply amazing. The water can be so incredibly blue. From the Blue Grotto (Where Mermaids used to live), to the Blue Lagoon, to the Azure Window, and all the way up to Xlendi, the water was beautiful. It was so clear you just wanted to jump in... until you realized another benefit of crystal clear water, you can see the Jelly Fish.

These first two pictures are at the Blue Lagoon. Amazing water to swim in, you just need to get early if you want a spot on the small beach. It is worth is though as the sand and views are amazing and worth it.

These last two pictures are of the small fishing town of Xlendi on the Island of Gozo. The water was so clear and so blue that is almost begged for you to jump in for a refreshing swim.



As you can see the Mediterranean is beautiful. Charlotte even ventured in for a swim and that means the water must have been nice.

The Churches, Architecture and History

This category is a little bit of a cheat. It kind of can include everything. The history of Malta is linked with the Knights of the Order of Saint John. These were crusaders who left the holy land and were eventually given the islands of Malta as their home. They successfully defended it and have given these Islands the strong catholic presence that is still there today. There are 359 different Churches in Malta and all of them are very elaborately decorated. The main Cathedrals and Churches are simply mind blowing. Some of these are to the equivalent of those found in Rome. Here are some of our favourites.
Saint John's Co-Cathedral in Mdina



These are the Church of Xewkija. The dome is the 3rd or 4th largest dome in all of Europe.


This is a tombstone is St. John's Cathedral in Valletta. It reads "Those who trod on me will soon be trodden on." Definitely what I want on mine. The picture above is of the alter in the same Cathedral.

This is the Church in Mellieha. It was another cool church up on the hill top. It also has a statue of Moses with horns coming out of his head.


This is the Citadel that the citizens of Gozo used to have to stay in at nights so they would be stolen and sold into slavery.







The rest of these pictures are just random ones of either the architecture and style of buildings in the area, Valletta and the harbour, or Raven sitting at an ancient temple that dates back to 3600 BC. There is also one of the fishing village of Marsaxlokk and it's picturesque harbour.

The Landscape

How can you not fall in love with these cliffs and ocean views. On calm days some of these cliffs would be amazing to jump off of. However if "The seas was angry that day my friends" it would not be something that you want to do.










These are the cliffs at Dwejra, Weid iz-Zurrieq (The Blue Grotto), Xlendi, and the North Shore.

Our Villa

Whilst trying to decide where to stay on our trip Charlotte came across private Villa's that were available for rent. Genius. I don't know if I could ever go back to staying in a hotel again. For less then the cost of a hotel we stayed in our own private villas with private pools and private BBQ. One even had big screen TV's with Italian satellite hook up so we could watch our world cup matches in either Maltese or Italian. The second one we stayed at was pretty sweet. Stone houses are so cool. An a pool in the back yard was amazing. I mean look at that view and tell me how you couldn't fall in love with that.




I mean would you love to wake up to that view every morning?

Mediterranean Eye Candy

I won't lie, this was everyone's favourite part of the whole trip. There were so many more pictures taken but for the sake of keeping this site clean I will only put up Charlotte's favourites. Enjoy.
Oh that is cute, Charlotte took a picture of me swimming in the Mediterranean

Wait a minute I don't think I was the focus of that last picture

Oh well that is just nasty, does he seriously think that looks good?

Oh you want more skin do you?

Giddy Up!

As you can see, there is a reason Charlotte usually doesn't get me to do these blogs. I put up way to many pictures and ramble on for way to long. So yeah, hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures, Malta was great and if any of you ever get the chance to go there do it. It is so different then anything you have ever seen and you will love it. Just watch out for men is speedos.